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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. You’ll want to share this with your STEM colleagues.

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

She mentioned that blended learning and learning models were the top edtech trends, and defining blended learning was a big deal. The program was based on a framework that emphasized providing a systematic support system for students, engaging them in the learning process, and developing STEM career paths.

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Leading Learning in a Blended Environment

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, blended learning is a style of education in which students learn via electronic and online media and traditional face-to-face teaching. Doersch serves as a Technology Director for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program at Digital Promise. By Eileen Belastock.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

DISCOVERY EDUCATION AND MCREL INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON STRATEGIES ( www.discoveryeducation.com ) & ( www.mcrel.org ) Discovery Education announced it has aligned its popular Spotlight on Strategies content to McREL International’s six-phase model for learning. published a new report which addresses latest trends in EdTech in the U.S.

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Why Don’t Schools Focus on Literacy?

Reading By Example

What could be the reason for not focusing on literacy on a consistent basis for their professional learning efforts? – Trauma-based learning. – STEM/STEAM. – Personalized learning. – Blended learning or a 1:1 technology initiative. . Next are a couple of possible reasons.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.