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APRIL 30, 2024

AI technologies can also help students who struggle with specific writing processes maintain a consistent writing quality. AI automates grammar checking and fundamental composition, letting students focus on creativity and analysis. If students overuse AI to write essays, they may not engage in critical thinking and creativity.

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JULY 17, 2024

The Importance of Community in Education A sense of belonging enhances student engagement, improves academic performance, and supports mental health. In virtual settings, where students might otherwise feel disconnected, building community becomes even more critical. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JULY 31, 2024

The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros In The Innovator’s Mindset , Couros explains how you as an educator can respond to a student’s natural curiosity, feed his/her passion to explore, and shape the way s/he learns. This book is free online.

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JULY 3, 2024

It’s pretty ideal for brainstorming sessions and collaborative projects online featuring: Real-time collaboration Multimedia support Easy to embed and share Flipgrid A video discussion tool, Flipgrid encourages students to express their ideas and engage in discussion through short video exchanges.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Personalized Learning: AI allows educational content and instruction to be tailored to individual students’ abilities, needs and interests. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning. This gives teachers more time to work one-on-one with students. Ongoing algorithm auditing is required.

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MAY 28, 2024

The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros In The Innovator’s Mindset , Couros explains how you as an educator can respond to a student’s natural curiosity, feed his/her passion to explore, and shape the way s/he learns. This book is free online.

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STEM Sport

APRIL 4, 2023

Many STEM careers can also be considered STEAM careers because of the need for creative thinking. Interesting Creative STEM Careers In this article, you will learn more about engaging STEM careers that use creative thinking. Front-end developers have the opportunity to be creative on a daily basis when building websites.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. .”

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MAY 13, 2024

Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge. Digital Art Platforms Digital art platforms are unlocking creative potential in students like never before.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Level Up Los Angeles represents an inclusive, districtwide initiative aimed at integrating esports into educational contexts, utilizing platforms that support collaborative and creative learning. Esports offers incredible benefits for student engagement, community and skill building, and pathways to higher education and job opportunities.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

This month, we'll be diving into engineering principles, fostering a growth mindset, and celebrating creativity with International Dot Day. Here’s a week-by-week guide to help you navigate through September with exciting STEM lesson plans that will keep your students engaged and curious. Creativity 3.)

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JULY 12, 2022

The topics of science, technology, engineering, and math are referred to as STEM when talking about education, curriculum, and jobs. There is a large focus on providing quality STEM education to students starting at a young age to keep up with the increased need to fill STEM jobs around the country and world. Scientific literacy.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

As an educator, I have always believed in the power of creativity to inspire and engage students. By seamlessly integrating art into our curriculum, we not only enhance academic learning but also foster imagination and critical thinking skills. Get ready to embark on a journey of guiding creativity!

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STEM Sport

JANUARY 23, 2024

The primary challenge for educators is to develop and maintain a STEM curriculum that is both responsive and adaptable to these ongoing advancements. In this article, we will review tactics and tools for educators to refresh their STEM curricula, ensuring it is effective and engaging for students.

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MAY 30, 2023

To prepare students for the future workforce, STEM education must prioritize a dynamic and flexible curriculum that keeps pace with the evolving needs of the modern world. This article talks about the importance of an environment that encourages creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Teachers make customized exercise plans by carefully examining information about students’ fitness levels, interests, and health issues. These individualized plans promote inclusivity across the curriculum, guaranteeing that every student participates actively and advances at their speed.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This commonly known term is often used when discussing education, curriculum, and the workforce. The rapid job increase in these areas highlights the need for educators to provide students with STEM curricula that will help them become innovative thinkers and problem-solvers. Designing STEM Curriculum For Kindergarten.

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APRIL 23, 2024

When creating a learning space that stimulates students’ motivation through the recognition of their own values, teachers can combine external incentives in a very careful way, which creates a classroom where students are willing to learn new things, explore new ideas and work harder to reach their full potential.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This also reflects a broader issue that sends a damaging message to students about what’s truly important in their education. When we devalue the subject areas on the margins of our state-mandated curriculum, we fail to recognize the full range of skills students need for a well-rounded education.

