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The Jose Vilson
JANUARY 26, 2024
I hesitated for a bit because I wanted to barrage her with the usual questions about budget, time, and “Why are you doing that on my birthday WHEN YOU KNOW …” I set that all aside and said, “OK, I’ll do it.” Before you can address the problem, you have to get clear about that problem.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. Girls, for instance, make up just one-third of high school computer science students nationally. They fail, but they learn something new out of that failure.”
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The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Lee Ann Yonker helped start the #MiniGoogleMasters movement in her school in K-3rd grade, demonstrating littles can be tech-savvy too! She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
You know, we may filter at school, but our students are taking everything home. Now, you know, Mike… the other day I had an 8th grader come in and say, “Oh, I heard about the Dark Web on a show. And you know, kids are innocent. Do you think filters are as important as I seem to think? Listen Now. What is it, Ms.
Digital Promise
APRIL 9, 2019
Oh, the dreaded question… “What other content do you cover?” asks the district curriculum director, or even worse, “Do you cover all of _ ?” What comes to mind when you think about the word “cover?” Fill in the blank with a huge quantity of content, like all of K-5 math.). Coverage!?! Why the demand for coverage exists.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Adams is certainly correct that teenagers aren’t reading nearly as much these days; one 2016 study suggests a third of U.S. It seems to me that setting young people up for reading success within this environment is a more worthwhile cause than wishing they’d spontaneously pick up more Hawthorne and Vonnegut.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 10, 2020
First graders work on a coding assignment. Earlier this school year, the first graders at the Hampton Street School were about to take a coding class, something they’ve been doing since kindergarten. Are you ready to learn the basics?”. schools spend more than $10 billion a year on educational technology.
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