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Here’s a Preview of November

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Geography Awareness Week. Rigorous Mathematics. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today , and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

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My college professor while he was teaching us announced to the class that math can’t be taught. That was geography.” A professor from Indiana: “I've taught calculus dozens of times, with diverse textbooks, quite successfully. Students learn better from a straightforward treatment of the mathematical essence.”

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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” In MS and HS, it expands to cover science, mathematics, civics, economics, and maybe geography.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. One will be oriented around geography and one around history (such as “Kansas became a state January 29, 1861” ).

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The Importance of 3D Printing in Education

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3D printing and mathematics can work together perfectly in order to create accurate representations of hard to grasp mathematical concepts. 3D printing allows those students who have trouble envisioning equations, elaborate graphs, and complex mathematical arrangements to experience real-world models. Final Word.

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Encourage Creativity in the Classroom

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Kids don’t go to school just to learn classical subjects such as history, math, or geography. Unless we’re talking about a mathematical concept, most problems have a multitude of solutions. They also need to understand how to be social, how to create connections, and how to develop their creativity.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. Depending upon the topic, you might use a geography webtool like Geoguesser or a math/reading app like SplashLearn.

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