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A Socratic Seminar for Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

Socratic seminars have been around, obviously, since the days of Socratics. In the Socratic seminar, the teacher uses questions to guide discussion around specific learning goals. The Benefits of Socratic Seminars are: Offer opportunities for student voice. Sneetches: A Socratic Seminar.

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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. It’s a master’s degree course for Georgetown University’s excellent Learning, Design, and Technology program. Here I want to dive into tech for teaching and learning, focusing on pedagogy and support, for the entire semester. These seminars are mostly discussion based.

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Tech Tip #90: Don’t Be Afraid of Mulligans

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The question I usually get when I mention this to teachers at training seminars is, how do you have time? You can find her resources at Structured Learning. In fact, their confidence is so improved, they often are the kids who come in during lunch to offer assistance to other struggling students. That’s OK.

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EdisonLearning and the Learning Counsel to Prepare School Leaders to Re-imagine Digital Learning in the Wake of COVID-19

EdNews Daily

The 22 seminars will take place between August 9 and October 29, 2021 and will inspire education leaders to pursue and embrace innovation with the objective of better supporting children of all needs, […].

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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events.

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Grad Seminar on EdTech Part 2: How Can Digital Audio Enhance Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. We didn’t conclude that digital audio was a universal tool for all learning, but found it one powerful strategy in the edtech ecosystem. This is part 2. Read part 1 here. Though tools to do that are getting more accessible than ever.

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How the pandemic accelerated the need for interactive learning spaces

Neo LMS

And while the beginnings were difficult and we’re still facing a lot of uncertainty, the frantic switch to online learning is no longer helping anyone. Indeed, one of the main problems that teachers have faced regarding online learning is student engagement. One of these skills is facilitating an interactive learning environment.