ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

One day, during a quiet afternoon in my classroom, a comment one of my colleagues said lingered in the air: Just remember your why. They said the comment with a smirk and an exaggerated shrug, their eyes rolling almost involuntarily. It registered as sarcasm, not encouragement, and I couldnt help but agree with the sentiment. Early in my career, I found solace in those words.

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All About STEM

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Fantastic news! CREST has made it easier for primary pupils to earn CREST Awards. Under the previous guidelines, students needed to complete 8 Star or Superstar projects to receive an award but that has now been reduced to 6! Now is the perfect time to introduce CREST in class or at home, these fun STEM activities are ideal for ages 3-11. Want to know more about the projects?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Ask a Tech Teacher is a small group of tech-ed teacherswith a big goal: provide free and affordable resources and insight to anyone, anywhere on how to integrate technology into education. It’s an ambitious goal and we rely on donations from readers like you to make that happen. About this time of each year, when several of ourlarger bills come due, we give a shout out for help.

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Middle Web

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Its not enough to take the phones away, writes educator Tom Rademacher. Schools need to make sure there are energizing, collaborative, challenging things to do. "We need to change what it feels like to be in school and make it easy or easier for students to not-phone." The post No Phones! Now What? Catching Kids Attention first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Box Light

DECEMBER 18, 2024

At Boxlight, we focus on solving big problems. Campus communication. School safety. Improving student engagement and comprehension. Facilitating hands-on STEM learning. Weve spent decades helping schools and districts tackle immense challenges with our solutions and look forward to continuing this journey in 2025.

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