Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Understanding how to use the internet has become a cornerstone issue for students. No longer do they complete their research on projects solely in the library. Now, there is a vast landscape of resources available on the internet. But with wealth of options comes responsibility for their use. As soon as children begin to visit the online world, they need the knowledge to do that safely, securely, responsibly.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Celebrate Recycle Week! Recycle Week 2024 takes place between the 14th and 20th of October 2024. This year’s theme ‘Rescue Me’ focuses on rescuing recyclable items from heading to the rubbish bin. Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP via Recycle Now.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Here are popular online resources to teach about using games in education ( click here for updates to the list ): Battleship on Google Sheets Breakouts by BreakoutEdu.com — a bit like Webquests but more comprehensive Breakout Room Template Game Show Templates –Frazzle, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Price is Right, more Gamified Syllabus –a template to create games A Google A Day Economics and Finance BizKids –games to teach business and finance History Beat the Bard –using Shakespearean characters Cl
All About STEM
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Amazing Apprenticeships has just released the October Higher & Degree Apprenticeships listings. There are over 75 employers including Unilever, AstraZeneca, KIER, GE Aerospace, Amazon, NHS, Nestle, TUI and more – a total of 2,300 vacancies! Higher apprenticeships go from level 4 to 7 and are equivalent to a foundation degree and above.
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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
OCTOBER 16, 2024
On the spectrum of professional experience for K-12 teachers, I am decidedly on the greener side. Although I knew I had a passion for teaching before entering college, I always had this idea in my head that teaching K-12 education wasn’t a real or appropriate profession for an Ivy League, engineering graduate like myself. Instead of industry or academia, however, I joined the stream of my peers entering the world of business management consulting.
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Middle Web
OCTOBER 13, 2024
We can spark student interest in STEM studies and careers with stories of middle school-aged inventors who gained the world's attention by solving a real problem. STEM author and curriculum expert Anne Jolly tells the story of eight such kids. Editable student handout included! The post Use the Stories of Young Inventors to Inspire Kids first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 10, 2024
When Meta held its annual conference at the end of September, the tech giant announced it is betting that the next wave of computing will come in the form of smart eyeglasses. Mark Zuckberberg, Meta’s founder and CEO, held up what he described as the first working prototype of Orion, which lets wearers see both the physical world and a computer display hovering in the field of vision.
Box Light
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the MassCUE Fall Conference, October 16-17, 2024, Booth #515 at Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA). Explore our innovative solutions in action and see how we’re enhancing classroom safety and boosting student engagement, making a real difference in today’s education.
Middle Web
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Whether you’re curious to bring artificial intelligence into your lesson planning – or the rapid evolution of AI has you feeling anxious – Monica Burns’ "EdTech Essentials: 12 Strategies for Every Classroom in the Age of AI" can help guide you in the effective use of new technologies. The post Essential AI Strategies for Every Classroom first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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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.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Education has changed. No longer is it contained within four classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Students aren’t confined by the eight hours between school bells or the struggling budget of an underfunded program. Now, education can be found anywhere — teaming up with students in Kenya, Skyping with an author in Sweden, or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Getting Started with Gaming is a course from The King’s Trust for 16–25-year-olds. Attendees commit to attending for a full week and from Monday to Thursday they design a game each day in preparation for Friday. On the course’s final day, the young people will take their games to Sony’s office to showcase them to Sony staff.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2024
One of Shane Woods’ favorite memories as executive director of Girlstart, a nonprofit that aims to empower girls in the sciences, was as a participant taking her own goddaughter to the organization’s back-to-school extravaganza. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. They zipped through activities with rockets and robots, and Woods asked her goddaughter — named Sailor — what she thought of it all when they were heading home.
Box Light
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the Region 4 Emergency Management and School Safety Expo, October 17, 2024, Gold Area – table B, at the Region 4 McKinney Conference Center (Houston, TX). Explore how our everyday classroom technology enhances safety and supports emergency preparedness and response. Our advanced tech solutions help create more secure learning environments while boosting student engagement, making a positive impact on education.
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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!
