Cool Cat Teacher
MARCH 7, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I hope today's show will provoke thought and thinking about what it means to relate to our students. Relationships may not be easily measurable but have a significant impact on student achievement. Today, for Thought Leader Thursday, we are talking to Tom Hierck, 41-year educator, and author of 25 books.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 5, 2024
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ED Surge
MARCH 7, 2024
A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young peopl
Accelerate Learning
MARCH 4, 2024
Explore strategies for addressing vocabulary challenges, learn how to effectively teach STEM vocabulary in the classroom, and avoid common pitfalls!
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.
Cool Cat Teacher
MARCH 8, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Every school has a vibe, a culture, a feeling. Sometimes the same school can have a different vibe at different times during the year. Today, Dr. Jim Van Allan sharespowerful strategies to create a vibrant school environment that supports students, teachers, and the community alike.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ED Surge
MARCH 6, 2024
For years, I’ve worked with young people during one of the most significant transitions of their lives. After 12 years of compulsory schooling, they approach the edge of the nest — and many feel unprepared, realizing they are about to lose the comfort of seeing their friends every day, the support of trusted adults outside their families and the predictability of a daily school schedule.
All About STEM
MARCH 6, 2024
The Research Placement and Experience Programme (formerly known as Nuffield Placements) has been around for more than 25 years and is managed nationally by STEM Learning. The programme allows Y12 students to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation.
Cool Cat Teacher
MARCH 4, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, I interview Alex Kajitani, known as the “Rapping Mathmetician.” He's the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year, and author of the book “You're a Teacher Now, What's Next?” In this podcast, we offer encouragement for new and old teachers, emphasizing those in their first year of teaching and how it feels to be at this point in the school y
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 7, 2024
Today’s tip: Find a lost program Category: Problem-solving If a program disappears, here are two quick ways to find it more than half the time (on PCs ): Look around the screen Check the taskbar Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom?
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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
MARCH 4, 2024
When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. And so he approached his guidance counselor and asked why he wasn’t in the honors math class. “Oh, do you want to try?
All About STEM
MARCH 8, 2024
Compass + is a FREE tool from The Careers & Enterprise Company to help you benchmark, manage, track and report on your school’s careers provision. It’s available to all secondary schools, special schools, sixth-forms and PRUs in England. All eligible schools can upgrade to Compass+ and The Careers & Enterprise Company offer comprehensive video guides to walk you through the new platform.
Cool Cat Teacher
MARCH 6, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How are you doing, educators? Are you stressed? While that can be typical, we also want to consider the habits that will help us teach long-term with a high quality of life. Today will be a refreshing encouragement for educators everywhere. Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 4, 2024
Here are the most-read posts for the past month: Popular iPad-iPhone Swipes Choosing the Right College: Factors to Consider Beyond Rankings Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources How to Teach Dolch Words with Graphic Art Tools 6 Must-have Skills for New Tech Teachers Plus Two Extra Engineers Week Feb. 18-24 7 President’s Day Activities 11 Valentine Sites For Students Random Acts of Kindness Day is Coming.
ED Surge
MARCH 5, 2024
Ken Futernick brings together people who disagree deeply on issues that are most dividing school communities these days — such as teaching about gender and sexual identity or about the history of racism in America. And he records the conversations. You might think the discussions would involve shouting matches or verbal fireworks. But Futernick — a longtime educator who has served as an elementary school teacher, a teacher educator and a leader of a national school turnaround center — aims to ke
All About STEM
MARCH 8, 2024
The NEW Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges (ASK) Brochure is out now! Click to take a look and discover the fantastic activities and assemblies available, they’re FREE! We’re looking forward to visiting our schools and colleges to offer apprenticeship and T Level support.
Cool Cat Teacher
MARCH 5, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Last March I made my first custom GPT to assess project-based learning activities. Since then, I've developed these for each of my major projects. So, on today's show, I talk about how I introduce this tool (as an “app” in a way that doesn't anthropomorphize the tool in any way).
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 8, 2024
What’s the first thing you think of when I say, Excel? Numbers, right–turning data into information. That is Excel’s ‘killer app’, but the ingenious human brain has come up with another striking use for Excel: Drawing. I spent a long time trying to find a lesson that taught drawing in Excel, finally gave up and created my own” If the lesson plans are blurry, click on them for a full size alternative. –This lesson plan found in the Structured Learning les
ED Surge
MARCH 6, 2024
When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one year. That meant that bilingual education was out, in favor of English immersion. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. As a kindergartener who spoke only Spanish, Cervantes-González had a part-time bilingual aide in her otherwise English-only classroom.
