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How to Teach Students: Teach Their Parents

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If parents are confused by what you teach, they will pass that on to their children. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. If parents don’t value tech, students won’t. Be open to parents. Answer their questions.

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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

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Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

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Can VR Help Preserve and Teach Indigenous Culture?

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As a former science teacher and instructional coach, though, he was looking for a way to deliver the teachings of tribal elders to a broader audience via distance education. To help better preserve and share the teachings of his Native culture, he decided to try the latest in high tech tools — virtual reality. he wondered.

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Teaching Vocabulary in the STEM Classroom

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Explore strategies for addressing vocabulary challenges, learn how to effectively teach STEM vocabulary in the classroom, and avoid common pitfalls!

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

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

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. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks?

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Teaching Kids to Use Tally Charts

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Teaching Kids to Use Tally Charts: Fun and Educational Activities As parents and educators, we are constantly on the lookout for creative and engaging ways to teach children important skills. In this blog post, we will explore various fun and educational activities that can help you teach kids how to use tally charts effectively.

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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach

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But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways. A number of startups are trying to bring so-called generative AI to classrooms as a teaching tool. Chocolate-Covered Broccoli’?

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