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Incorporating Monthly Giving Projects into STEM Curriculum: Inspiring the Next Generation of Philanthropists

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Adding monthly giving projects to STEM classes helps students learn important skills like problem-solving and teamwork while also teaching them to care about their communities. Coding Projects Example : Build a Fundraising Website Objective : Teach students how to create a simple website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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So You Wanna Teach STEM?

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Sometimes things go sideways, and that’s when we can teach our students the art of embracing failure. For instance, biology and engineering can join forces in the mind-blowing world of biotechnology, and computer science and mathematics are like the dynamic duo of data analysis in any scientific discipline.

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Our 10 Most Popular K-12 Stories of 2022

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We explored new efforts by school districts to address staff shortages and other ongoing fallout from the pandemic, including four-day school weeks and more flexible, better-paying teaching programs. What emerges from our list of most-read stories of 2022 is a clear theme: Teaching is in crisis. Teaching Broke My Heart.

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Education and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Path to Transformation

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The second dimension pertains to teaching young individuals how to harness AI for their future careers, leadership roles and learning opportunities. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology released an AI report: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning.

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How Students Use AI to Design Solutions for Their Community

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Kumar has been a teacher for 19 years and is passionate about creating a learning environment that fosters critical thinking, collaboration and creativity among her students. Kumar believes prioritizing youth voice can bring fresh and innovative ideas to the development of AI tools.

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What’s Changed in Lesson Planning

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Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened, homework as worksheets, and tests regurgitating facts. For example, spreadsheets should teach critical thinking and data analysis, not Excel or Sheets.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Play is the new teaching. Did I miss anything?