Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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How Is Axim Collaborative Spending $800 Million From the Sale of EdX?

ED Surge

One of the country’s richest nonprofits focused on online education has been giving out grants for more than a year. But so far, the group, known as Axim Collaborative, has done so slowly — and pretty quietly. “There has been little buzz about them in digital learning circles,” says Russ Poulin, executive director of WCET, a nonprofit focused on digital learning in higher education.

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Five Ways to Create Immersion in the Classroom

STEM Discovery Education

Educators today wear many metaphorical hats, especially as technology develops. They are expected to become film directors, vloggers, and coding experts, not to mention navigating the world of AI and feeling the burden of their students’ online safety. It can be easy to forget that a key part of the mission of educational technology (EdTech) […] The post Five Ways to Create Immersion in the Classroom appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Boxlight Success Story: Alvin ISD's STEM Bus Delivers Hands-On Learning

Box Light

Alvin ISD’s STEM Bus program enhances student learning and provides Alvin ISD students with valuable experiences for future careers in STEM.

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Ionic and Covalent Bonds

MooMoo Math & Science

Ionic bonds are formed from metals and nonmetals or a metal and a polyatomic ions which are typically made of nonmetals. Covalent bonds are formed from two or more nonmetals If you look at the periodic table you can locate this stairstep. Elements to the left of the stair step are metals except for hydrogen which is a nonmetal and to the right are nonmetals.

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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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Boxlight News: STEM Wednesdays are Back!

Box Light

Encourage educators, coordinators, and all who love learning to register for STEM Wednesdays and enhance classroom STEM experiences!

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Integers Game

Basic-Mathematics

Our exciting Integer Game! will help you master adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers while having fun.

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