STEM Everyday Podcast
OCTOBER 13, 2024
2024 begins the 15th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition, which empowers public school students in grades 6–12 to leverage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to develop innovative solutions that address pressing local issues in their communities. Each year, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow awards more than $2 million in Samsung technology and classroom supplies to participating schools throughout the U.S.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Ask a Tech Teacher has a passel of online resources to help you introduce, teach, and reinforce digital citizenship to your students. Here’s our long list–and click here for updates if you arrive at this page late: Avatars Copyrights and Digital Laws Curriculum Applied Digital Skills –all tech skills Google’s Be Internet Awesome –abbreviated course K-8, scaffolded, Ask a Tech Teacher (with projects) Cyberbullying Cybersecurity Cyber Patriot program –by the Air Force DigCit–General
All About STEM
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Don’t miss out, there is just one day left to apply for a CREST Awards Engage Grant! Engage Grants help schools run CREST Awards with students who are underrepresented in STEM. Engage Grant & Engage Simply CREST You can apply for an Engage Grant or Engage Simply CREST If you are awarded an Engage Grant you will receive £350 in grant money as well as up to £350 worth of CREST Awards.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 15, 2024
When Gina Petersen graduated with her associate degree from Kirkwood Community College two years ago, she described it as “the biggest accomplishment I have ever done.” As a returning adult college student, she had struggled to fit her studies in part time, online, while working as a trainer for a tech company. She had gotten that job through connections, and she hoped that a college degree would be a big help if she ever needed to find a new job in the future.
Box Light
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Discover the potential of quick and effective science demonstrations! Join Jonathan Lockwood, Boxlight STEM Training and Development Specialist, in the “Three Labdisc Physical Science Labs in 20 Minutes” webinar, where he will show how the Labdisc All-in-One-Science Lab or Xploris STEAM Lab can simplify popular physical science experiments, making them accessible for students from elementary through high school.
Middle Web
OCTOBER 15, 2024
In the conclusion of their two-part series on supporting student research, our classroom teacher-authors share an Inquiry Chart tool educators can use to coach middle graders as they discuss how their findings are coming together, annotate their work, and plan next steps. The post A Tool to Help Students Share Their Research first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Digital Citizenship Week — October 14–18, 2024 You can get a lot of great ideas from Common Sense Education on their Digital Citizenship Week page : Digital Citizenship Week calendars, with fun activities and suggested lessons for each day AI literacy resources, like AI foundations course for educators, and AI literacy lesson collection for students Webinars and events to help build your teaching practice and implement digital citizenship in your classroom Family engagement resources to sh
All About STEM
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Have you signed up for Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges? Take a look at this video to find out more. The ASK Programme is fully funded by the Department for Education so there is no cost to schools or colleges to access the support, and the programme is also a PAL compliant provider.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 14, 2024
On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question. The students are all familiar with shadows, have had fun with them and no doubt played shadow puppets, but that’s different from being able to explain them.
Box Light
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Get ready! Boxlight is coming to Micro K12 TechFest South at Spirit Mountain in Grande Ronde, Oregon on October 17, 2024! Swing by Booth #306 to see our innovative solutions in action. Discover how we enhance classroom safety and boost student engagement, making a significant difference in educational practices. Don’t miss this chance to elevate the teaching and learning experience!
Middle Web
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Tamra Stambaugh and Paula Olszewski-Kubilius provide a guidebook to move forward with gifted programs that meet the needs of students living in poverty. “This will be a resource that shapes our gifted education program a long time into the future,” writes G/S teacher Kim Rensch. The post Serving Gifted Students from Low-Income Homes first appeared on MiddleWeb.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Google's NotebookLM is an AI powerhouse that can supercharge lessons, engage students in exciting new ways, and even help to create podcasts! Find out how and you'll even get to listen to podcasts I made in minutes in this article that I wrote for Tech & Learning Magazine.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Amazing news! Applications are now open for Unilever’s Apprenticeships and all other schemes! Have you recently left secondary school? Kickstart your career by joining a global organisation – you could work alongside your favourite brands! With Unilever’s Level 3, 4 and 6 pathways, apprentices can discover their purpose and gain crucial hands-on experience in their desired function.
Defined Learning
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Bids for attention are student attempts to seek connection, and how educators respond—by turning towards, away, or against—can significantly affect relationships and trust. Educators can foster a positive learning environment by creating opportunities for connection, mapping relationships for impact, and teaching students to make healthy, constructive bids for attention, ultimately nurturing their social, emotional, and academic development.
The Trendy Science Teacher
OCTOBER 16, 2024
As Halloween approaches, it’s the perfect time to infuse some spooky fun into your classroom while engaging your students in critical thinking and research skills. This year, I’m excited to share a fantastic resource that fits the bill: Unsolved Mysteries: Case Study Research Activity. Whether you’re teaching forensics or any subject that could use a dash of intrigue, this print-and-go resource is sure to captivate your students’ imaginations.
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