ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. An AI tool that takes recorded audio from a classroom and turns it into data about who talked and for how long, it seemed like a cool way for York to discuss issues of data privacy, consent and bias with her students.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Let’s start by clearing up a misconception: Rigor isn’t unfriendly. Adding it to your class doesn’t mean you become boring, a techie, or overseer of a fun-free zone. In fact, done right, rigor fills your class with Wow , those epiphanies that bring a smile to student faces and a sense of well-being to their school day. Rigor provides positive experiences, is an emotional high, and engenders a pervasive sense of accomplishment students will carry for years–and use as a tem
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Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. As I said in the first article, with so many things grabbing the attention of administrators, AI seems to be taking a back seat in the minds of many.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
The NEW Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges (ASK) Brochure is out now! Click to take a look and discover the fantastic activities and assemblies available, they’re FREE! We’re looking forward to visiting our schools and colleges to offer ASK support! The ASK Programme is available again this year and we are eager to continue to support apprenticeship and T Level education for.
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.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
This article is the first of a two-part series covering key principles to consider when integrating a generative AI creativity tool into your academic setting. The 21st-century classroom is a dynamic, ever-evolving space where cutting-edge technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), are pushing us all to rethink what students need to learn and how that learning can best be structured to prepare them for the future.
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Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I've been working on a big project and am very busy, but I have been studying the changes in Windows 11 Copilot, released on Tuesday, September 26, and wanted to share them with you. This wouldn't be 80 Awesome Days of AI and HI if I didn't keep you up to date, would it?
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The UK CanSat Competition 2023/24 is open for registration. Don’t miss out on your chance to enter, the deadline is the 17th of October 2023. CanSat provides students with the opportunity to have practical experience working on a small-scale space project. Students (14+) can enter the CanSat competition and design their own satellite simulation in a soft drink can.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Education wonks have long raised the alarm about how school discipline is applied unequally among students of different racial and ethnic groups, with Black students facing a disproportionate number of office discipline referrals (ODRs). The effects of such practices can reverberate throughout a student’s life, according to the American Psychological Association, leading to worse mental health and lower grades.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Time: About 30 minutes Steps: Open MS Word. Add a title–Where We Are (or your choice)–centered, bold and font 14. Use this to teach students about the tool bar’s alignment tools, bold, fonts and font size Insert a graphic organizer ( insert-diagram or one you have pushed out to students). Have this as part of a series of lessons that use graphic organizers and never use the same one.
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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.
Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This week on Edutopia, I blogged about “ Using AI to Encourage Productive Struggle in Math ” and about how students don't need the answers to math problems; they need help with the process and how they can use Wolfram Alpha with ChatGPT to do that (as well as some other thoughts.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Join the UK Space Agency online on Friday the 29th of September from 2pm to embark on an out-of-this-world adventure! Find out more All About STEM works on lots of exciting STEM projects. As part of the STEM Learning family, we manage the STEM Enrichment Partnership for the North West which includes STEM Clubs, ESERO UK (Space) and Nuffield Research Placements.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Today, a 20-acre stretch of green space known as the “ Coy facility ” remains an active school campus in East Austin. But soon, Austin Independent School District will convert it into an apartment complex to house teachers and staff who are increasingly getting priced out of the urban Texas district. The goal is to create at least 500 new rental units on the site, alleviating — if not solving — the housing burden that so many of the district’s 10,000 staff members say they face.
Amy Brown Science
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
I get a lot of questions about teaching cell structure and cell organelles, so I thought I would take this opportunity to offer up some tips and suggestions for teaching a GREAT unit on cells. In many of the questions I get, teachers admit to being bored when teaching their cell unit. I absolutely LOVE teaching about cells, and that brings me to my first tip.
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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!
