Thu.Oct 10, 2024

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If Smart Glasses Are Coming, What Will That Mean for Classrooms?

ED Surge

When Meta held its annual conference at the end of September, the tech giant announced it is betting that the next wave of computing will come in the form of smart eyeglasses. Mark Zuckberberg, Meta’s founder and CEO, held up what he described as the first working prototype of Orion, which lets wearers see both the physical world and a computer display hovering in the field of vision.

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Lecture: Brain Teasers & Puzzles from the Middle Ages to Modern Science

All About STEM

This lecture is free to attend and suitable for all aged 16 and above. Book your place All About STEM is making it happen across the North West.

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Decoding Bids for Attention and the Power of "Turning Towards"

Defined Learning

Bids for attention are student attempts to seek connection, and how educators respond—by turning towards, away, or against—can significantly affect relationships and trust. Educators can foster a positive learning environment by creating opportunities for connection, mapping relationships for impact, and teaching students to make healthy, constructive bids for attention, ultimately nurturing their social, emotional, and academic development.

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National Tree Week: CREST Awards Projects!

All About STEM

National Tree Week begins on the 23rd of November 2024 and you can celebrate with your learners using these STEMsational projects! Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce most of the oxygen we breathe. We need to nurture them and plant more.

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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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Serving Gifted Students from Low-Income Homes

Middle Web

Tamra Stambaugh and Paula Olszewski-Kubilius provide a guidebook to move forward with gifted programs that meet the needs of students living in poverty. “This will be a resource that shapes our gifted education program a long time into the future,” writes G/S teacher Kim Rensch. The post Serving Gifted Students from Low-Income Homes first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Introducing RoboX: All About Intelitek’s New Virtual Industrial Robotics Curriculum

CoderZ

Robotics is at the forefront of some of the fastest growing industry careers. As technology rapidly transforms these industries, graduating students with a comprehensive robotics education has become more crucial than ever. It is key for educational institutions to equip students with practical experience in robotics and advanced industry in order to prepare them for future careers.

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How Did School Infrastructure Get So ‘Dire’?

ED Surge

WASHINGTON — Lewis Ferebee, chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, stands at the top of a staircase at John Lewis Elementary when he’s approached by a couple of his constituents for handshakes. He has to reach down a bit — the third-grade boys only stand about waist-high to Ferebee. The school got a face-lift three years ago. The renovations transformed the noisy, open-concept hallways — relics of the Open Education Movement from the ’60s and ’70s — into individual classrooms.

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