Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 22, 2024
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks. “They're pretty sneaky, so you wouldn't always know that that was the reason,” says Fleck.
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OCTOBER 22, 2024
Learn engaging ways to teach K-8 math with grids! Join the FREE Pixel Math webinar for creative strategies using Xploris STEAM Labs. Register now!
Carly and Adam
OCTOBER 22, 2024
As we transition into November, it’s the perfect time to continue engaging students with STEM activities that spark curiosity and creativity. This month, you have two exciting options for structuring your STEM lessons, allowing flexibility based on your classroom needs and goals. Whether you choose to focus on an immersive project with Balloons Over Broadway or rotate through seasonal challenges, November promises to be packed with learning opportunities!
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.
Online Math for All
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 57)
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
STEM Sport
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Movement is key to raising a happy and healthy child, both emotionally and physically. Movement is not just something children should do outside of school, it can be incorporated into the classroom in effective ways. Especially in the era of technology, where students are constantly on their computers, TVs, video game devices, and phones. As such, getting students moving in the classroom and at home can be extremely beneficial.
STEM Education Guide
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Just about every child has wanted their own microscope! Before buying a microscope for your child, do you know what ins and outs to look for in making the right choice? There are two basic considerations: simple to use and durable construction. Typically for kids under the age of 10, microscopes that magnify between 5X and 400X are suitable. We have researched and compiled a list of recommended kid-friendly microscopes at the bottom of this page, but the best one we’ve found is the JounorS
ED Surge
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Coming out of the pandemic, students had a hard time returning to in-person classes, and they found themselves struggling to tread water academically as declining test scores made many in the country worry that students were drowning. For school districts desperate to find a life vest for students, one response was to rely on tutoring services. These services — particularly high-dose tutoring, an evidence-backed form of small group, intensive tutoring — had been identified as a way to fight agai
Middle Web
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Most teachers are not multilingual learner specialists, writes NBCT and 2018 NTOY Mandy Manning. But most ARE teaching MLs. Overcoming a language barrier may feel insurmountable, but it's not. Manning shares three key strategies that help fully support MLs in general classrooms. The post Supporting MLs: It’s Not Just One More Thing first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.
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