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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Can a high school freshman be goal-oriented? Should they—or is this too early? Though many deliberate, no one yet has invented a time machine to unring the proverbial bell. And high school requires the ringing of many academic, social and economic bells. Many future-shaping decisions become final based on these four years. Zoe, like your sons and daughters, is thinking about which college she wants to attend.
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Cool Cat Teacher
OCTOBER 8, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This episode of The 10 Minute Teacher was a lot of fun. Not only did I get to interview my principal, Jonathan Dyal, but my film class, the “Sherwood Showstoppers,” filmed the interview. (I'm so proud of how much they are learning!) After a tweet I sent out in October 2023, George Couros and Allyson Apsey invited me to write a chapter about Jonathan in their book What Makes a Great Principal : The Five Pi
All About STEM
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Amazing Apprenticeships has just released the October Higher & Degree Apprenticeships listings. There are over 75 employers including Unilever, AstraZeneca, KIER, GE Aerospace, Amazon, NHS, Nestle, TUI and more – a total of 2,300 vacancies! Higher apprenticeships go from level 4 to 7 and are equivalent to a foundation degree and above.
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.
Computer Science Teacher
OCTOBER 19, 2024
The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing High School Award is an amazing program for young women THe students I have had who earned these awards have found it very useful. And yes, it looks great on a college application. Encourage your students to apply. From the web site: The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award honors 9 th - 12 th grade women, genderqueer, and non-binary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions.
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ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2024
One of Shane Woods’ favorite memories as executive director of Girlstart, a nonprofit that aims to empower girls in the sciences, was as a participant taking her own goddaughter to the organization’s back-to-school extravaganza. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. They zipped through activities with rockets and robots, and Woods asked her goddaughter — named Sailor — what she thought of it all when they were heading home.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Education has changed. No longer is it contained within four classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Students aren’t confined by the eight hours between school bells or the struggling budget of an underfunded program. Now, education can be found anywhere — teaming up with students in Kenya, Skyping with an author in Sweden, or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station.
Cool Cat Teacher
OCTOBER 2, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode you'll learn about a whole school that moved to personalized mastery-based learning and then you'll meet three teachers from around the US who are implementing this in their classrooms. Every teacher will come away understanding more about the movement and how they can implement this approach for a lesson, a unit, or a whole school year.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 30, 2024
CREST Awards & The British Science Association offer comprehensive guides which map primary & secondary CREST projects with the curriculum. Primary CREST & the Curriculum CREST projects inspire young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers.
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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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STEM Everyday Podcast
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Kari Byron & Jenny Buccos are here to share all about the 2nd Annual National STEM Festival. EXPLR’s National STEM Festival inspires kids nationwide to engage with STEM, a mission more crucial than ever as we advance towards a technology-driven future and workforce. Submissions for the 2025 National STEM Festival are open to young innovators across all 50 states and all U.S. territories until October 20, 2024.
Middle Web
OCTOBER 13, 2024
We can spark student interest in STEM studies and careers with stories of middle school-aged inventors who gained the world's attention by solving a real problem. STEM author and curriculum expert Anne Jolly tells the story of eight such kids. Editable student handout included! The post Use the Stories of Young Inventors to Inspire Kids first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 25, 2024
New federal survey data on the education workforce shows that a majority of schools had a tough time filling at least one fully certified teaching position this fall. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Public schools reported having six teacher vacancies on average in August, based on responses to the School Pulse Panel by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Here are popular online resources to teach about using games in education ( click here for updates to the list ): Battleship on Google Sheets Breakouts by BreakoutEdu.com — a bit like Webquests but more comprehensive Breakout Room Template Game Show Templates –Frazzle, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Price is Right, more Gamified Syllabus –a template to create games A Google A Day Economics and Finance BizKids –games to teach business and finance History Beat the Bard –using Shakespearean characters Cl
Cool Cat Teacher
OCTOBER 1, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today’s episode, we discuss a critical issue many schools are facing—how to help students and staff heal from trauma. Whether it's a safety event, severe weather like Hurricane Helene, or individual traumas, schools across the nation are navigating unprecedented challenges.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 4, 2024
National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity for the education and skills sector to celebrate the achievements of apprentices around the country and the positive impact they make. The annual week-long celebration aims to showcase and celebrate apprentices, employers and training providers.
