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10 Simple Ways to Introduce AI to Elementary and Middle School Students

Robot Lab

By Carla Jose Image Sou rce: Unsplash If we think about the world our elementary and middle school students are growing up in, we notice that everyday tasks are constantly being redefined by artificial intelligence (AI). From voice assistants to self-driving cars , AI is changing the way we live, work, and play, and introducing students to these ideas at a young age can open a world of opportunities for them.

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Tech Tip #108: Three-click Rule

Ask a Tech Teacher

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Some websites/blogs are confusing. I have to click through from one site to the next to get the information I wanted until I’m nowhere near where I started.

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How To Use Cooperative Grouping In Science

Accelerate Learning

Small-group instruction in science gives students the chance to take new skills and apply them in a collaborative setting that is also fun and engaging.

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A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible

ED Surge

Everyone has a group project horror story. Maybe you had a classmate who got away with doing none of the work. Or maybe a group member doubled down on doing something incorrectly. For the really unlucky, perhaps a teammate repackaged your work as their own. Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Promoting Real World Change and Success in Schools Today

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, we spotlight Misa Sato, an award-winning assistant principal who recently earned the prestigious NASSP Assistant Principal of the Year title. Serving at Reagan High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Misa has made a profound impact through her dynamic approach to educational leadership.

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Digital vs Traditional: How Digital Education Is Changing the Educational Landscape

Accelerate Learning

Schools and institutions everywhere experienced an abrupt transformation due to the global pandemic as they quickly adapted to remote learning environments. This fundamental paradigm shift cleared the path for the emerging trend of digital education, which has permanently changed how students learn and teachers teach. Giving kids the necessary 21st-century skills and digital literacy has become crucial in this brave new world.

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Insights and Best Practices for Transforming Education Through One-to-One Device Programs

ED Surge

As technology becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, schools are recognizing the importance of equipping every student with a personal device to facilitate digital learning. These one-to-one initiatives aim to provide students with equal access to educational resources, fostering creativity and critical thinking while preparing them for the demands of a technology-driven world.

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ESERO UK: CanSat Webinar

All About STEM

Join STEM Learning for a webinar to introduce the UK CanSat Competition and how to get your students involved! “The competition provides students with the opportunity to have practical experience working on a small-scale space project. They are tasked with designing and building their own simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can.

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We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969

Ask a Tech Teacher

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like: Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth Apollo 11 VR Google Moon –see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app How we are going to the Moon –video If the Moon Were Only One Pixel… JFK Challenge — takes kids to the Apollo 11 NASA Educator Guide to the

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

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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Best Free AI Tools for Educators

Vivify Stem

Best Free AI Tools for Teachers Post by Natasha Wilkerson July 21, 2023 With the release of ChatGPT last year, teachers are still scrambling to catch up on the implications and potential of AI in our classrooms. While AI-generated essays and exams are a huge problem, in this post, we focus on all the benefits of AI for teachers! Read on for all the FREE AI tools that can help you improve lessons, support differentiation, ease administrative tasks, and give you some time back in your day.

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Experience Has Been My Greatest Teacher. Now, It’s Impacting Our School’s Ability to Adapt.

ED Surge

Last September, I was sitting at a long table in the sunlit conference room of my school, looking around at the many new faces on my school’s leadership team. At that moment, I had the jarring realization that my 17 years of service in the school were more than the rest of the team combined. We welcomed a new principal, dean of students, school psychologist and literacy specialist this past year.

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Astro-Pi Challenge: ESERO UK

All About STEM

Give your learners the chance to run their computer programs in space! The European Astro Pi Challenge offers young people the amazing opportunity to conduct investigations in space by writing computer programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station. The Missions: Mission Zero – 1 Hour – Primary & Secondary School Children (Suitable for Beginners) Mission Zero.

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Innovative Curriculums That Spark Enthusiasm in STEM and Robotics Students

Robot Lab

By Katie Brenneman Image Sou rce: Pexels The continued rise of the digital landscape has revolutionized the world we live in. A range of day-to-day interactions are influenced by advanced tools and technical ideas. It is, therefore, essential to ensure that students today benefit from a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education , alongside an understanding of robotics.

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Social solutions for socio-economic issues

Futurum

Social solutions for socio-economic issues Published: Extreme poverty is a global issue that affects hundreds of millions of people. Even in developed countries, many people struggle to make ends meet. In New England, a region in Northeastern USA, many rural communities face high levels of poverty. In large part, this is due to high unemployment rates and a lack of suitable education and training programmes.

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‘God Forbid I Have to Move Again’: One Home-Based Child Care Provider’s Experience With Housing

ED Surge

Hayley Wise has had to move houses four times in the last 12 years that she’s been a home-based child care provider. Every time she’s moved, Wise’s rent has gone up. Every time she’s moved, she’s had to restart the daunting search for a sympathetic landlord who will rent to her even though she is licensed to have up to 14 young children in her care each day.

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STEM Learning: Climate Change Educational Partnership

All About STEM

STEM Learning is part of the Climate Change Educational Partnership. The Climate Change Educational Partnership (CCEP) brings together partners from across education, research and the wider STEM sector to support the delivery of climate change related lessons and activities in formal and informal education settings. It aims to enhance educators’ subject knowledge and understanding.

