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2020: A Clear Vision for Our Learners

User Generated Education

How to Have 20/20 Vision in 2020 ). The year 2020 can act as metaphor for us, as educators, to have an overreaching vision for what we do. I really love the idea of approaching 2020 with a clear, well-articulated vision of our learners’ futures. My vision-mission was not just a mental exercise I completed.

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Q&A: Victor Hicks on Blending Computer Science with Culture

EdTech Magazine

Since mid-2020, the Coding with Culture program has offered project-based courses that incorporate cultural elements and computer science–based instruction. EdTech spoke with Victor Hicks — known as Coach Hicks — the program’s founder and a STEM teacher at St. Thomas More Catholic School in Decatur, Ga.

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Get Them Moving with Brain Breaks!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! These breaks last a few minutes and get students and you moving through quick exercises, dancing, yoga, or calming exercises. Sitting in front of the computer for long periods of time is unhealthy for both teachers and students.

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Guest post: Biggest eLearning content trends of 2020 and beyond

EdTech4Beginners

For instance, if you are creating a course for Customer Training , you can include role-playing exercises to test the learning instead of regular quizzes. . An added but crucial element of micro-learning is basing daily learning on applications and exercises. This will keep them interested until the very end.

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What Are Students’ Top Interests for 2020?

eSchool News

NoRedInk is an adaptive writing curriculum that engages students by personalizing exercises according to their interests. Based on these suggestions, the company has added 180 new interests for the 2020–21 school year, bringing the total number of interests on the site to nearly 1,000. Top student interests. Actress: Zendaya.

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Exercise Tips To Help Kids, Teens and Families Stay Balanced at Home

MindShift

It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. A March 2020 report published in Lancet found that 12-, 14- and 16-year-olds who exercised regularly were less likely to develop depression by age 18. disguised as games for my younger daughters,” she said.

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Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

MindShift

In her new book, The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, the Stanford University lecturer offer new motivation to get moving that has less to do with how we look, or feeling duty-bound to exercise, and everything to do with how movement makes us feel. 1) Activate pleasure.