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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker. I had the blessing of teaching her daughter and collaborating with her.

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Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

Discovery Education

from 2023 to 2030. The Simplest Elementary School Science EdTech Every day, educators are using digital resources to meaningfully support science teaching and learning—and the best EdTech tools are the ones that are easy to use. The industry is set to grow by an impressive 13.6% Here’s some recent news on the Tech in EdTech!

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What Service-Learning and Global Goals Taught Us About Promoting the Greater Good

Edsurge

On this county-wide professional development day, while teachers at many schools around Chesterfield watched the clock, thinking about papers that needed to be graded and plans that needed to be written, the staff at Weaver Elementary spent the day immersed in service and learning together.

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

Math performance among elementary and middle-school students has fallen by 6 to 15 percent below pre-pandemic growth rates, depending on the students’ age, since before the pandemic, according to the Northwest Evaluation Association, which administers standardized tests nationwide. It’s not a small problem,” said Edward Lambert Jr.,

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COLUMN: The world is waking up to education’s essential role in climate solutions

The Hechinger Report

But just as important are general social-emotional skills and awareness: The resources to break down how you’re feeling, and feeling like you have some agency in an issue that can often be an overwhelming topic.”. Furthermore, at COP 27, UNESCO, the U.N.’s Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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OPINION: Earth Day is over, but there’s a lot more schools can do to address climate change

The Hechinger Report

Salt Lake City adopted a climate action plan that commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040, with electric buses and solar panels replacing fossil fuel driven technology — an ambitious agenda driven by student activism. million it will save in energy costs each year.

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

The Kids Discover online platform lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners at three different lexiles. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. It is a perfect inquiry-based tool you can use in your classroom and with your students. Enhanced Transcript.

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