Middle Web
JANUARY 16, 2025
With its tools, approaches and ideas that can work in any school, Turning It Around by Todd Whitaker and award-winning principal Courtney Monterecy is a valuable addition to the literature on school improvement, writes former principal and leadership expert Dr. Ron Williamson. The post Create the School Your Students Deserve first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 17, 2025
How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom. Quick writes are short, spontaneous writing exercises that allow students to express their thoughts and ideas without the pressure of formal writing tasks.
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ED Surge
JANUARY 15, 2025
The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent. It was a cold January afternoon in 2007, and I was sitting in a crowded auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island, nervously thinking about the week ahead. In just a few days, Id travel across the world and step into a classroom for the first time as a student teachera dream years in the making that suddenly felt overwhelming.
Cool Cat Teacher
JANUARY 15, 2025
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In todays ever-evolving educational landscape, technology continues to redefine how we teach and learn. Often, we didn't know it was coming or even approve its use on our campus but the operating system of our student's phones or ipads or laptops updates and now, a full suite of AI tools are suddenly available everywhere you can type a word.
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.
All About STEM
JANUARY 13, 2025
Are your students taking part in the 2025 RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch? If so, they can further their learning with a CREST Award! Every year, educators from across the UK take part in The Big Schools’ Birdwatch with their classes. Resources are available for all who apply and there’s flexibility to run it with any age group of children.
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ED Surge
JANUARY 14, 2025
A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if youre ambitious and able, one day become the assistant director, director or even owner of a program. On paper, it seems reasonable. Each role, over time, equips the educator to step into the next one, right?
Teach Hub
JANUARY 14, 2025
As much as you would love to plan everything down to the minute, life throws curveballs, and being a teacher doesnt guarantee immunity. When you wake up feeling under the weather, that sudden wave of panic might hit as you realize you need to prepare for an unplanned day off. But dont worry; with a little foresight and organization, you can create a system that lets you step away knowing your classroom is in good hands.
All About STEM
JANUARY 17, 2025
I’m a Scientist I’m a Computer Scientist I’m an Engineer I’m a Mathematician Students: Choose your favourite subject! I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here is a student-led learning experience engaging school students with people working in STEM. Students connect with a diverse range of scientists from different specialisms and backgrounds.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 15, 2025
This is a new Ask a Tech Teacher series on College and Career with a focus on military options. High school students contemplating a military career should research extensively, speak with recruiters, and perhaps participate in preparatory or introductory military programs to make an informed decision. Each branch of the military has unique offerings, so aligning personal goals with the branch’s culture and opportunities is crucial.
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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.
ED Surge
JANUARY 16, 2025
I was recently sitting with my friends 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. Id wanted to get a kids perspective on brain rot, Oxford University Press 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching too much of it. Naturally, I sought out someone with on-the-ground experience.
Defined Learning
JANUARY 17, 2025
Fostering collaboration among students and educators enhances learning, builds essential skills, prepares students for the future, and more! Explore practical methods to enhance collaboration such as project-based learning, game-based learning, and leveraging digital tools to align technology with students' needs and goals leading to meaningful engagement.
All About STEM
JANUARY 15, 2025
Is your company based in the advanced manufacturing, life sciences or freeport sector? Do you want to help students explore innovation in the Liverpool City Region? You could inspire your future workforce by delivering short presentations or workshops at our Experience of the Workplace events. We support you throughout the process and you can reach up to 900 students off-site.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 14, 2025
Natural disasters is a related discussion to any number of topics–geography, ecology, Earth Day, even problem solving. Here are 17 websites that bring the power of these natural forces to students ( click here for updates to the list): Avalanches Earthquakes Earthquakes –an animation Earthquakes for Kids Four scenes of natural disasters EarthquakesUSGS Every Natural Disaster Explained in 12 Minutes (video) Floodhugefloods.com Hurricanes Natural Disasters –for kids–video N
ED Surge
JANUARY 15, 2025
2025 marks an exciting journey into AI-powered learning! Use these AI tools and activities to deepen AI understanding, spark student curiosity and foster impactful classroom experiences. Click here to see the full infographic. HP AI Spotlight Schools are innovative secondary schools in the United States that are committed to powerful teaching and learning with technology, especially artificial intelligence.
STEM Education Guide
JANUARY 14, 2025
Early childhood education is crucial for a child’s development. Establishing a strong foundation through Pre-K writing activities lays the groundwork for essential skills that greatly contribute to a child’s future academic success. By engaging in these activities during the pre-K years, children develop crucial abilities that pave the way for their educational journey.
Middle Web
JANUARY 12, 2025
If you know your why as a teacher, you can parlay that knowledge into a set of directions that motivate your daily work. Kelly Owens shares how career vision boards can play a significant role in that process. Included: Ideas to help students create their own vision boards. The post Vision Boards Help Us Reignite Career Goals first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Teach Hub
JANUARY 16, 2025
School anxiety can start at a very young age. For many students, the excitement of starting school is also paired with feelings of nervousness. While some anxiety is a normal part of adjusting to a new environment, for some children, these feelings can become overwhelming, impacting their ability to focus and enjoy learning. Whether its academic pressure, social challenges, or the fear of failure, its no wonder that anxiety is becoming more prevalent in students of all ages.
