Education Superhighway

JULY 23, 2018

Recently, we interviewed three 5th grade teachers who shared more about the transformational role technology plays in student engagement at PWCS. Because of the way things have changed over the last 25 years, I had no choice [but to learn how to use technology] if I wanted to stay in the profession.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Digital storytelling is only for classroom engagement. Student engagement during classroom activities is definitely improved when digital storytelling is used. As this study involving 15,000 students shows , there are many direct and indirect benefits of digital storytelling. Digital storytelling is not for STEM.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Keep reading to discover how this educator keeps learning going in the middle of a global pandemic. Nick Baskwill works with hundreds of elementary, middle, and high schools across Nova Scotia to drive technology integration and the adoption of innovative tools for tech and computer science education. Nominee : Nick Baskwill.

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Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. Students shouldn’t spend their entire day interacting with technology. While technology is useful, it can be abused, or some students might simply not understand how to use it correctly without guidance. .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We did a STEM Expo Night and we incorporated Rigamajig. The whole school community—students, staff, parents and families—saw our students create and tinker with Rigamajig. If my administrator asks me how to demonstrate how Rigamajig improves or helps learning, I’m always ready to share and explain.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. Teams of students play together in fun “missions” by programming virtual 3D robots while learning the principles of coding.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2017

To help make all of our students aware of the career options available to them, in 2015 I created a virtual career wheel for Kankakee teachers to follow. Each grade focuses on a different segment of careers, so as students move through elementary school they are able to explore a variety of fields and recognize where their interests lie.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Salas, who attends Roosevelt Elementary School in San Leandro, California, is not alone in feeling the effects of heat on her schoolyard. Across the country, climbing temperatures have led schools to cancel classes and outdoor activities to protect students from the harmful effects of the heat. “We We can learn from a textbook.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2019

That’s why MIND joined forces with 100Kin10 , an organization that is working to prepare, support, and retain excellent STEM teachers in the United States. Together, we are mobilizing a national effort to prepare 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021. Elementary math specialization. Coursework and field experiences.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the camp in Benton, Illinois, students will learn about the plan and how to advocate for it, along with participating in typical camp activities like swimming and using the ropes course. Yet many of them receive little to no introduction to climate science in K-12 schools. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Wednesday, December 1, 2021) — To support continued student engagement anywhere during the winter holiday breaks, Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are introducing new flexible and engaging learning resources. This experience is suitable for upper elementary and middle school students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. The pressure and collaboration taught me the beauty of teamwork.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

My initial experience of coaching a competition robotics team led me to develop a farm-based, robotics makerspace, which combines individual lessons, student engagement and the great outdoors. I call this type of student-centered teaching Problem-Based, Place-Based, Project-Based Learning, or PB3. Louis area.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Monica loves getting students connected on a global scale and loves to use digital tools like Lumio to create interactive lessons to engage her students. Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Boost your student engagement on any devices wherever learning needs to happen.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, Makers, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. You see… we really must learn to put into practice some of the best lessons never taught! Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2022

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. Upon closer inspection the teacher realized the students had searched for and found the new NCAA Basketball Brackets. NCAA Big Dance Basics – Take a look and get ideas from the STEM site eGFI.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

See details for how to redeem this code at the bottom of this post.) We selected some kits to get students excited about matter and also sustainability and water. Kits came ready to use with students. Kits were tested by a middle school science teacher in my school. What Kits Did We Test?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But for all methods, safety should be the first priority along with helping students engage in the scientific process and relate the lessons to the real world. Especially in elementary classrooms, make sure you are complying with all recommended methods for safe storage. What do I do for elementary school kids?

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . More ready-to-use tools to assess student outcomes and address learning gaps.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2018

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Engineer Hoopsters – A great article from eGFI that lets students know you can excel in the STEM fields while also playing basketball… and winning. I have done 100?s s of workshops and presentations.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33). link] Cordi, M. Schreiner, T., & Rasch, B. Is prior knowledge essential?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful. It was phenomenal to see!”

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities.

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Education and industry collaboration is incredibly important because educators need to know what they’re preparing their students for, and how to do that. STEMpath is a yearlong STEM and Computer Science certificate program, offering any K-12 educator 24-credit graduate level credits.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2019

I accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of East Texas Advanced Academy (ETAA) in partnership with a school district in East Texas where I served as principal at a middle and elementary school simultaneously. A student’s zip code should not determine the quality of education they receive. Everhart elementary schools. .

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

She invested $19 — the cost of hosting a website — and created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, in tables clearly organized by grade level and subject matter, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Wheeler: One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career. We thought about elementary, middle and high school. This time, we chose something different for the middle grades because middle school students are kind of a different band of learners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Working in tech and media for the past 20 years, I’ve seen some of these changes firsthand, and one thing has proven consistently true: Engagement is critical when learning new information and mastering new skills. A good game knows how to keep us challenged and in our zone of proximal development—or flow.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

Now, teachers teach to a variety of learning styles, differentiate learning for our students with twice-weekly Response to Intervention time and give opportunities for student collaboration—such as STEM projects and our Spark literary and visual arts magazine. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential. Diane Myers, Ph.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

This real-world experience helps students apply a variety of age-appropriate math skills in real-world stories and scenarios crafted to help students realize that math can relate to their everyday life. In this summer camp adventure, students will: Create and analyze code. Learn how money operates in the real world.

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techlearning

MARCH 22, 2018

Engineer Hoopsters – A great article from eGFI that lets students know you can excel in the STEM fields while also playing basketball… and winning. Math Basketball Games – Are you looking for a way to bring a little basketball into your elementary of middle school math class? Where Will it Go?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop. I will have a session on STEM to STEAM to MAKERS.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Did you know that music lessons can help students excel in STEM ? Art is more than just an elective that students can go without. If you know how to get the most out of them, art activities can have as much positive effect on a student’s school success as “essential” subjects like writing or math.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning. Her classroom was, and remains, a lively and engaged place for learning across many platforms. How does digital learning work with electives? This is another frequently asked question.

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