Defined Learning
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Integrating STEM activities into the classroom at the beginning of the year helps students get to know each other, promote collaboration, and develop essential 21st-century skills. Here are a few engaging ways you can incorporate STEM into your classroom.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The British Science Association has opened applications for their two grant schemes to support British Science Week events and activities, one for schools and one for community groups. Kick Start Grants This scheme offers grants for schools in challenging circumstances to enable them to organise their own events as part of British Science Week. There are four options available: Click here to apply.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Millions of students across the United States spent their summers in learning and enrichment programs, many of which employed intensive tutoring designed to bring math and reading scores up to grade level. These efforts can be important and life-changing , yet research finds that increased learning time alone will not be enough to recover from the pandemic’s devastating effects on learning.
Futurum
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Should universities use differential treatment to admit students? Published: At first glance, a student’s exam scores might seem like an uncomplicated way to measure academic ability. However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is
Talk STEM
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Engaging students in Math and STEM learning can be difficult at times – and talkSTEM is here to help. talkSTEM resources can work in conjunction with the new Eureka Math curriculum, launched this school year across the Dallas Independent School District, encouraging students not just to learn, but to ask why. Check out these tips from talkSTEM/Comerica Teacher Fellows, Megan Acosta, on how to mix things up and keep kids wanting to talk STEM!
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
If you’re thinking about inviting STEM ambassadors into school to inspire your learners, you can find out more about the amazing impact STEM ambassadors have via the latest STEM Learning report. The results revealed how STEM Ambassadors impact educators, students and schools: Ambassadors broaden students’ horizons: 93% said engaging with Ambassadors had improved their students’ awareness that.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
When people think about thinking, they typically conceive of the brain as a kind of machine or muscle that is strictly confined to our skulls. As Rodin’s famous sculpture of the thinking man propping his chin on his hand, we imagine the mind as all in our heads. But what if those typical metaphors for our brains are limiting our capacities to think and learn?
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
As educators search for the best instructional approaches and resources to address the effects of disrupted and unfinished learning, they should reject remediation and identify strategies that accelerate the learning experience of students, write Sonya Murray and Gwen Turner. The post We Need to Accelerate, Not Remediate Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Carly and Adam
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The following is a guest blog post by Jed Dearybury ! Y’all, I, Jed, just got back from Boston where I celebrated International Dot Day with Peter and Paul Reynolds and several of my closest creative friends. My heart and mind are so full of the beauty of art and how it connects us all, one little dot with the next. It is hands down one of my favorite “non holiday” holidays ever!
Talk STEM
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
talkSTEM refers to STEM as a “real-world, inquiry-based exploration of the world around us, to break down artificial barriers between disciplines” In a Women in Tech panel hosted by the University of Dallas at Texas in collaboration with talkSTEM, a STEM mindset was defined as learning how to continuously educate oneself, explore, and become brave enough to make mistakes.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Education is an indispensable profession in our world today, as teachers play a pivotal role in equipping students for the challenges of the future, enabling them to be successful at every stage in life. The positive impact of teachers has been extensively substantiated through years of research highlighting that teacher effectiveness is the most important school-based factor related to student achievement and outcomes.
CoderZ
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
In today’s rapidly evolving world, computer science (CS) and technology skills have become indispensable tools for addressing a wide range of societal challenges. Technology and computing are in all industries including farming and agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and retail. And yet, the importance of maximizing our CS innovative progress in ways that are sustainably and culturally beneficial is often overlooked.
Box Light
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Educators worldwide face the challenge of assessing students effectively. The shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for interactive assessments to keep students engaged, whether in-person or online. For instance, interactive displays became valuable tools for remote learning and adhering to social distancing guidelines when students returned to in-class instruction.
Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The more I look around higher education, the more clearly it seems to me that there are three practices which we carry out every day – which seemed baked right into the very DNA of our current system of higher education – that are inimical to the actual purpose of higher education. Those practices are: Lecturing , Traditional grading , and Student evaluations of teaching.
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The Heart-Centered Teacher lives up to its promise of renewal, writes educator Sarah Cooper. Routman’s newest book “strives to be a mosaic of sorts: a combination of sometimes searing, sometimes poignant personal stories with on-the-ground insights from decades of experience.” The post Restoring the Joy and Possibility of Teaching first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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