Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 25, 2024

Writing a great research paper involves more than just retelling what you’ve read. The foundation of any good paper is solid research. Here are five essential research techniques Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Philip Richardson, suggests for college students that can also apply to high school research projects: Top 5 Research Techniques for Your College Papers Writing a killer college paper takes more than smashing your fingers on your keyboard until you get up to the required word count.

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ED Surge

JUNE 25, 2024

While her daughter naps, Bridget Collins spends an hour reviewing and role-playing activities with her home visitor, Amanda Pedlar, in the front room of her house in San Antonio, Texas. This week, the pair starts by discussing 3-year-old Brook’s burgeoning curiosity. Pedlar notes that it’s normal, at this stage of development, for Brook to ask “Why?

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Box Light

JUNE 25, 2024

Exciting news for educators, administrators, and IT staff: Boxlight is launching a new technology, unmatched in its capabilities that everyone can agree on and will love. FrontRow UNITY and FrontRow UNITY Campus are first-of-its-kind ed tech solutions that completely unify technology both within the class and school. With UNITY, the ability to instruct, announce, and alert is taken to a completely new level.

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ED Surge

JUNE 25, 2024

The movement to keep smartphones out of schools is gaining momentum. Just last week, the nation’s second-largest public school system, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to ban smartphones starting in January, citing adverse health risks of social media for kids. And the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for warning labels on social media systems, saying “the mental health crisis among young people is an emergency.

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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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STEM for Kids

JUNE 25, 2024

Raleigh, North Carolina USA 6/25/2024 STEM For Kids is excited to announce the release of the July STEM Calendar, a unique and educational resource designed to highlight significant historic events in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This calendar aims to inspire curiosity, appreciation, and a deeper understanding of the remarkable achievements and milestones that have shaped our world.

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