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5 Good Digital Workspaces for Visual Collaboration

Educators Technology

Below are platforms that offer digital workspaces where teams come together to collaborate, brainstorm, sketch, draw, and share ideas visually. The sites include a wide variety of features that.

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I’m visiting America’s Heartland!

Ask a Tech Teacher

I am out of pocket next week. I’m visiting my wonderful sister in rural Marion Indiana. I can’t wait to live a measured, natural life for at least a week where we can veges, check on her bee hives, and eat indoors at a restaurant! I probably won’t do much commenting until next weekend but then, I’ll get everything caught up. Have a wonderful week!

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Which Way is Right? Problem-Solving in Mathematics

Accelerate Learning

The Mona Lisa is surprisingly, almost shockingly, small. Yet its far-reaching influence has made it synonymous with greatness. “Well, that painting is good, but I mean, it’s not the Mona Lisa ,” the armchair art critic will opine. Upon seeing it for the first time in real life, some observers remark with puzzlement and a hint of disappointment: “That’s it?

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9 Documentaries to Scare You Off the Internet

Start-Engineering

Eric Iversen. Ah, the movies Shenanigans to do with online data have provided the fodder for many entertaining movies since way back. From WarGames to Sneakers to The Net to the Lisbeth Salander movies , these movies have told the stories of clever – sometimes too-clever – computer-obsessed characters getting into data networks they shouldn’t and the troubles that ensue.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Factile- An Easy Way to Create Jeopardy-style Quiz Games

Educators Technology

Factile (former Jeopardy Rocks) is an excellent web tool that enables teachers to create multimedia quiz games for their classroom. Using a simple and intuitive gameboard, teachers will.

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Why STEM is so important for child education

Top 10 Sciencekits

If you're looking to enrich a child's education and open the door to a world of possibilities, engaging them in STEM education is one of the best things you can do. STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, allows students to explore, create, experiment, engage in critical thinking, and so much more. STEM education is essential to help prepare a future generation of scientist, engineers, mathematicians, and numerous other careers who will continue to build on the technol

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"Learning loss" is a misnomer, bilingual education a must, and more from NM teacher of the year

STEMx

Q: Tell us about your school. . A: I teach first grade at. New Mexico International School. , a public charter school located in Albuquerque. We aim to provide students from kindergarten through middle school with immersive opportunities for language acquisition, as well as transdisciplinary and inquiry-based learning experiences in the context of social and emotional development for achieving international-mindedness. .

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Addressing Barriers for Multilingual Students

CSTEM

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. As a STEM community, we know that our economically disadvantaged students, minorities, females, and disabled students continue to face barriers. However, as we continue our mission to ensure success in STEM for every student, there is another quickly growing group of students we need to consider: multilingual students.

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Students in CA Earn Industry-Recognized Certifications in Animation

CTE Learning

Six students at Lakeview Leadership Academy High School in Victorville, CA recently completed their certifications in Animation, giving themselves career boosts in an exciting and rapidly growing STEM field. The curriculum that Animation Instructor Nikki Jarvis used to prepare students for the career-building certifications is a media-rich and engaging course that gets learners excited about the world of animation and opens their eyes to potential career paths.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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OTT: 128: 5 Genuine Reasons Teachers Should Plan a Summer Vacation THIS Year

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

OTT: 128: 5 Genuine Reasons Teachers Should Plan a Summer Vacation THIS Year Teaching during a pandemic was ROUGH. Teachers have shown up in a big way. Now is the time for teachers to take a much-needed vacation. Where will you go this summer? Come take a listen to why teachers SHOULD plan a vacation this summer! Links Mentioned in the Show: Whole Teacher Eclecticon Teaching during a pandemic was ROUGH.

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Science Sub Plans for 4th and 5th Grade

The Science Penguin

Sometimes you just can’t be at school. In your absence, your guest teacher and students can carry on with meaningful learning while building schema. There is plenty to do with these lessons! I created a resource that I *wish* I had 10 years ago. No more stressful mornings trying to prep sub plans while sick! Prep it in advance as an emergency sub plans or use them on the go.

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Japan's hands-off formula in disciplining schoolchildren works. Is it worth a try elsewhere?

K-12 Education News

A look at Japan's mimamoru approach suggests that adults' non-intervention in kids' fights allows children to nurture social and interpersonal skills on their own. Is it worth a try in other countries?

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Up From #280 to #173 on Entrepreneur Franchise 500® 2021 Rankings

STEM for Kids

Morrisville, NC USA 5/27/2021. “We know that 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, but it was also a year of unusual opportunity. Franchises like yours were able to be nimble and innovative, serving the needs of franchisees and customers in ways that will resonate for many years to come. We believe that, when we eventually look back on this time, we’ll see it as a moment when many brands defined themselves for the future.” – Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepre

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!

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Students in CA Earn Industry-Recognized Animation Certifications

CTE Learning

Six students at Lakeview Leadership Academy High School in Victorville, CA recently completed their animation certifications, giving themselves career boosts in an exciting and rapidly growing STEM field. The curriculum that Animation Instructor Nikki Jarvis used to prepare students for the career-building certifications is a media-rich and engaging course that gets learners excited about the world of animation and opens their eyes to potential career paths.

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The Latest Science Scores Are Out. The News Isn't Good for Schools

ED Week

At a time when the pandemic highlights the importance of science, student scores in that subject are either flat or declining on NAEP.

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How Inevitable Is the Concept of Numbers?

Stephen Wolfram

Based on a talk at Numerous Numerosity: An interdisciplinary meeting on the notions of cardinality, ordinality and arithmetic across the sciences. Everyone Has to Have Numbers… Don’t They? The aliens arrive in a starship. Surely, one might think, to have all that technology they must have the idea of numbers. Or maybe one finds an uncontacted tribe deep in the jungle.