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When It Comes To Edtech, How Much Influence Do Teachers Have?

ED Surge

Edtech is ubiquitous in classrooms today, especially considering that the COVID-19 pandemic did something that previously seemed impossible. It thrust virtually every school into the deep-end of edtech, starting with remote learning. When it comes to products that teachers are using to buoy student success, the stakes are high. Congress is earmarking millions in relief to combat COVID-19 learning loss and everyone—from students to teachers to administrators —is feeling frayed as schools try to g

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5 Great Speech to Text Apps to Transcribe Audio Recordings

Educators Technology

In this post I share with you a collection of some of the best audio transcription apps that you and your students can use to easily convert audio recordings to text. These speech to text apps offer a wide range of features that are especially ideal for us in education. Students can use them to record lectures and voice memos and have them automatically transcribed within minutes.

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Evaluating Learning Solutions for Student Success

Magic EdTech

Classrooms are changing dramatically with the implementation of education technology. These changes impact how students learn. With the surge in eLearning products in the market, a proper evaluation of education products has never been more critical. An article by Stream states that 56% of students worldwide prefer that instructors enable them to use their devices in the classroom.

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Professional Development in Nome, Alaska!

EiE Blog

As part of our ongoing mission to bring high-quality, equitable STEM learning to students everywhere, Diana Christopherson, one of EiE ® ’s Professional Development Managers, has just returned from a trip to Nome, Alaska supporting a training opportunity for local STEM educators.

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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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A Guide to EANS Funding in 2022

Kid Spark Education

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To Build a Pipeline of Black Teachers, This Program Starts Recruiting in High School

ED Surge

Even as some current teachers are leaving the education workforce—or, at the very least, considering it —plenty of would-be teachers are opting for other career paths, creating a worrisome landscape where there are neither enough teachers right now, nor expectations to recover the dearth in the future. This is partly a pandemic consequence, but also the result of a years-long decline in the attractiveness of teaching as a profession.

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Tracing the Cultures of Hispanic Americans

Middle Web

For over 50 years the United States has commemorated the achievements of Hispanic and Latinx Americans as well as learned about the discrimination they have faced over centuries. MiddleWeb's resource collection can help students learn more about this rich and complex heritage. The post Tracing the Cultures of Hispanic Americans first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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More than a Sample Size?

STEM Sport

It started with a free STEM Sports® lesson sample request in 2019. Soon after, F. K. White Middle School would begin an enrichment effort that brought the world of sports together with STEM. While this was a new challenge for the Louisiana-based school’s eager students, little did they know what other tests awaited them. First was Hurricane Laura, which touched down on August 20, 2020, in the middle of the global pandemic.

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Generation Genius Offers Tons of Educational Science and Math Videos to Use in Class

Educators Technology

Generation Genius is an educational website that offers standards-based K-8 video lessons covering various science and math topics. Each video lesson comes with a detailed lesson plan, discussion questions, and an assessment section that features three main types of assessment types namely online quiz games, quiz PDF, and Exit ticket. Generation Genius also offers a monthly homekit that contains supplies to help kids (under the supervision of adults) carry out hands-on science experiments at hom

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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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Reading Logs Are Used to Hold Kids Accountable, But They Can Make Reading Feel Like a Chore

ED Surge

As the start of the school year kicks off across the country, elementary school teachers work hour upon hour to create welcoming, joyous spaces for learning. They set up their classrooms, consult the curriculum, make lesson plans and determine their routines. Very often, teachers make well-intentioned and thoughtful plans to encourage their students to read daily in order to practice skills and strategies taught in class, as well as to build a lifelong reading habit.

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Classroom Management Anchored in Community

Middle Web

We Belong by Laurie Barron and Patti Kinney offers a community-forward approach to classroom management that promotes a culture in which schools become “places where [students] can discover who they are and who they want to become” through the year, writes Michael McLaughlin. The post Classroom Management Anchored in Community first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The 3 BEST Phenomena for Teaching Earth’s Spheres

The Science Penguin

When it comes to teaching your students about Earth’s spheres, it’s all about the interactions between spheres (biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere). This NGSS standard is fascinating to me because there seems to be infinite interactions you can teach about. However, my team and I wanted to focus on just 3 interactions, incorporating the other NGSS earth science standards as well.

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Best STEM LEGO Engineering Kits – 2022

STEM Education Guide

Sometimes it may seem that learning and playing are mutually exclusive, but that doesn’t have to be the case. There are many playsets, toys, and games that your children can play that will benefit their skills, knowledge, and still give that desired “ooh, ahh” effect that we all want our kids and students to have. At the top of that list of innovative toys, you’ll find LEGO engineering kits.

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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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After Recent High-Profile Data Breaches, Illuminate Education Quietly Gets Acquired

ED Surge

In a deal quietly announced last week, K-12 educational software services company Renaissance Learning acquired Illuminate Education for an undisclosed amount. The deal was announced last Monday on both companies' sites and in an email sent to Illuminate customers. Why the pairing? “This acquisition deepens the company’s assessment capabilities and broadens its commitment to keep teachers at the center of instruction by providing insights and personalized instruction to enhance students’ learnin

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Prepping for Back to School

STEM Discovery Education

Where did the summer go?! The past few years have been anything but ordinary, and wrapping your head around a whole new school year can be… a lot. It’s important to take the time to look back on the last year, recognize challenges faced and lessons learned, and incorporate those experiences into prepping for this back-to-school season. And DEN member Melinda McCleskey has done just that. .

