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22 Ways to Add Rigor to Your Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

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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Microsoft’s AI Copilot in Windows 11 is Out Now

Cool Cat Teacher

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?

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Diving into STEM

Defined Learning

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.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

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

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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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The Amazing Newton’s Cradle

Teachers are Terrific

Let me share ways to create this highly engaging challenge with your students! If you have ever had a Newton’s Cradle in your classroom then you will understand the fascination with this STEM Challenge! Kids absolutely love to watch a Newton’s Cradle clack endlessly together. I promise the first time we tried this challenge my fifth graders actually cheered when I announced what we were doing.

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How to Celebrate Dot Day All Year Long!

Carly and Adam

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!

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Sep 28, Word Problems Involving Operations of Whole Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Word Problems Involving Operations of Whole Numbers Worksheet

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Sep 28, Word Problems Involving Operations of Whole Numbers

Online Math for All

Word Problems Involving Operations of Whole Numbers

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Sep 28, Number of 3 Digit Numbers Divisible by 11

Online Math for All

Number of 3 Digit Numbers Divisible by 11

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