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35+ Online Audio Resources

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Here are popular online audio resources ( click for update to lists ): Audacity –free download for Windows, Macs, Linux Audionote – Syncs audio with typed notes so you can hear what was said at any time (app) AudioPal –records a message that is then embeddable into your website or blog Audio Memos Free – The Voice Recorder ( free with ads or $0.99 without ads) (app) Beautiful Audio Recorder — record directly from your browser; pretty easy to use with some editing functions DropVox (fee) (ap

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Not All ‘Free College’ Programs Spark Increased Enrollments or More Degrees

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The premise of “free college” programs popping up around the country in recent years is that bringing the price of higher education down to nearly nothing will spur more students to enroll and earn degrees. But is that what actually happens? David Monaghan, an associate professor of sociology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, has been digging into that question in a series of recent research studies.

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Unilever Visit All About STEM Competition School Challenge Day!

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In December 2023, All About STEM held an exciting draw offering 10 north west schools the chance to win a STEM Challenge Day worth £1500! Throughout 2024, All About STEM visited the winning schools and hosted fun hands-on workshops exploring science, technology, engineering and maths.

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6 Projects for Learning about Simple Machines

STEM Education Guide

Simple machines are tools with few or no moving parts that make work easier. There are six types of simple machines: lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, wheel and axle, and pulley. Also, simple machines are the building blocks of a bunch of other tools, they can also be combined to form compound machines, which are tools made up of two or more simple machines working together.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

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.

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Pharmacogenetics

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Pharmacogenetics, also known as pharmacogenomics, is the study of how genes influence a person's response to drugs. The word pharmacogenomics comes from the combination of the terms pharmacology— the study of one’s response to drugs and medicine — and genomics— the study of one’s genes and their functions. Pharmacogenomics is part of the precision medicine field, a treatment personalized on one’s genes, environment, and lifestyle.

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Aug 9, Honors Algebra 2 Problems with Solutions (Part - 2)

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Aug 9, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 23)

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