Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 27, 2024

I’m taking Memorial Day to honor our soldiers. Hang the American flag and call my two soldier children. Say hi, how are you. When are you coming home to visit? Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Curriculum Professor Technology Teaching 397

ED Surge

MAY 27, 2024

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were downright insulting. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. “They were very simplified,” she says. “They were like, ‘Show them a picture.’ Not very rigorous at all.

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Math Curriculum Education Education 340

Middle Web

MAY 27, 2024

Grammatical concepts don’t just exist in textbooks and on worksheets. They are part of life beyond the classroom. Sean Ruday shows how – by taking an inquiry-based approach to grammar instruction – we can help our students prioritize their authentic experiences with language. The post Link Grammar Instruction to Real-World Situations first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Teaching 118

ED Week

MAY 27, 2024

The EdWeek Research Center asked teachers, principals, and district leaders how to motivate kids to pursue STEM learning.

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Student Engagement STEM Education Education 83

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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STEM Minds

MAY 27, 2024

The fusion of interactive learning with traditional educational approaches has revolutionized the way we think about teaching and learning in the STEM fields. At the heart of this transformation is the implementation of Robotics Education, a method that not only engages students but also inspires them to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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STEM Robotics Education Education 52