Tue.Mar 18, 2025

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Minecraft Builds Coding Skills

Ask a Tech Teacher

Minecraft has been popular with kids for a long time with no sign of slowing down. It’s useful for teaching a plethora of subjects, from history to math to geology to tech skills. Just as important, it’s that rare fun lesson that teaches problem solving and critical thinking without the usual pain. Edweek has a good article that focuses on Minecraft and coding, a quick three-minute read that is well worth your time: How Playing Minecraft Can Help Students Learn Coding Skills “S

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Tips for Maintaining Student Focus

Teach Hub

As a teacher, youve seen firsthand how your students can lose focus, from daydreaming in their seats to chatting with their friends. Keeping a childs attention has never been easy, and with the average attention span now down to about 8 seconds (which is said to be shorter than a goldfish), its becoming even harder. While flexible seating has helped younger students release some energy, older students are often expected to focus for longer periods.

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Omar Cortez

CoderZ

Robotics Instructor at Dallas Independent School District My school participated in CoderZ League in a Box for the first time this year, and it was a fantastic experience! Student engagement in coding was at an all-time highthey were logging hours late at night without it even being homework! The competitive aspect kept them motivated, and they absolutely loved it.

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GAP Funding Brief: Essential Information for Schools - March, 2025

Box Light

Grant Specialist Dr. Don Gemeinhardt breaks down whats happening with key funding sources and helps schools access the resources and support they need.

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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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The Power of Sports to Engage Students in STEM Learning

STEM Sport

Featured in (ET) Magazine: Educators constantly search for ways to engage students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). These subjects are foundational for preparing students for the future workforce, yet they are often met with resistance from learners who find them abstract or disconnected from their daily lives. One of the most effective ways to break down these barriers is to teach STEM through the lens of sports.

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As Immigration Raids Stoke Anxiety, What Are the Implications for How Children Learn?

ED Surge

Panicked calls from parents. More empty desks in classrooms. Higher anxiety. Those are some of the effects school officials from around the country say their communities have been experiencing in the weeks since the Trump administration rolled back a federal policy that restricted Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids on school grounds.

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