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JUNE 26, 2024

These papers test students over everything they learned in maths classes, from primary school through secondary education. Numbers Maths curriculum is linear, meaning that each new topic builds on previously-learnt skills. Numbers represents the most fundamental maths concepts from students’ earliest days in primary school.

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JUNE 21, 2022

The best of these young coders are learning to use code creatively and developing a tangible skill set that they will use in future careers. CodeCombat AI League trailer (credit: CodeCombat) A Foundation of Game-Based Learning Founded in 2013, CodeCombat was born from a simple idea: Make learning to code engaging and accessible to all.

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JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff. They evaluated the museum’s education program and worked together to design a new curriculum.

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JULY 31, 2024

In the weeks and months that follow, I curate reading lists for students based on their survey responses. In this way, I strengthen and personalize our purpose for reading and let students chart their own learning path in more critical and creative ways.

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JULY 30, 2023

Photo by Markus Winkler: [link] The Best Resources and Strategies Review: Stem Curriculum Guides to Engage Students and Ignite passion for All Lessons (2023) – Are you looking for the best STEM curriculum books guide to enhance your teaching and engage your students? Look no further!

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Tools like Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT, and a plethora of apps seem perfect for handling the repetitive and time-consuming aspects of education that take teachers away from the core of most lessons that require critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It focuses on student growth rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and lessons is to spark student creativity–empower them to explore their passion. What is Genius Hour. Tract simplifies that.

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JULY 19, 2022

For some schools, the challenge is a lack of budget to provide the curriculum that’s needed to teach STEM concepts. In other cases, teachers may not be trained or have the resources needed to create engaging STEM content. . We’re also talking about practicing creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and honing inquiry skills.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The platform focuses on student growth and learning rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and more is to spark student creativity, empower them to explore their own passions at their own pace.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Many students perceive writing as formulaic, disconnected from their life experiences and lacking opportunities for personal agency and expression. When we hand the reins of learning over to our students, the results are more relevant, creative and authentic than we as adults are capable of on our own.”

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

math teaching predominantly focused on procedural skills, where students spent most of their time acquiring isolated skills through repetition. In contrast, Japanese teaching was measurably more focused on deeper understanding, where students engaged more with solving challenging problems collaboratively. I figured it out!”

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Combining phenomena-based learning with 3D science standards helps students see science as a way to make sense of the world around them. Shadow Town,” a module in the K-8 curriculum Twig Science , is an example of phenomena-based learning in action, an approach that taps into students' natural curiosity to make sense of the world around them.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

His 250 middle and high school students in the rural Caledonia Regional School in Moncton, New Brunswick, are using computers that are older than the students themselves. Instead, Kelly gives credit to a curriculum that engages their creativity and speaks to their interests. I dive in with the kids.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Being a computer science teacher, I thought I had a natural affinity for technology that could translate into a successful tech-agnostic approach to curriculum and instruction; however, by Thanksgiving of the following year, I had led one too many uninspiring and demoralizing online classes where it felt like I was talking into a deep, dark void.

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STEM Education Works

JUNE 3, 2024

Currently, two methodologies have been at the forefront of my own exploration, and these have become the basis for which I design our STEM curriculum: The Engineering Design Process (EDP) and the 5E Instructional Model. Stages Involved: Engage : Captivate students’ interest and stimulate their curiosity.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Here are a few ways that Canva can help you have a more productive, creative classroom. By using Canva’s extensive library of templates , you can create engaging visual aids, such as infographics and diagrams as well as use their customizable worksheet templates to save time and ensure your resources are tailored to your curriculum.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Coding cultivates vital skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and computational thinking, applicable throughout the curriculum. It also acquaints students with technology and digital literacy. When students apply coding principles, they reinforce math skills naturally.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

"There are so many amazing ways to use games, game-like experiences and the design process to engage students, not just in academic things, but in things that have to do with conflict or processing feelings." While our curriculum is traditional in the sense that it must follow the common core standards, the delivery is very different.

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