Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2024

An article on NPR caught my eye. First, because it was on a topic many consider settled science–haven’t we moved on from handwriting to keyboarding ? Audio even? If you poll schools, you’ll find that many continue to teach handwriting, partly because without it, how can adults sign checks and contracts? But also, because there are undeniable cognitive benefits students experience through the process of learning to write: Enhanced memory and learning : Handwriting improves reten

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ED Surge

JULY 15, 2024

When Los Angeles Unified School District launched a districtwide AI chatbot nicknamed “Ed” in March, officials boasted that it represented a revolutionary new tool that was only possible thanks to generative AI — a personal assistant that could point each student to tailored resources and assignments and playfully nudge and encourage them to keep going.

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STEM Discovery Education

JULY 15, 2024

Summer school programs are an ideal way to provide learning recovery and reinforce critical math and reading skills. Yet, developing an effective summer program can come with unique challenges. Leaders have less time to plan and fewer teachers to help students who need the most support. Discovery Education Experience, DreamBox Math, and DreamBox Reading programs […] The post How Discovery Education Helps Solve 3 Summer Program Challenges appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Computing Education Research Blog

JULY 15, 2024

We want students to be data literate. We want them to be able to understand, critique, and argue with data, both visualizations and tables. A new book edited by Colby Tofel-Grehl and Emmanuel Schanzer ( Improving Equity in Data Science: Re-Imagining the Teaching and Learning of Data in K-16 Classrooms ) focuses on developing equitable data literacy — making sure that all students have these skills, and to use them in culturally responsive contexts.

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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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Starfish Education

JULY 15, 2024

Teaching STEM doesn't have to be expensive! Try these low-cost, high-interest design challenges to engage your students in STEM.

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