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Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds

Stephen Wolfram

AIs and Alien Minds How do alien minds perceive the world ? It’s an old and oft-debated question in philosophy. And it now turns out to also be a question that rises to prominence in connection with the concept of the ruliad that’s emerged from our Wolfram Physics Project. I’ve wondered about alien minds for a long time—and tried all sorts of ways to imagine what it might be like to see things from their point of view.

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Empowering Teachers: Supporting Social-Emotional Learning

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Teacher professional development plays a crucial role in fostering the successful implementation of social-emotional learning (SEL) and enhancing student learning outcomes. Educators recognize the vital importance of nurturing the social and emotional well-being of our students, alongside their academic growth. In my experience facilitating a variety of professional development sessions and workshops, student well-being inevitably becomes a topic of interest.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant.

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CREST Projects: STEM Summer Snacks!

All About STEM

Make tasty treats during the holidays and start earning CREST Awards at the same time! With your support, your children can discover the science behind their snacks and eat (and drink) their delicious experiments. Get Set Jellies (Ages 7-11) Fruit jellies are so refreshing but are there fruits that can stop your dessert from setting? Try different fruits and find out.

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Case Study: ELO-P Funding for Afterschool STEM

STEM Supplies

Learn how STEM Supplies helped Saugus Union School District utilize ELO-P funding to expand their afterschool STEM programs! Download Case Study The post Case Study: ELO-P Funding for Afterschool STEM appeared first on STEM Supplies.

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Using Poetry Pauses to Elevate Student Writing

Middle Web

Poetry “pauses” can become the heart and soul of English class AND address almost any reading and writing standard. Teacher-author Brett Vogelsinger shares three examples – poems that can help students extend their understanding of structure, character and personal narrative. The post Using Poetry Pauses to Elevate Student Writing first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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We Deleted More Than 5,000 Pages From Our College Website. Here’s Why.

ED Surge

Imagine you are a prospective first-generation college student , seeking to attend an institution of higher education in efforts to obtain economic mobility. Chances are your first steps (among many) will include visiting the websites of colleges and universities of interest. What will you find on your online search? Well, if you visited the Community College of Aurora’s website prior to May 2023, you would have discovered more than 5,500 webpages of content.

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Amazing Apprenticeships: Autumn Resource Planner

All About STEM

Amazing Apprenticeships has produced a series of new resources aligned with events and campaigns for the autumn term. This invaluable planner can enhance school career guidance and engage students, staff, parents and carers in apprenticeships. Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, working with schools, colleges and employers, and promoting the benefits of.

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PBL Pro Tip: How Are Essential Questions and Driving Questions Used in PBL?

Defined Learning

Many teachers who use project-based learning use an “essential” or “driving” question to focus a project. But they’re not always easy to create.

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What Humanities Scholars Want Students To Know About the Internet: Alternative Paths for Alternative Endpoints

Computing Education Research Blog

After we got the go-ahead to start developing PCAS (see an update on PCAS here ), I had meetings with a wide range of liberal arts and sciences faculty. I’d ask faculty how they used computing in their work and what they wanted their students to know about computing. Some faculty had suggested that I talk to history professor, LaKisha Michelle Simmons.

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Cleaning up our oceans from the classroom

Scientix

Picture provided by the author, attribution CC-BY In today’s world, the issue of climate change is a pressing concern, and it is essential that we take steps to mitigate its impact. How much impact can we really make from the classroom? The answer is clear to teachers all over the world. Together with our students, we can make a huge difference.

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Employers: Inspire Learners – Give an Hour

All About STEM

The Careers & Enterprise Company invite you to Give an Hour, inspire young people, give back to your community, and ignite your team at the same time. By sharing your experience, insights, and unique industry knowledge for one hour, you can make a difference to young people considering their future career options. You can help give students in your area the skills and knowledge that they need.

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Can cyber insurance combat cyber crime?

Futurum

Can cyber insurance combat cyber crime? Published: In a world where so much information is stored digitally, cyber attacks that hold computers hostage can be incredibly damaging. Dr Jason Nurse , from the Institute of Cyber Security for Society at the University of Kent, UK, and Jamie MacColl , from the UK’s Royal United Services Institute , are investigating whether companies can use cyber insurance to help mitigate the threat from cyber criminals.

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Summer STEM Activities Board- August

Starfish Education

LaneLane specializes in STEM curriculum design and professional development for K-12 stakeholders and enjoys making teachers’ lives easier through innovative, standards-based STEM lessons.

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Jul 19, Graphical Representation of Data

Online Math for All

Graphical Representation of Data

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STEM Clubs Quality Mark: Bronze Award

All About STEM

The STEM Clubs Quality Mark is available to all UK schools and colleges. Take a look at our easy-read below, your STEM Club could tick the boxes for a Bronze Award! The Awards: There are three levels of award – bronze, silver, and gold. “Each award validates the delivery of STEM subject enrichment through a progressive tiered framework. Enabling club leaders to develop and sustain their STEM Club.

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