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6 (Not So) Electrifying Tips for Teaching Circuits

The Science Penguin

I’ve worked with a lot of 4th and 5th graders making a lot of circuits, so I have some advice for teachers new to teaching circuits in class. These are my 6 (not so) electrifying tips! Before we begin, ALWAYS WORK SAFELY! We want electrifying in the “thrilling” way, not the literal way. Tip #1: Explore. Provide opportunities for open exploration.

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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering

Futurum

Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering. Published: TALK LIKE A MATERIALS SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER. ALLOY — a metallic material made of two or more elements. CERAMIC — a material made by heating inorganic non-metallic components, such as clays. COMPOSITE – a material made from two materials with different physical and chemical properties.

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What Does a Comprehensive Computational Thinking Curriculum Look Like?

ED Surge

When educators consider the term computational thinking (CT), they often think of math or coding. But if you ask Daniel Fung, vice principal and English teacher at the Sham Tseng Catholic School in Hong Kong, he will tell you computational thinking is an entire pedagogy geared toward teaching lifelong problem-solving skills. CT curriculum is not just about coding but rather a pedagogy and mindset.

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Be a scientist for a day: the International Masterclasses program for high school students

Scientix

What if your physics lesson is not just about sliding blocks of wood, light bulbs strung together, and steam pistons? Imagine being young students passionate about science and for one day your teachers let you live the experience of being a real scientist dealing with real data! Thanks to the International Masterclasses program (IMC) organized by the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG), this exciting adventure has been made possible for high-school students around the world.

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Get the Most Out of Your Summer Install – MimioPro 4

Box Light

Coming back to the classroom to prepare for the new year can be daunting, especially if new technology has been installed. But this doesn’t have to be the case, especially if the new tech is an interactive display. Here are essentials for getting the most out of the summer install of your new MimioPro 4 interactive display!

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Aug 29, Domain and Range of Rational Functions with Holes

Online Math for All

Domain and Range of Rational Functions with Holes - Concept - Example with step by step explanation

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How to Keep Returning College Students on Track

ED Surge

Returning to college after years away from formal education can feel like a new beginning, as well as a daunting challenge. What sparks students to return? Once they’re back, how can colleges help them stay on track? And what informal networks and resources do students create on their own? Those are some questions we explore in the second episode of our podcast series Second Acts.

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What You Might Have Missed in August–What’s up in September

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of August: Tech Ed Resources–Coaching. How to Thank a Teacher. Benefits of a Short Course. Notetaking and Study Apps. Free Keyboarding Posters. Essential Tech Tools for History Class. Habits of Mind. Which Digital Device Should I Use. Lessons Learned my First 5 Years of Teaching. Incorporate Podcasting Into Your Curriculum.

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Every Teacher Makes a Difference – Every Day!

Middle Web

It’s the start of a new school year, and you’re 100% excited about making a difference for kids! But issues in and out of the classroom can dull your enthusiasm in no time. How do you stay sharp? Barbara Blackburn shares insights to sustain your can-do energy all year long. The post Every Teacher Makes a Difference – Every Day! first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Aug 27, Distance Between Two Points Calculator

Online Math for All

Distance Between Two Points Calculator - Find the distance between two points in just a click

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Is Water Wet?

STEMe

Katy, Texas It seems like a simple question, right? Of course water is wet! However, what really defines wetness? This opens up a very controversial topic, one that may not have a definitive answer. Let’s take a look at both sides of this argument. Water is NOT Wet. This side of the argument covers the fact that water can only make other objects wet, but isn’t wet itself.

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STEM and Classroom Parties

Get Caught Engineering

Classroom parties are a special memory of the school year. Hosting a STEM Party. Celebrating the holidays with a classroom party is a tradition in most elementary schools. Typically, the parties would mostly revolve around food and a possible craft or movie. The food generally consisted of cupcakes, candy and sweet drinks and, by the end of the day, our students were about vibrating as they left our classroom to go home.

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DE in the News: August 2022

STEM Discovery Education

Discovery Education is dedicated to creating dynamic digital learning environments that prepare today’s students for the world of tomorrow. Often, stories of our work in the community are highlighted in the media. Read the top August DE news stories to see how we're impacting schools and students around the world. Discovery Education Buys Minneapolis eLearning Company, Pivot Interactives.

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Aug 29, How to Find the Hole of a Rational Function

Online Math for All

How to Find the Hole of a Rational Function - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation integrates a robotics AI LAB for entrepreneurs

Robot Lab

The implementation of the lab will provide entrepreneurs with real world experience in robotics and artificial intelligence. September 1st, 2022 – San Francisco, CA – The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation (“Levan Center”), in partnership with RobotLAB , the leading educational robotics company, partnered to build an artificial intelligence and robotics lab.

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Winds of change: using dust in Antarctic ice to understand past climates

Futurum

Winds of change: using dust in Antarctic ice to understand past climates. Published: Understanding prehistoric climates is key to understanding how our climate might change in the future and Antarctic ice cores provide fundamental information that forms the basis for much of this knowledge. Dr Bess Koffman , from Colby College , Waterville, Maine, in the US, studies the dust trapped in Antarctic ice, resolving where it came from and how it got there.

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