STEM Education Works
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Hello all! It’s that time of year again. I’m talkin’ about HALLOWEEN ! Just like last year , I have even more spooky STEM facts that will make you quiver in fear! So once again, grab your candy, shut off the lights, and prepare to be petrified … with MORE spooky STEM facts: Don’t freak out … but there’s a spooky skeleton inside of you RIGHT NOW: The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones, all made of protein, collagen, and minerals (especially calcium).
Middle Web
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Michelle Russell recently revisited random grouping for her math students and found the environment was much better. Students were talking more together, and there was more work being done during discovery activities and concept practice. Included: a free grouping card site. The post Random Groups for Math Discovery and Practice first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 9, 2024
We’re halfway through “ Parable of the Sower ” by Octavia Butler, and we’ve arrived at a crucial turning point in the plot. The main character, Lauren Olamina, loses her family and home to an arson attack. I wanted my students to fully experience the severity of this loss, so instead of continuing with a workshop model I’d been using throughout the unit thus far, I decided to read to the class: I sat where I was for three weary, terrifying hours.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 28, 2024
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Category: Parents Here’s a poster with five tips that will help students as they use the internet for research: Review these with students when they’re ready for each tip.
STEM Next
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Launched in 2020, the Million Girls Moonshot is a five-year initiative of STEM Next Opportunity Fund aimed at engaging millions more girls and youth across the United States in quality out-of-school time (OST) STEM learning experiences. Three recent reports capturing insights from Year 3 (September 2022 – August 2023) highlight the initiative’s enormous impact and ongoing success to inspire and prepare the next generation of innovators in STEM.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Celebrate Recycle Week! Recycle Week 2024 takes place between the 14th and 20th of October 2024. This year’s theme ‘Rescue Me’ focuses on rescuing recyclable items from heading to the rubbish bin. Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP via Recycle Now.
STEM Discovery Education
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Physical (also known as concrete) manipulatives like the abacus or blocks have been basic tools of teaching math since time immemorial. The ancient Romans and Greeks conceived of counting boards and eventually the abacus, and the Chinese abacus that came into use centuries later is thought to be an adaptation of the Roman version. Italian […] The post The Benefits of Virtual Manipulatives appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
Middle Web
OCTOBER 8, 2024
In her third article examining the five key questions she has identified to help students become critical readers, author and NBCT Marilyn Pryle recommends helping them evaluate text, whether on paper or online, to develop a habit of inquiry and, when appropriate, skepticism. The post Help Readers Discover What a Text Is Hiding first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 30, 2024
It is the weekend before my students arrive for the new school year. I am in my classroom listening to Lofi beats, pondering what has been and what is to come. All around my room are reminders of my identity as a 6’2, 280-pound Black and Puerto Rican man, husband, father, math teacher and basketball coach. I have come to find solace here; yes, these are part of my identity, which I hold dear to my heart — but as I have grown older, I have learned that few people ever see beyond them, including t
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Ask a Tech Teacher has a passel of online resources to help you introduce, teach, and reinforce digital citizenship to your students. Here’s our long list–and click here for updates if you arrive at this page late: Avatars Copyrights and Digital Laws Curriculum Applied Digital Skills –all tech skills Google’s Be Internet Awesome –abbreviated course K-8, scaffolded, Ask a Tech Teacher (with projects) Cyberbullying Cybersecurity Cyber Patriot program –by the Air Force DigCit–General
Box Light
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the Nebraska Fall Ed Tech Conference, November 1, 2024 – booth V11 - i n the Younes Conference Center South ( Kearney, NE ). Explore our innovative solutions in action and see how we’re enhancing c ampus and classroom communication and student engagement, making a real difference in today’s education.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Date: 13 November 2024 9.00am – 3.15pm Check your inbox: The Liverpool City Region Careers Hub is inviting Careers Leads or Careers Team members in Liverpool City Region schools and colleges to their Careers Leader Planning Day. Booking details can be found in your LCR Careers Hub Weekly Newsletter or you can email for further details.
STEM Discovery Education
OCTOBER 7, 2024
The majority of the 5.5 million English Language Learners (ELLs) in the U.S. public school system speak Spanish as their first language, which makes the capability of teaching math in Spanish, using bilingual teachers or teaching assistants, a high priority. Many of these students may have difficulty learning effectively in English and require specialized or […] The post Six Strategies to Help English Language Learners in Math appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
Middle Web
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn show how to balance the process of teacher evaluation (number of observations, conferences and written reports) with the importance of using the evaluation system to support teacher improvement and re-enforce effective teacher habits. The post Teacher Evaluation That Works for Everyone first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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