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.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Do new AI tools like ChatGPT actually understand language the same way that humans do? It turns out that even the inventors of these new large language models are debating that very question — and the answer will have huge implications for education and for all aspects of society if this technology can get to a point where it achieves what is known as Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI.

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All About STEM

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

There’s a classroom video for every experiment! Following the amazing success of Brian Cox’s first series of school experiments, The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources based on new and emerging technologies, featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock. The resources explore topics including genome editing, robotics and ocean acidification.

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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.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In about half the world–mostly those where people live under socialism, communism, dictators, or autocracies–law and order is decided for the people. In the 1700’s, when the brand new United States of America, newly liberated from the British aristocratic rule that relied on Kings and Queens, wrote its very first Constitution and Bill of Rights, it decided to establish a system of government by the people.

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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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Middle Web

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Rather than despairing over grammar mistakes in their corrected papers, Jason DeHart suggests students can succeed in ELA by noting the varieties of sentences, talking about their impact on the narrative, and describing the feelings and actions these stylistic choices evoke. The post Reframing Our Focus on Correcting the Language first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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ED Surge

OCTOBER 31, 2024

What difference did $190 billion make for student success coming out of the COVID-19 health crisis? Not as much as you might think. An ESSER spending analysis by Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University found some puzzling instances where funneling more money into a pandemic-worsened problem didn’t help schools recover. The data ultimately points to no “silver bullet” in spending aimed at improving students’ academic performance since the pandemic, says Marguerite Roza, director of Edunomics Lab.

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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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All About STEM

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Careers & Enterprise Company primary resources are free to download and created by trusted providers and organisations funded to test what works at primary level. They can help to: Primary: Careers Explorers Career Explorers comprises of a set of five lesson plans for KS1 and KS2, with accompanying teacher guidance, exploring different careers and career pathways.

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Starfish Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Both Project-Based Learning (PBL) and STEM provide students with engaging & hands-on learning experience but they also have distinct characteristics

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free Do any of these sound like you? Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens.

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Box Light

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the CSA Leadership Conference on November 2, 2024, in the New York Hilton Midtown (New York, NY). Explore our innovative solutions in action and see how we’re enhancing campus and classroom communication.

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All About STEM

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This series, Creating Careers Pathways: Parent & Carer Information Sessions, will explore Apprenticeship and Technical Education (ATE) routes in the Liverpool City Region, designed to give you the information you need to effectively inform and prepare your young person for their best next step.

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Middle Web

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Baruti Kafele’s motto,"If it impacts the students, we must be willing to discuss it," really sums up what this book covers and what equity and social justice work is all about. We cannot continue with business as usual and think we will have better outcomes, writes Claire Stein. The post Improving Opportunities & Outcomes for Black Kids first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Week

OCTOBER 27, 2024

English and science teachers in Missouri middle schools collaborate to help students tackle complex scientific texts.

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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.

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All About STEM

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Celebrate Green Careers Week from the 4th to the 9th of November! The Amazing Apprenticeships team are offering a fantastic new resource bundle that focuses on inspiring apprenticeships in green industries and jobs.

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STEM Discovery Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In today’s classrooms, creating immersive learning experiences is more than just a trend—it’s a powerful tool for engaging students in a way that amplifies understanding and retention. But what makes an experience truly immersive, and why does it matter? Below, we’ll outline five key principles to help educators evaluate how immersive an experience is for […] The post Five Guiding Principles of Successful Immersive Learning appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Imagine the excitement of students designing their very own parade floats for a classroom Thanksgiving parade ! Project-Based Learning (PBL) brings this idea to life, allowing students to dive into a creative, hands-on project that builds both knowledge and skills. Inspired by the "Balloons Over Broadway" concept, this activity combines elements of design, engineering, budgeting, and collaboration, making it perfect for classrooms looking to integrate STEM and PBL.

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Box Light

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Curious about how to bring your classroom projects to life with stop-motion animation? Join Hannah Daniels , MimioSTEM Product Manager, for a fun 20-minute learning lab! Learn how to use 3D printed components to boost your stop-motion animations. Plus, get practical ideas for integrating this hands-on filmmaking technique into various subjects, making learning interactive and enjoyable for your students!

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Basic-Mathematics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Factoring trinomials (ax^2 + bx + c ) when a = 1 with an interactive lesson.

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STEMe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When you think of virtual reality, what do you think of? gaming? What about education? As we look to the future, education is rapidly evolving alongside technological advancements. Virtual reality headsets are one aspect of technology that many classrooms have recently incorporated. In many colleges and high schools across the United States, virtual reality has become a new and innovative tool, especially in the studies of engineering and architecture.

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Teachers are Terrific

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

STEM Education is too important to let these words bother you! There are projects that will work for you on a budget and work with your standards and subjects you teach! Let me share a few ideas! The idea for this post came after I read an article about the reasons STEM is not a guarantee is some school systems. The two largest barriers seem to be the scarcity and cost of resources, and adhering to our state standards.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Bring the excitement of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade into your classroom with this engaging project-based learning activity! The "Macy's Parade Float Classroom Design Activity" allows students to create their own parade floats, inspired by the beloved Thanksgiving tradition. This hands-on project integrates STEM concepts, creativity, and collaboration, making it a perfect classroom activity for the holiday season.

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Basic-Mathematics

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Interactive lesson about the Cartesian coordinate system and how it is used to locate points

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The Trendy Science Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2024

As Halloween approaches, it’s time to get creative with your biology lessons! This year, I’m excited to share how I engage my 10th graders with a spine-tingling yet educational activity that ties into our energetics unit. By focusing on the infamous Tylenol Tampering Case of 1982, we can dive deep into the impacts of cyanide on cellular respiration while celebrating Halloween.

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CoderZ

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world around us, from media and education to business and industry. As the influence of AI weaves itself into our daily lives, the technology is also reshaping computer science education and careers. The recent growth of AI in many industries has solved countless problems, opening doors to innovation and efficiency like never before.

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Northeastern University

OCTOBER 30, 2024

On Friday, October 18th, we had our third field trip for the semester! This time, the Haley Pilot School came for the first time ever! 44 x 6th graders came for a day on Engineering and Natural Disasters. Students were given the goal to create a deployable flood barrier – modeled on Boston’s Coastal Resil ience Planning for East Boston (and which was successfully deployed in the real world in Tampa 2024).

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