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Tech Tip #138: 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites

Ask a Tech Teacher

169 tech-centric situations—tech topics most important to your teaching as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations Today’s tip: Evaluate websites Category: Parents When students use the internet to research a topic, likely they get hundreds—or thousands—of possible resources. Beyond selecting based on key words and extensions (such as selecting websites that end in .edu and.gov), how can they make choices that will inform their learning rather than misguide i

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For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not.

ED Surge

How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of “Ancient Aliens.” Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction? If you’re a teen, you could be exposed to conspiracy theories and a host of other pieces of misinformation as frequently as every day while scrolling through your social media feeds.

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Online Parent & Carer Information Sessions: Advanced Manufacturing

All About STEM

This series, Creating Careers Pathways: Parent & Carer Information Sessions, will explore Apprenticeship and Technical Education (ATE) routes in the Liverpool City Region, designed to give you the information you need to effectively inform and prepare your young person for their best next step.

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Effective Principals Find Their Leadership Edge

Middle Web

Beginning with reflective exercises to help readers identify their leadership tendencies, Brad and Jeremy Johnson offer a nuanced exploration of the tension between assertiveness and compassion in school leadership and then provide actionable strategies to achieve balance. The post Effective Principals Find Their Leadership Edge first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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STEM Everyday #281 | STEM, CTE, & Submarines? | feat. Jerry Wooden

STEM Everyday Podcast

“The state of the industrial workforce is in crisis, and employers are desperate to find qualified workers with the technical skills needed to grow their operations,” said Jerry Wooden, CEO of eDynamic Learning , the parent company of Learning Blade. “By introducing students to in-demand STEM careers, state leaders and district administrators are helping to introduce young talent to critical industries and are paving the way for the workforce of tomorrow.

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Divisibility Rules Game

Basic-Mathematics

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Nov 7, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 63)

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Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 63)

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Comparing Integers Game

Basic-Mathematics

A very interactive comparing integers game that will really help you sharpen your basic mathematics skills.