Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

String Telephone Project : A listening activity with a STEM component! English Teaching Forum, 2012, 50(3), pp. Teaching How to Listen: Blended Learning for the Development and Assessment of Listening Skills in a Second Language. Build these string telephones as a class and discuss how sounds travel. Colombi, A.G., Rycroft, E.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Related: The biggest hole in the STEM pipeline starts before kindergarten. This study analyzed families who started having kids between 1994 and 2002 and sent them to public schools between 2002 and 2012. Related: The problem with high-stakes testing and women in STEM. Figlio says no. “Parenting is really hard.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Some of the topics: technology in the classroom, Social Media in Education, New Tools for Educators, meeting the needs of students, assessment, educational use of iPads, Evernote, Google for education, technology and special education, STEM resources and much more. I''m presenting on Evernote and Social Media in Education.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

The need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is critical, especially because there will be more than 3 million job openings in STEM-related fields by 2018. But administrators and policy makers now recognize the benefits of integrating arts education into STEM subjects. About STEAM.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

The virtual and hands-on investigations, STEM activities, and instructional supports within Techbook enhance the delivery of impactful, blended instruction, in person or at a distance. Editable, ready-to-use worksheets and assessments are also available in both English and Spanish.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

He says the tools from Spain have quality content for Spanish speakers, and for English tools, tech providers such as Pearson and Mcgraw Hill have sufficed in the past, but he is looking for more STEM learning tools now. “I Limin Chen “They want adaptive learning tools, STEM products and learning management systems,” says Chen. “If

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

They don’t have the knowledge right now to assess what’s a credible source and what is not,” she said. More than 150 teachers have graduated from the program since it started in 2012. “I Students can access all sorts of misinformation on Twitter and TikTok, she reasons; plus, they’re just kids. Futter, president emerita of AMNH. “We

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy. The challenge of documenting and assessing maker empowerment is a tricky one.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

the developer of zyBooks , a digital courseware platform for computer science and STEM courses. In place of words and prose, zyBooks content feature animations, interactive activities and assessments. Zyante, the maker of zyBooks, was founded in 2012 by two professors from the University of California system. The Hoboken, N.J.-based

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ProfHacker

MARCH 9, 2017

Some of that stems from my own personal changes, but also from ways in which the Twitter service has changed, and from the ways that others use it. 8478 tweets with swear words (unintended consequence – the initial count includes tweets that have anything to do with assessment, assistant, associate, class, pass, etc.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In 2012, the U.K. Most emergent efforts in the US involving CT are currently part of CS curricula, although CT is increasingly seeing integration into STEM (especially science) learning. Few would challenge that coding is a popular and effective vehicle for learning and applying (and hence teaching and assessing) CT in K-12.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The district has undergone a transformation by adopting a new school performance system, internationally-benchmarked standards, updated assessments, and more intense diploma requirements. In 2018, NCSD’s Education Foundation awarded grants for 13 teacher projects in the SEL and STEM categories to continue their work.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. In 2012, Maine passed a law requiring that by 2018 all students would graduate with a proficiency-based diploma; the law then went through a major update in 2015-2016. First, the basics.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Daniel Hodge Back in 2012, ambitious district officials in Fulton County revealed a 5-year plan. Chanel Johnson, a STEM program specialist in Fulton County, echoes Hodge’s concerns, noting that many of the teachers saw personalized learning as a type of technology that would replace the work of teachers in the classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The study covered two BMCC semesters, from fall 2011 to spring 2012, and involved nine faculty members, 18 sections and 440 students enrolled in remedial, general education and major-specific game and non-game classes in English, math and science. These results may have particular impact on non-traditional students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Report results are based on an assessment in 2012 that tracked students in more than 40 countries and surveyed them on computer habits and conducted both written and digital tests. On average, seven out of 10 students in countries surveyed use computers at school and students average at least 25 minutes a day online.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

These trends are confirmed by a 2012 survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , which showed that the U.S. institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. So what other factors are at work in this educational demise?

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

The framework, based on a variety of learning theories and subjects (Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, and STEM), includes identifying student soft skills, identifying the instructor’s role (and changes needed by the instructor), and situational learning strategies to meet the student/workplace gap. Chronicle of Higher Education (2012).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Register here!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. For The Teacher: Reading – This website was started in 2012 and comes from some amazing teachers in the state of Idaho. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests. And many educators, both in high school and college, had trouble accurately assessing their students’ progress. From then until the coronavirus hit, when she was a 16-year-old precalculus student, Hernandez shined in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2016

What makes Common Sense Education amazing is that they have full units that are specifically targeted toward different grades and include lesson plans for teachers, interactive simulations for students, assessments, and communications and activities for families. Lessons can be downloaded as PDFs, iBooks, and Nearpod lessons. lol…OMG!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2017

Data drawn from the PISA 2012 database, graph adapted from Foley et al, 2017.). They are also the reason that so many high-achieving students leave not only mathematics but the numerous STEM courses that require mathematics. New research shows that levels of math anxiety have a.75 75 correlation with students’ enjoyment of math, and.64

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

Here are the videos Garg and his TAs have deemed the best of the best: “Chemistry Jock” (2010) by Yannick Goeb, Justin Banaga, Kimberly Bui “ We in the Lab” (2010) by Jordan Cisneros, Rizwan Jattala, Sarah Sandhaus, Adam Uchimoto “ Let It Be” (2011) by John Boles, Edgar Gonzalez “ We’re Yours” (2011) by Rachel Stafford-Lewis, Myan Pham, Ali Lanewala, (..)

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later. In a 2012 experiment, for instance, teams of IT graduates participated in a timed competition where they solved as many “trouble tickets” — as user complaints are called in tech support — as possible in a set amount of time.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2016

In 2012 I, along with a group of like-minded colleagues, signed up to take on an audacious goal: we helped open New York City’s first public high school focused on computing. Students are asked to self assess and provide feedback for their peers through rubrics—they are active participants in their own learning and growth.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time. This is a free event, with a focus on inclusion and participation--all are welcome! See you online!

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Digital Promise

JULY 9, 2018

EcoLearn , a research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is explicitly trying to cultivate these skills within the context of rich STEM learning. For educators seeking materials that support 21st-century learning goals, experiential curricula like EcoXPT may forecast the future of STEM. Practicing Real Science.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Assessing One’s Progress How am I doing with my maker project? This can be accomplished through team-building activities with a STEM or maker education focus.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

to get better at something.” ( Yeager & Dweck, 2012.) Over time, more nuanced questions arise, such as about the relationship between mindset and performance, results, failure, potential, assessments, mistakes, and many other things. It’s not just about effort. Let’s Learn Together.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Small, handheld devices like mobile phones are good for viewing static slides, but they’re epic for sending formative assessment data to the teacher and the whole class. Formative assessment is a not-so-secret of my own success, and the interactive display is part of this as I show certain items and hide others.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The school recently built a new center for science and arts outfitted with new, cutting-edge Samsung solutions that provide an ideal space for students to foster STEM skills, such as critical thinking, communication, and creativity. in 2012 and the platform continues to serve districts across the nation as School Way.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As a result, K-12 learning environments need more robust policies and practices to stem intrusions and build cyber resilience. There are several strategies schools and districts might put in place: Penetration (“pen”) testing – This is the process of assessing the security risk of a system or network by simulating an attack on it.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

“The bottom line for now is we need to broaden what counts in education, so I’m in favor of moving in this direction [performance assessments] even if we lose a little bit of precision to get there.” It is easier to say what performance assessment is not – a bubble test or short-answer exam – than to describe what it is.

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