All About STEM
MARCH 6, 2024
The Science Leadership Benchmarks were developed by STEM Learning and were based on an independent review of research and evidence led by the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE). “Every young person deserves a great science education, empowering them to explore, question, and understand the natural world.
Middle Web
MARCH 3, 2024
The decision to give students "extra credit" should be closely tied to a teacher's reasons for grading, says teaching coach Barbara Blackburn. Do you grade to measure understanding, provide accountability or compare students? She includes a "redo" tool – her preferred option. The post Providing Extra Credit: Positive or Negative? first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Teach Science for All
MARCH 7, 2024
SOLID Start, short for Science, Oral Language, and Literacy Development from the Start of School, is a groundbreaking project from Michigan State University dedicated to transforming the educational landscape for early elementary students.
ED Surge
MARCH 8, 2024
During my first years of teaching, I decided that no matter how difficult life got, both in and out of the classroom, I would never leave my class in the middle of the year. For years, my co-teachers would come and go from our grade level, and all I felt was adversity towards them: I mean, how could they leave in the middle of the year without considering the impact on our students?
All About STEM
MARCH 5, 2024
Have you joined Engage? Engage is a community of teachers and educators in schools in challenging circumstances who want to transform access to relevant and meaningful science work for all children and young people, especially those who are most often underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Middle Web
MARCH 5, 2024
There's an immense difference between rote memorization and giving students tools that allow them to work flexibly and thoughtfully with numbers, writes Kathie Palmieri. When kids learn number sense and can use multiple strategies, they have choice in how they solve problems. The post Number Sense Builds a Strong Math Foundation first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Box Light
MARCH 6, 2024
In the latest episode of the Unbox Innovation podcast, host Bobby Brill interviews Mark Jones, the VP of Sales for FrontRow , a company that specializes in audio technology for effortless communication. Mark has been working in the EdTech industry for 20 years, specifically focusing on the benefits of classroom audio.
ED Surge
MARCH 4, 2024
The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 14.7 million students, or 29.7 percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. Early data from the 2022-23 school year indicates minor improvement, with 27.85 percent of the student population being chronically absent.
All About STEM
MARCH 6, 2024
The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration of maths taking place on the 14th of March. All countries are invited to participate in activities for students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. Take a look below – we’ve brought together an awesome list of maths resources for school, STEM club or home.
Middle Web
MARCH 4, 2024
The negative tone and unkind remarks adolescents use with one another make it tough to develop a classroom sense of community. They won’t learn to communicate appropriately without explicit instruction, write Samantha Layne and Susanne Croasdaile. Learn how UDL strategies help. The post A UDL Strategy to Help Students Communicate first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Box Light
MARCH 5, 2024
Clayton County Public Schools (Jonesboro, GA) and Boxlight's partnership spanning over eight years has significantly transformed education by addressing the challenges posed by outdated technology. CCPS faced issues with aging projectors, prompting a strategic collaboration with Boxlight. The implementation of Boxlight's Mimio interactive solutions, including flat panel displays and student response systems, has helped modernize classrooms and increased student engagement.
Teach Hub
MARCH 4, 2024
The silence of unengaged students who are hesitant to raise their hands or voice their thoughts can be deafening for teachers. It’s one thing when the classroom is silent because students are concentrating on a task or taking a test, but it’s another thing when the silence is due to a lack of engagement. How do we break this silence and boost student participation in our classroom?
All About STEM
MARCH 4, 2024
If your school is participating in The Great Science Share on the 11th of June 2024, check out their NEW guided enquiries and enrichment activities. There are lots of different themes for your learners to choose from – great for the lead-up to the big day! Teachers’ notes, videos and links to resources are included.
Middle Web
MARCH 7, 2024
Jason Kennedy believes that planning on the front-end will result in better learning for students and more enjoyment by the teacher. Cathy Gassenheimer recommends his no-frills, how-to book that’s full of ideas and Kenney's passionate views about engagement and learning. The post A How-to Guide to Better Engage Your Students first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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