The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

Black enrollment in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — is among the issues that urgently demand attention, said Cato Laurencin, CEO of the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. “We Related: Successfully replicating the Meyerhoff STEM scholars program.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to shift his research focus. And the coursework, I never felt I learned terribly much from any of my classes, but it was very much secondary.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

And in 2001, the engineering accreditation body ABET added a new criterion so as to ensure that students get “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”. So, where and how did we lose our way? And how can educators and institutions change things?

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Kathy Schrock

MARCH 1, 2019

The hundreds of quality STEM-related videos and materials in the Discovery Education online collection make it easy to find content to use for your lessons and units. However, take time for students to develop a solid thinking process before starting your STEM unit. After you read about each model, ask yourself the following questions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2021

learned that they would not be going back to school the following Monday. As leaders grappled with emerging COVID-19 information, one week off became two weeks, then a month, then a shift to remote learning and working for most people for an extended period, some of which continues to this day.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2022

From the moment we open our eyes in the morning till we go to bed at night, our minds are incessantly stimulated and a big part of this stimulation stems from our digital devices. In 2001, Anderson and Krathwohl revised Bloom's taxonomy and introduced the following six verbs: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

(Thursday, August 26, 2021) — To welcome K-12 students and teachers back to school, Discovery Education—the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—and leading corporate and community partners proudly introduce four new engaging, no-cost virtual field trips (VFTs).

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 4, 2016

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Todd Beard and Sam Patterson to learn how classrooms can take that first leap into the awesome world of Coding. Todd Beard has been an educator since 2001 working with students in kindergarten through adulthood. Join us, as we dive into the Hour of Code and Beyond on TeacherCast Podcast 122.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

With her new appointment, Dr. Bers will continue to explore and research how young students learn to be creators and collaborators with technology and with each other. She describes how coding is seen as a “new language,” and how it can be presented in a playful context, merging STEM/STEAM and coding with social-emotional learning.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Cornerstone Academy.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Today, the nonprofit reports that 53 companies shared an array of approaches in three submission categories: Learning Sciences (applying learning science theory in the design of new products), User Research (understanding user behaviors and needs), and Evaluation Research (launching evaluations of product effectiveness).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. Technology is expensive. She couldn’t stand that I wasn’t able to get the Merge Cubes in my local Walmart and sent me one! Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2018

Demand for AP classes, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, vastly outpaces the supply of qualified teachers, exacerbating educational disparities. “On More importantly, students are engaged, learning and beginning to view themselves as part of a high-achieving cohort. Future of Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Is learning in the 21 st Century significantly different to learning in previous years? It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2018

alone, educational technology companies raised $1.2 Some of this investment will be conventional—computer-lab renewal, classroom technology, network upgrades and such. Educational technology investments can affect colleges and universities in different ways, as I've elaborated elsewhere. In the U.S. For sure. “If

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Each year, K-12 schools and districts that have leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students are honored through SETDA’s Student Voices program. You can learn more about Operation Bee here. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by SETDA.

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MindShift

APRIL 6, 2017

This is one of the many schemes cooked up by Meghan Gardner and her team at Guard Up to engage students in learning. Rather than learning an invented language, why not Latin? Guard Up opened a full-time facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, in 2001. Applying Learning in a Real-World Fiction.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

It should be obvious, given that the United States has been fighting a series of wars at a planetary scale since September 2001. Unlike a draft, which by design draws broadly on society, a volunteer force tends to stem from local traditions, family history, regional cultures, and other unevenly distributed drivers.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Is learning in the 21 st Century significantly different to learning in previous years? It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today. A current listing of events you can join is below.

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Our journey began when we conducted an extensive literature review at the outset of the project (Bruce, Flynn, & Moss, 2012) and learned about the crucial importance of spatial reasoning. Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Bruce, Bev Caswell, Tara Flynn, and Zachary Hawes. Education matters!

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

This story is a part of Lessons Learned , a series of stories exploring the evidence behind ideas to help children catch up and move ahead after the coronavirus pandemic. Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Wikipedia think aloud observations.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

My teacher specifically made the class hard, and she told my mom, ‘He should definitely look into something in the STEM majors.’”. Lockett researched science and technology fields his sophomore year and decided on bioengineering, a discipline that combines science and math to study living things.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” LMS is learning management system. million total.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

DALLAS — When Lauren McKinnon heard a new public elementary school was opening close to her home in Dallas, it was good news; but when she learned the school would offer an all-girls education format with a focus on STEM, she was excited, knowing inequities often exist for girls – like her daughters – in math and science.

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