Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

Here’s what most educators and parents innately know as a truism of education: “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” –Albert Einstein Peer-to-peer learning–acquiring knowledge from a peer group–has become a popular strategy as teachers move from a teacher-lecturer education model to teacher-guide.

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ED Surge

MARCH 25, 2025

As PTA president at my childrens school, I rely on social media to keep families informed about everything from sports and musicals to important school updates. But Ive also seen firsthand how it can be distracting or be used to share comments that conflict with school values. It is particularly hard to create a healthy digital school culture when school leaders have little control over removing content, such as confession accounts, fight accounts and impersonation accounts.

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Middle Web

MARCH 25, 2025

When teachers apply "translanguaging" in class, write Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, they're using a students home language as a scaffold to help them achieve English language acquisition and to learn academic content they might not be able to access yet in English. The post Translanguaging: A Vital Tool for ELL Teachers first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

The last few years have seen a huge expansion in the number and types of cyber security courses in high schools. Much of this has been driven by a growth in the realization that we, society, governments, businesses, need more help making our systems secure from bad actors. CS ed as career development. Great in career technical schools of course. Yet another CS elective in comprehensive schools as well.

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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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Teach Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

Engaging 5th graders in hands-on experiments is a great way to pique your students’ curiosity and foster a deeper understanding of scientific concepts. Here is a series of fun and educational science experiments designed specifically for 5th graders. Experiment 1: Volcano Eruption Volcano Eruption demonstrates a fun and visually exciting chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar, simulating a volcanic eruption with bubbling “lava.” Materials Needed Baking soda Vinegar R

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 25, 2025

Each spring, the buzz of March Madness fills classrooms across the countrynot just with basketball, but with books. Over the years, book bracket tournaments (Classroom Tournament of Books) have become a beloved classroom tradition, turning reading into a competitive, community-building experience. Students read, discuss, and vote for their favorite stories, watching their top titles battle through rounds until one emerges as the class champion.

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STEM Sport

MARCH 25, 2025

Project based learning focuses on providing students with real-world examples and experiences that help them understand the curriculum on a deeper level. When utilizing project based learning techniques, educators typically conduct their lessons over a longer period of time, which allows students to fully explore complex questions and problems, searching for the best, most effective solution.

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Online Math for All

MARCH 25, 2025

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STEM Sport

MARCH 25, 2025

STEM Sports Featured in (ET) Magazine Every January, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) convenes the brightest minds, pioneering companies, and groundbreaking innovations shaping the future of learning. This year, innovation wasnt just a buzzwordit was the currency of progress, with companies showcasing cutting-edge AI, immersive learning, and creative solutions designed to prepare students for an AI-driven world.

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Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Teachers experience voice disorders at a significantly higher rate than the general public. In fact, theyre nearly twice as likely as non-teachers to suffer from chronic vocal issues. More than 50% of teachers say they suffer from hoarseness or vocal fatigue every Approximately 58% have developed a voice disorder during their career. More than 20% of teachers with chronic voice disorders have left or considered leaving the profession due to vocal strain.

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ED Surge

MARCH 25, 2025

Under the first couple of months of the new administration, education has come in for significant and contested revamping. The federal education department has suffered deep cuts, which are the subject of a lawsuit from Democratic state attorneys general. A bitterly disputed executive order has tasked Education Secretary Linda McMahon, wife of the wrestling impresario, with shuttering the department.

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ED Surge

MARCH 25, 2025

For almost three hours last month, Linda McMahon sat through a confirmation hearing in which senators pressed her on everything from teacher pay to transgender athletes. But none from either party asked her about school shootings. Thats a glaring oversight, according to some leaders working to reduce youth gun violence. Others say that fears about the Department of Educations possible closure so dominated the hearing that there was little time to question McMahon about the full spectrum of educa

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