Mon.Nov 11, 2024

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5 Essential Questions Educators Have About AI

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Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. Teachers are exploring how AI can be used to redefine learning experiences, strengthen student-teacher relationships and support students as ethical AI users and creators.

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Enter The All About STEM Competition!

All About STEM

IT’S TIME! We have been blown away by the quality of entries over the last four years and can’t wait to see all the amazing posters from our schools. So without further ado, The All About STEM Competition is now open! ⚡️There is no theme this year, all ideas are welcome so the possibilities are endless!

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What If Finding Child Care Online Were as Easy as Making a Dinner Reservation?

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In 2024, if you want to make a dinner reservation, you’re very likely to open an app on your phone, input a few details and then filter your results to see which restaurants have availability for your party size, date and time. If you want to find child care, on the other hand, good luck. In most states, you can visit a website and see a map of providers in your area, along with some basic information about them — ages served, operating hours, quality rating — but details about their enrollment

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The Best STEM Gifts for this Holiday Season

STEM Education Works

Hello everyone! The holiday season is upon us, and what better gift to give friends and family this year than the gift of STEM? We are highlighting the best affordable STEM toys, gadgets, and devices with our Holiday Gift Guide ! I wanted to cover a few of my favorite products that we’re highlighting this year: Brown Dog Gadgets Kits: Our Brown Dog Gadgets products are the perfect combination of creative crafting and innovative learning … and they make perfect stocking stuffers.

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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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Tune Into STEAM: Engage Students with Music and Sound

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Ever wondered how music can transform your STEM lessons? Don’t miss the free 20-minute session titled “Tune Into STEAM: Engage Students with Music and Sound” led by Evan Brus, EOS Education Training and Development Specialist. Learn creative methods to teach key concepts to K-8 students through interactive activities that spark interest!

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BTU School – STEM Field Trips (11.8.2024)

Northeastern University

Last Friday, twenty two students from the 5th grade class at the BTU School came to campus to participate in STEM activities and learn more about life in college. The students were taught about the engineering design process (EDP) and the roles of engineers, particularly bioengineers and mechanical engineers. They then had the opportunity to experience the EDP hands on by designing a contraption that would protect an egg (representing a human skull and brain) during impact from a twenty foot dro

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A Day to Remember Veterans

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As many of you know, I have two wonderful children–one a CDR in the Navy and one a SFC In the Army. I also have a long family history of relatives who fought for America. So today, I salute them and all others who have put their lives and dreams aside to support America’s values and principles. I can’t say it better than these videos: November 11th is also Remembrance Day in Canada.