Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A few years ago, I did a poll on the meaning of the word ‘turkey’ This was to demonstrate how powerful symbols are to your students and do so with an authentic use of technology to support discussion on math, language standards, and the holidays. As a summation to your discussion with students on symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, farms, or another topic, post this on your class screen.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of “Ancient Aliens.” Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction? If you’re a teen, you could be exposed to conspiracy theories and a host of other pieces of misinformation as frequently as every day while scrolling through your social media feeds.
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Cool Cat Teacher
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is the Learning Pit metaphor? How can this illustration be used with students to help them learn? On today's episode, fifth-grade teacher James Nottingham, author of Teach Brilliantly , explains how he uses this example with his students, discusses misconceptions, and explains to students how the learning process works helps them grow and be more successful.
All About STEM
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education taking place across the UK from the 4th to the 9th of March. The aim is to provide a focus on careers activities at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people leaving education.
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.
Computer Science Teacher
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Got your attention didn’t I? More and more teachers are using online coding environments to teach computer science. I used one myself to teach Advanced Placement Computer Scie3nce Principles. I’m not sure I did the right thing. Let me explain. Recently I attended a panel talk at the CSTA New England conference on what high school teachers could do to better prepare students for university level computer science.
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Stephen Wolfram
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The Computational View of Time Time is a central feature of human experience. But what actually is it? In traditional scientific accounts it’s often represented as some kind of coordinate much like space (though a coordinate that for some reason is always systematically increasing for us). But while this may be a useful mathematical description, it’s not telling us anything about what time in a sense “intrinsically is”.
Middle Web
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Exploring human experiences through personal stories promotes discussions that focus on facts and individual realities rather than generalizations and stereotypes and helps students develop empathy, compassion and understanding, writes Kasey Short. Reading suggestions included! The post Inspiring Understanding Using Personal Stories first appeared on MiddleWeb.
STEM Everyday Podcast
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Kari Byron & Jenny Buccos are here to share all about the 2nd Annual National STEM Festival. EXPLR’s National STEM Festival inspires kids nationwide to engage with STEM, a mission more crucial than ever as we advance towards a technology-driven future and workforce. Submissions for the 2025 National STEM Festival are open to young innovators across all 50 states and all U.S. territories until October 20, 2024.
Computing Education Research Blog
JULY 8, 2024
One of the persistent research questions in computing education research (CER) is, “If you learn something in programming, can you use that something somewhere else ?” Learning scientists call this “knowledge transfer.” In the first few decades of CER, the question was whether problem-solving skills that you developed in programming could be used elsewhere.
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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.
STEM Next
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
This press release was issued nationwide on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. STEM Next Opportunity Fund, a national nonprofit and leading expert in out-of-school time (OST) STEM education, has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Youth Workforce Pathways program to support the launch of its Exploring Career Connections in STEM (EC²) Initiative.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Here are popular online resources to teach about using games in education ( click here for updates to the list ): Battleship on Google Sheets Breakouts by BreakoutEdu.com — a bit like Webquests but more comprehensive Breakout Room Template Game Show Templates –Frazzle, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Price is Right, more Gamified Syllabus –a template to create games A Google A Day Economics and Finance BizKids –games to teach business and finance History Beat the Bard –using Shakespearean characters Cl
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. The brutal, sticky heat of Texas summer already had people wiping sweat from their brows and handing out bottled water from ice-filled coolers. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.
Cool Cat Teacher
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we dive into essential qualities of effective school leadership. From building relationships to tackling teacher burnout, our guest principals and educational experts share their strategies for creating positive, high-impact school environments. Hear from award-winning principals like Tracie Anderson Swilley and Carlos Ramirez, alongside thought leaders George Couros, Eric Sheninger, and top episodes
All About STEM
MAY 3, 2024
In the Autumn Term 2024, STEM Learning is running a free online student mentoring programme, funded by GSK. All About Futures/ All About STEM is managing school engagement in the Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Manchester regions. “We’re requesting that schools express their interest now if they might wish to be involved.
STEM Discovery Education
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Physical (also known as concrete) manipulatives like the abacus or blocks have been basic tools of teaching math since time immemorial. The ancient Romans and Greeks conceived of counting boards and eventually the abacus, and the Chinese abacus that came into use centuries later is thought to be an adaptation of the Roman version. Italian […] The post The Benefits of Virtual Manipulatives appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
STEM Education Works
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Hello everyone! The holiday season is upon us, and what better gift to give friends and family this year than the gift of STEM? We are highlighting the best affordable STEM toys, gadgets, and devices with our Holiday Gift Guide ! I wanted to cover a few of my favorite products that we’re highlighting this year: Brown Dog Gadgets Kits: Our Brown Dog Gadgets products are the perfect combination of creative crafting and innovative learning … and they make perfect stocking stuffers.
