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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” In MS and HS, it expands to cover science, mathematics, civics, economics, and maybe geography.

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Fun Math Games to Help Students Practice Math Concepts and Skills

Educators Technology

Although its title indicates otherwise, Cool Math Game website is not limited to only math challenges, it also offers mini-games spanning different subjects and content areas including memory games, jigsaw puzzles, science games, geography-based games, classic games, among others. ABCya does not offer much help in this regard.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educators Technology

SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more. Some of these materials are accessible for free.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

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“We need to radically reform the national curriculum, but that’s not going to happen overnight.”

Futurum

So why is climate education left solely to geography and science teachers? At the moment, students receive 13 hours of explicit climate education across the entire primary and secondary sphere. It’s taught in geography and science but lots of students aren’t taking geography at GCSE level, which means many are missing out.

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Technology and Explanation in Modern Education

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Her article today can be summed up by a line in the last paragraph: “ Technology is not your enemy…” Educators aim to equip students with an understanding of the world, its fragility, & opportunities, by teaching them various common subjects like math, language, or science. Tips for Effective Explanation.

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

STEMx

Primary Years Programme makes our curricula unique in how it weaves together content standards, skills and student identity. . For our STEM-related learning in particular, teachers spent personal time and funds to prepare science kits for students to use at home for project-based learning. International Baccalaureate.

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