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JULY 12, 2022

Today, a collection of more than 500 prominent business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer science a core subject. The effort was led by Code.org, an education nonprofit focused on expanding computer science education. In the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

When districts slot students into math classes based on ability they send conspicuous messages to those on the lower track that they are not smart enough, says Ho Nguyen, who was a K-12 math and computer science program administrator in San Francisco during the district's detracking attempt. That was true in San Francisco, Nguyen says.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Google It As a student, part of my schooling involved library classes, computer classes and English classes, during which I received dedicated instructional time using Mozilla Firefox and Google to do research for school projects. We were taught not to plagiarize and to cite our sources.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. As researchers, our research stands on the shoulders of other researchers.

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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. Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors.

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JUNE 9, 2022

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. public speaking. using research authentically. Give students time to research, but not too much time. plan required research.

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MAY 15, 2024

Building STEM Literacy at a Large Florida School District Broward County Public Schools is the sixth-largest school district in the United States, serving over 250,000 students across 326 schools and education centers in the Fort Lauderdale area. Research is foundational to sustaining and expanding access to all students.

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MAY 20, 2022

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities. Open Library. Unite for Literacy.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

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. Find Public Domain Images. libraryspot.com — there’s a big uptick in using the internet for research this year over last year. Back to School Tips.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

This week, I’ll post my updated suggestions for three holiday activities that will get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of teaching that starts after the New Year. Adding new publications or items efriends would like to know about? FB has become a common resource for future employers when they research your background.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

At Columbia University’s Science of Learning Research Initiative (SOLER), our work is dedicated to examining the academic experience of our students and instructors through a scientific lens. To inform these conversations, observational research — without intervention — is the necessary foundation.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Some researchers are exploring one that might sound trivial but actually could be quite thorny: What should these computer-generated educational assistants look and sound like? Mayer believes that as the computer-generated voices get more lifelike, the impact of voice tone, “gender” and other features will become more significant.

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MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities. Open Library. Unite for Literacy.

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JULY 15, 2024

While typing offers efficiency, research suggests that the tactile process of handwriting engages the brain more deeply, fostering better comprehension and retention. Read the Full Story: National Public Radio (5/11) –image credit to Deposit Photo Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rashawn Ray That’s the question a team of researchers at the think tank Brookings Institution are asking, through a new project that will probe the opportunities and barriers virtual reality offers in higher education. Or it might mean taking research off campus. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge?

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MAY 19, 2023

Gutenberg Project This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). These are great for all ages to not only read but research topics that might have been well-covered years ago but not so much now (like primitive tribes). Access this catalog via the website.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But following that, I decided to take three years and immerse myself in the study of social capital research for my doctoral dissertation. Having conducted much more research, including my own mixed-method study, I’m more convinced than ever: Schools need to focus more on social capital development. Researcher Tara J.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

In this class, take students through the six steps required to move from dream to publication: brainstorm. plan required research. Start with a discussion on 1) the difference between an amateur and professional writer, 2) what it means to be ‘published’, and 3) publication options. Enjoy the research. write the book.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

This week, I’ll post my updated suggestions for three holiday activities that will get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of teaching that starts after the New Year. Here’s what you’ll get (the links won’t be active until the post goes live ): Speed Up and Protect Your Computer. Have you changed your focus?

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JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2022

The year 2021 pushed us all to learn new lessons in unexpected ways, from deciphering public health statistics about vaccines and masks to refreshing our memory for the Greek alphabet thanks to emerging COVID-19 variants. Coursera Is Now a Public Company. Young Research into how to hold students’ attention in online courses.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Maxey has spent over two decades in public education, both in the classroom and at the administrative level. School districts and educators have responded in a variety of ways.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The pandemic has largely changed public perceptions about the appropriate use of technology for young people, argues Katie Davis, associate professor in the information school at the University of Washington. If you think of a computer, an analogy to a computer, they have just smaller CPUs than we do as adults.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Pearce is well known in the research community for savings scientists millions of dollars using open source tricks. Now he is explaining his approach and sharing his tricks for the general public in his new book Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects from McGraw Hill. Both books are available on Amazon.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology think they may have a way to keep the chatbots honest. ChatGPT doesn’t care about facts, it just cares about what’s the next most-probable word in a string of words,” explains Sandeep Kakar, a research scientist at Georgia Tech. It has problems saying, ‘I don’t know.’” So Ashok K.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Around this time, learning scientists picked up on the educational potential of gaming and began running research studies, largely with National Science Foundation (NSF) dollars. MacArthur pulled from both the academic and commercial communities, and important research started to emerge from university consortia and non-profits.

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MAY 23, 2023

To everyone else, though, those and many other scholarly publications are locked, or can only be read by paying hefty per-article fees. The typical open access model makes scholarly articles free to the public by charging authors a processing fee to have their work published in the journal. Now it's life of the author plus 70 years.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Today, he is sharing his experience and research on how keyboarding skills benefit other topics I found this every interesting: Finger Dexterity. We might also do that for our computer literacy students learning to take dictation. How, then, does finger dexterity transfer from piano keyboarding to computer literacy?

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JULY 25, 2023

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. Where this isn’t an option, they can use school computers and tablets—a viable option as 94% of U.S. public schools provide students with computers.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“We need to involve more underrepresented communities in our programs and missions and our research, so what we've been doing is trying to figure out how we can plug in our content into those communities,” Logreira said. It was an unexpected opportunity to do an IT internship at Fannie Mae that changed her mentality.

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ED Surge

APRIL 24, 2023

This project was guided by Anni Kumar, a seasoned educator and head of the computer science department at Vikas Bharati Public School. Students researched and chose an AI model that was appropriate for the problem they were trying to solve. EdSurge: How did you get students started in using AI to design solutions?

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APRIL 13, 2023

As expected, though, the new nonprofit will also continue to manage the Open edX platform , the open-source system that hosts edX courses and can also be used by any institution with the tech know-how and the computer servers to run it. That might include doing research, building tech tools or helping manage organizations.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

My student stood next to my desk, computer resting on both hands, his eyes wide with a mixture of fear and excitement. As I reached for his computer to read the final entry in his conversation with HoldenAI, I noticed how intense the interactions had become and I wondered if I had gone too far. “I think I’m talking to Salinger.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

For individual needs such as completing homework, casual reading, personal research, or anything else that requires significant amounts of reading, there is lots of help. At the time of this publication, Chrome offered twelve apps and extensions for reading-challenged users. providing visual prompts (such as highlighted text).

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

For individual needs such as completing homework, casual reading, personal research, or anything else that requires significant amounts of reading, there is lots of help. At the time of this publication, Chrome offered twelve apps and extensions for reading-challenged users. providing visual prompts (such as highlighted text).

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JULY 25, 2015

digital search/research. fair use/public domain. Topics include: cyberbullying. digital citizenship. digital commerce. digital communications. digital footprint. digital law. digital privacy. digital rights and responsibilities. image copyrights. internet safety. netiquette. plagiarism. social media. stranger danger.

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