STEM for Kids
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Raleigh, NC USA 2/9/2024 Inspiring diversity in STEM remains an imperative. STEM For Kids® is pleased to announce the newest addition to our industry-leading curriculum portfolio… STEM Icons: Celebrating Black History for kids. As educators celebrate Black History during Black History Month and beyond, check out the plethora of hands-on activities in this course that students can experience… To Infinity And Beyond: A rocket blast off experience for children, a glimpse into the world of aeros
Middle Web
APRIL 14, 2024
Educator and author Regie Routman considers heart-centered principles that can help us go a long way to ensure that what we do and are asking our students and loved ones to do will result in personal and professional growth, gratitude, generosity, and even sparks of greatness. The post 7 Principles of a Heart Centered Classroom first appeared on MiddleWeb.
STEM Everyday Podcast
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
Kath Geramita is the co-Founder and COO of CreositySpace. She has also been an engineer, chemist, and entrepreneur with a passion for making science and technology useful and accessible to everyone. Kath got her start in a number of technology start-ups developing products ranging from electronic ink and cement made from CO2, to materials improving the storage capacity of batteries and fuel cells.
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.
STEM Next
JANUARY 8, 2024
It’s a New Year and a great time to celebrate the power of role models and mentors. STEM role models help strengthen important outcomes for kids, including increased positive attitudes about STEM, increased positive STEM identities, and increased STEM career knowledge. In fact, role models and mentors are a key pillar of STEM Next’s success with the Million Girls Moonshot , which has reached almost 3 million youth across the country in just three years.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Education has come a long way since the focus on “reading, writing, ‘rithmetic” In Ask a Tech Teacher posts, we’ve covered many teaching strategies: Behavior Learning Theory Depth of Knowledge (DoK) Flipped Classroom Frayer Model Growth Mindset Habits of Mind Mindfulness Orton-Gillingham Project-based Learning (PBL) Socratic Method Standards-based Grading Understanding By Design Unschool VARK model Visible Learning Whole Brain Teaching Any of these might be perfect for yo
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Los datos ya llegaron, y revelan algo interesante sobre los estudiantes bilingües de los Estados Unidos. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. No need to hop over to Google Translate. Chances are good that if you were one of the 5.3 million English learners in public schools, you’d know the opening line explains that recent data has something interesting to reveal about the U.S.’s bilingual students.
Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in the classroom is a joy to me. My students are exceptional, work hard, constantly learn new things and continually teach me new things. My heart is in the school first and foremost. Since 2002, I've taught middle and high schools and coached teachers on instructional technology.
All About STEM
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
If your learners want to know more about apprenticeships, they can try the new 2024 Apprenticeships Quiz! Amazing Apprenticeships has created a Riddle Quiz packed with information about apprenticeships. Students can find answers to these questions and many more: How much do you know about apprenticeships? Is an apprenticeship a real job? How many different apprenticeship roles are there?
STEM Discovery Education
MARCH 29, 2024
Educators, administrators, and corporate leaders all agree: we need to encourage girls to explore STEAM skills and consider STEM careers for their futures. But how? We asked members of the Discovery Educator Network to share content, programs, and ideas they have found to be successful in bringing more girls to the world of STEAM! Infusing STEAM […] The post Strategies for Encouraging Girls to Explore STEAM appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
STEM Education Works
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Hello all! It’s that time of year again. I’m talkin’ about HALLOWEEN ! Just like last year , I have even more spooky STEM facts that will make you quiver in fear! So once again, grab your candy, shut off the lights, and prepare to be petrified … with MORE spooky STEM facts: Don’t freak out … but there’s a spooky skeleton inside of you RIGHT NOW: The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones, all made of protein, collagen, and minerals (especially calcium).
Defined Learning
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
With the new school year in full swing, there is a wide range of tools and methods educators can explore to enhance student learning, from digital tools like AI-driven lesson creators to immersive technologies like augmented and virtual reality. Discover how to select the right teaching methods and tools based on purpose, promoting student engagement, and fostering essential skills through both tech and non-tech approaches like project-based learning.
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
When you ask students to research a topic, what happens? Chances are some students will struggle. The authors explain how they use Inquiry Charts to help middle grades students navigate the pitfalls of research and also develop agency as researchers and knowledge builders. The post Use Inquiry Charts to Boost Student Research first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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