ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our coverage of new approaches to math education drew the most interest from readers, with two different features exploring how to rethink calculus making our Top 5. EdSurge takes you inside Harvard’s Science Center, where this summer, professors imagined new ways to push calculus past its limits. Will Instructors Heed It?

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] –image credit: Deposit Photos Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Just click through!

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

December 6-12th, 2021, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Kid-created Games That Teach.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. Greg Beutler is the Director of Techscool.org , a school devoted to teaching kids this fundamental skill through the lens of robotics, coding, competitions, and more. The same applies to computer science.

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JULY 8, 2019

Math used to be a tedious memorization of facts and formulas. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Interactivate.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. Quick Review of 7 Popular Math Programs. 10 Tech Tools for Your Math Class. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. 12 Tips for Teaching Middle School Tech. Tech Tip #103: 16 Spring Cleaning Steps for Computers. Quick Reviews of 7 Popular Math Programs.

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MARCH 29, 2022

If your school doesn’t teach personal economics but would like to, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. It is a fast-paced, interactive game that engages students in football strategy while teaching money management skills. Websites that Teach Your Kids About Money. Here are some I like.

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MARCH 15, 2023

When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards. But that quickly became cumbersome.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Here’s along list of websites that focus on math automaticity for the K-5 classroom. K Math Skills. Math Videos (not practice, but fun to watch). First Grade math skills. Math Flashcards. Math Flashcards. Math Practice Test. Mental Math. More Quick Math. Quick Math.

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MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). The over 150 games are fast-paced and interactive, and cover over 180 math topics. – Pre-school Math. Zap Zap Math can be played as an app or on a PC via a download.

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APRIL 6, 2020

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Math websites.

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APRIL 11, 2019

I’ve been teaching technology for over fifteen years. While student familiarity with this tool has improved, one thing that never varies is the myths surrounding teaching with it. You don’t have to teach keyboarding. Teach the digital tool and then use it. Math is like that. I agree about the familiarity.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. Greg Beutler is the Director of Techscool.org , a school devoted to teaching kids this fundamental skill through the lens of robotics, coding, competitions, and more. The same applies to computer science.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Math vs. Zombies (app). ASCII Art–Computer Art for Everyone (a pumpkin–see inset). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Landon’s Pumpkins – LAZ Reader [Level P–second grade] – Language Technologies, Inc. (app). Make A Zombie – Skunk Brothers GmbH (app). Meddybemps Spooky. Pumpkin Patch Games.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

December 7-12th, 2020, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Kid-created Games That Teach.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Best practices now suggest that instead of cocooning students, we teach them to be good digital citizens , confident and competent. Have a discussion with students about passwords — they probably use them to log onto their computers and some websites or apps. This can tie into math class discussions on graphs and data.

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APRIL 10, 2015

A wide variety of topics, with one thing in common–they teach you about technology in education: Common Core training–the Hunt Institute. How-to videos –technology, reading, math, more. Learn Zillion—teaching videos. Teaching Channel. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2024

That can be true with challenges like glitches in the federal financial aid forms or a student registration system, says Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University. Greg Walton: Sapna Cheryan, a professor at University of Washington, has done work on gender and belonging issues. What’s an example?

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MAY 7, 2021

16 Spring Cleaning Steps for Computers. Need math resources? 15+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. JotForm Approvals–Great Way to Manage Workflow. 5 Websites for 4th Grade Word Study. What Do You Think is the Hardest Tech Problem? (a Using VR in Schools.

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JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. If you ask seventh and eighth graders what their hardest subject is, they’ll hands down tell you it’s math. US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Math vs. Zombies (app). ASCII Art–Computer Art for Everyone (a pumpkin–see inset). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Make A Zombie – Skunk Brothers GmbH (app). Meddybemps Spooky. Readwords reading collection for Halloween. Readworks Halloween Reading Resources. Signing Halloween–a video.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As educators struggle with the best way to teach critical thinking and problem solving, coding has proven to be an effective and flexible tool. While most parents agree that it should be part of the modern school’s program, only a small percentage ( about 40% of schools) teach coding. Benefits of Coding for Kids.

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JUNE 9, 2022

While immersing themselves in a topic they love, Genius Hour teaches students how to pursue a goal important to them. The teacher will make arrangements with interested senior centers for students to teach weekly classes. how to download favorite songs onto their computer. how to solve computer problems (i.e.,

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APRIL 30, 2021

It’s similar to web-based options like Miro with two dramatic differences: It works through a iPad and can be mirrored to a computer (and from there, the class screen). All that’s needed is an iPad, AirSketch, a class computer, and a class screen. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

GameMaker Studio 2 is best suited to teaching for a full unit or semester rather than a quick in-and-out as might be used for Hour of Code. One of its goals is to make learning computer science and programming easy. Gamestar Mechanic teaches game design through the use of web-based game-based quests and courses. High School+.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Mathematics happens everywhere–at the grocery store, the bank, the family budget, the affirmative nod from parents to update a child’s computer to their agreement to add apps from the app store. According to the Bureau of Labor and Management: … jobs in computing and mathematics are projected to grow by 20 percent.

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JUNE 28, 2022

I know–a geeky, scary three-letter word that makes even math aficionados decide to choose advanced calculus rather than computer programming. Most SQL programs will teach you how to read data from an analytics or database performance analyzer, such as SolarWinds’ DPA. Take a Paid Online SQL Course.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud computing are transforming businesses. Students can’t go wrong with future careers in information technology and computer science. To become a machine learning engineer, you will need a master’s degree in computer science or artificial intelligence.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Something more than the fact that my mother started teaching me, in our home, at age six. While teaching piano students as young as four and as advanced in years as 84, I teach more than just the names of the notes. Math skills are also used as we turn the pages in a book. I was teaching math along with music.

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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. York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. Teaching is hard.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Math vs. Zombies (app). ASCII Art–Computer Art for Everyone (a pumpkin–see inset). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Make A Zombie – Skunk Brothers GmbH (app). Meddybemps Spooky. Readwords reading collection for Halloween. Readworks Halloween Reading Resources. Signing Halloween–a video.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

December 9-15th, 2019, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code –a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science?

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APRIL 29, 2016

Many of you are familiar with the award-winning free app called Zap Zap Math. I first learned about it through an email about their newly updated platform– …addictive math games. kids fall in love with math. Not a lot of math apps can fulfill these claims. How do the Zap Zap Math folks do that?

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AUGUST 10, 2016

C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. Anyone concerned about the US placing only in the top thirty internationally (depends upon the poll referenced–here’s a thorough summary ) in math skills.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Because AATT is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems which I share with you.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Of course, all of the course material can be studied from your computer. Apps like Duolingo for languages, Photomath for math problems, and Anki for spaced repetition flashcards make studying both interactive and fun. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. And digital platforms make this easier than ever.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Parents don’t need a formal teaching degree to qualify as homeschool teachers. It may be beneficial for you to take an online course that goes over teaching fundamentals and how to run a classroom. Some nannies have a teaching degree or classroom teaching experience and can support a parent’s homeschooling efforts.

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