ED Surge
JANUARY 17, 2025
Can I have your attention? The challenge of getting and keeping the attention of students in schools and colleges was the topic of several of our most popular episodes of the EdSurge Podcast over the past year. Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education.
STEM Education Guide
JANUARY 14, 2025
Charlotte Mason is known for many things, one of which is her classification of certain texts and tales as living books. These are books that extend beyond the page, profoundly altering the readers thoughts, feelings, and views. Its a noble goal for literature. So, where and how can you find the best living books for your learners? If youd like a FREE STEM activities eBook that I made with my kids, you can download it here: Benefits of Reading Charlotte Mason Books In 1988, a teacher named Emily
Middle Web
JANUARY 14, 2025
As NBCT Marilyn Pryle concludes her series on key questions to help students become critical readers, she considers how to help them pry open any text and name what they see. What in this content is meant to grab attention and evoke emotion? Why do you react the way you do? The post What About This Text Influences My Reaction? first appeared on MiddleWeb.
STEM Discovery Education
JANUARY 15, 2025
The DreamBox Math Difference Every student is a math student. Thats why DreamBox is dedicated to personalizing learning to meet every learners unique needs. Weve worked closely with dedicated educators and their students to learn how we can continue building on this work with new product enhancements that remove more barriers to math engagement for […] The post Partner-Driven Improvements Enhance Personalized Learning for All Students appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
ED Surge
JANUARY 13, 2025
Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse range of needs, and helping them succeed isnt always straightforward. Centering instruction in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and implementing both direct and student-driven instruction can help engage learners, address diverse needs and improve learning outcomes for all students.
Box Light
JANUARY 16, 2025
Teaching is an art, a science and a continual learning process. The rapidly changing world of classroom technology has created new challenges for many educators, but it has also opened up opportunities for innovation and collaboration. In this episode of Unbox Innovation, Michelle Dawn Mooney welcomes Taylor-Ann Charles, a Training and Development Specialist at EOS Education by Boxlight, and Bernadette Moreno, an Education Mentor and Adult Learning Coordinator at Phoenix Union High School (PXU),
STEM Next
JANUARY 16, 2025
As we celebrate Mentorship Month this January, were focusing on the profound impact that peer mentors can have on young peoples STEM journeys. Near-peer mentorshipwhere older students guide younger peersis one of the critical strategies that we champion here at STEM Next. This research-backed approach fosters confidence, builds leadership, and helps keep youth engaged in STEM across ages and stages of their STEM journeys.
Vivify Stem
JANUARY 13, 2025
Post by Kristina Klammer & Dr. Natasha Wilkerson Posted: January 13, 2025 Did you know that when space crafts re-enter Earths atmosphere, that they travel at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour and heat up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit? How does NASA keep its astronauts safe in spaceships when re-entering Earths atmosphere? Get your students engaged about the science of heat transfer with a 5E STEM challenge that culminates with students creating a heat shield to protect a space craft and (c
ED Surge
JANUARY 14, 2025
Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about four miles, though that factory closed more than 50 years ago. Today, the town of about 5,000 people has no gas station, no bank and no grocery store. And just a few years ago its only school closed. The shuttering of that school was particularly tough for a community that has been in decline for decades.
Scientix
JANUARY 17, 2025
CC-BY, provided by authors The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a key role in education for several important reasons. They provide a comprehensive framework that fosters a global awareness among students of the challenges and issues affecting the world. When teaching the SDGs in a multi-disciplinary approach, students develop a sense of responsibility towards global issues such as poverty, inequality and climate change, and they understand the connections between education and real-wor
STEM Everyday Podcast
JANUARY 12, 2025
Alex Grab is the Director of Offsite Programming at the Space Foundation, and shares about the Space Sustainability Competition for 7th-8th grade students based in the United States. Why does space junk matter? Space debris includes defunct satellites, rocket parts, and fragments that orbit Earth at high speeds. These objects pose serious risks to active satellites, space missions, and even essential services on Earth like GPS, communications, and weather forecasting.
Box Light
JANUARY 14, 2025
Public schools in the United States are making significant strides to provide safe, secure learning environments for all students. According to the most recent National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data: 97% of schools control access to their buildings during school hours 94% of schools hold evacuation drills; 92% conduct lockdown drills 83% of schools have security cameras in place 84% of high schools and 81% of middle schools have on-site security staff The National Electrical Manufa
Carly and Adam
JANUARY 16, 2025
Developing an effective STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum for elementary students is crucial for fostering critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. The STEM Teachers Club , founded by Carly and Adam, offers a comprehensive suite of resources tailored to K-5 educators aiming to integrate STEM seamlessly into their classrooms.
Scientix
JANUARY 17, 2025
CC-BY, provided by authors The start of each school years brings a new level of enthusiasm and with it a wealth of ideas. This year, our goal was to connect mathematics, the curriculum, real-world application and international days of celebration during the school year. As two Scientix Ambassadors, who just happen to share the same first name, we were adamant that a project with such a topic would be rewarding for all involved.
The Trendy Science Teacher
JANUARY 16, 2025
If we’re being completely honest, I used to find teaching fiber evidence in forensics to be dry and uneventful. Over the years, I have really had to dig deep to find meaningful activities that engage my students in this topic. It’s taken 15 years, but I finally have a fiber evidence unit that I enjoy to teach. More importantly, my students find the topic to be engaging and interesting.
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