eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2018

Over multiple years, below grade-level content learning limits ELs’ science knowledge as well as access to secondary and post-secondary STEM programs and careers. The EL fifth-graders we worked with refused to read any more picture-heavy books about mommy animals taking care of their babies—and we can’t blame them.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

As a result, secondary schools began teaching algebra. Fifty years later Harvard added geometry to its requirements—and secondary schools again followed suit. Kosslyn and Ben Nelson, who founded Minerva and offer the book as an open manual for their approach for anyone to copy.)

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

They can book time on a telescope to view a specific space object or event or join other classrooms that have already reserved time to view an event. Funded in part by a National Science Foundation grant, Slooh brings the wonders of space exploration to upper elementary through post-secondary students around the world. About Slooh.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

We’ll also be giving away of their book Blended Vocabulary for K12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital tools and Direct Instruction and you can enter by clicking here and following the instructions. An overview of the framework in the book. Blended Vocabulary Book Giveaway Contest. Listen Now. FlashCard Stash.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

To ensure that instructional materials are easily accessible to educators, AAAJ Chicago convened a working group of Asian American educators and community leaders that compiled a database of Asian American history resources that showcases a range of materials from picture books to documentaries and primary sources.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. Grow plants under different conditions Use Math as a Secondary Element of a Project. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? Suddenly it doesn’t seem so absurd.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

We are also hosting a giveaway contest with her book on assessment. The Giveaway Contest for Starr’s Book Peer Feedback in the Classroom: Empowering Students to be the Experts. Peer Feedback in the Classroom Book Giveaway. So maybe with kids you start with certain stem depending on how old your students are.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Download the free e-book Strategies and activities to promote social and emotional skills So how can you promote social and emotional development in your classroom? As an activity, have learners finish a sentence stem or a simple graphic organizer to explain what they are grateful for that week, that day or at that moment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 17, 2018

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on PBL! See booking info and please contact me anytime at (mjgormans@gmail.com). Seventeen Examples of STEM PBL – Take a look at this list of STEM activities that can be brought into PBL. I do hope you enjoy!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2018

A white woman herself, DiAngelo has published widely and just released her third book, “ White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism ,” which debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List. I taught both elementary and secondary education. But let’s look at STEM, for a moment. What about in K-12?

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, she's writing a whole book about it! UT STEM Center @utstemcenter. The UT STEM Center's mission is to improve the teaching and learning of STEM through research, outreach, and educational services. The STEM Center is offering math and science professional development for K-5 teachers this August 1-2.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page. – Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Please contact me soon if you have an interest.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 27, 2019

This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority. Materials that were traditionally copyrighted and “free” to students (in reality, paid for with a portion of student fees) were the research journals, monographs, books, and other resources our libraries purchase or subscribe to. yellow below).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

You could always give simple rules, provide basic question or answer stems, and have students ‘debate’ one another–or you, the teacher, assuming a person, place, or idea. See also Sentence Stems for Higher-Level Discussion. Book clubs. See more on that at number 11 below.). Paideia Seminar.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 2017

Assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how STEM and entrepreneurship impact learning both in and out of the classroom. Strengthening the relationship between students, teachers, and administrators about STEM + entrepreneurship in the curriculum. Grade: 9th - St. Coco credits her inspiration to James R.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

To have access to high paying careers in the future requires some type of post-secondary education. Dr. Christine Johns For example, if I think of a student that has an interest in understanding how the heart works, we are not just reading out of a book and discussing how the heart functions. Simulations for STEM Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Second, in response to talent-shortage concerns, schools will place greater emphasis on work-based learning, STEM education, and vocational training programs. STEM opportunities are on the rise for young learners as elementary and early childhood programs increase exposure to STEM activities and careers.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Worldvuze – Take some time to explore this map-based question and answer education platform where elementary and secondary students around the world can learn directly from each other! The Global Read Aloud – The project was created in 2010 and had a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These are very same literary concepts that we ask our students to learn in primary and secondary English classes. And their grammar school curriculum is based more and more on learning code languages via STEM concentrations. After all, it’s our songwriters who are being the most daring with experimentation in expression.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

JANUARY 14, 2017

The lack of engagement might stem from a learning challenge (academic), it might be personal challenges at home (social/emotional), or it might be that the student doesn’t feel connected to the school, peers or teacher. ” “Are we challenging students enough, so that they are maximizing their learning opportunities?”

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

They love taking selfie videos where they talk about their favorite books and try to convince their classmates what to read next. We've been able to create a robust community of practice that meaningfully incorporates industry and education experts, serving over 3,000 secondary students. .

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). differentiation will have to be much stronger, tied more closely to market needs (115ff).

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). differentiation will have to be much stronger, tied more closely to market needs (115ff).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. So, that book has influenced me a lot.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 16, 2017

I have two guests on the show today–they are the co-authors of the new book Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom. I’m assuming it’s very different for elementary than secondary. So I thought that that was a really unique way to work PBL into a secondary classroom model.

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Research shows that spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in the STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Sometimes these are called “STEAM” to reflect the inclusion of the arts.

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Veative

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Benefits stemming from the integration of technology into classrooms has a direct relationship with pedagogy-supported use of that technology. The primary responsibility of teachers therefore is to fire up the latent strengths of a student’s imagination, everything else is secondary. Accommodating different learning styles.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Caroline Levander, Rice’s vice president of strategic initiatives and digital education, said the provisions for the course’s teaching, tutoring, books, homework and review services are well worth the investment for Rice. “This isn’t a typical MOOC.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? These books, written for secondary level teachers, are chock full of sensible advice and helpful tools for readers to use. Helping Readers See The Whole Text.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? These books, written for secondary level teachers, are chock full of sensible advice and helpful tools for readers to use. Helping Readers See The Whole Text.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Best for secondary (grades 6-12). Variation: A favorite purchase of mine for the classroom (that luckily was bought by my school with some STEM money) was Exploragons. Preparation: Select vocabulary words, people you’re studying, characters from books, geometric shapes, and symbols, shapes of letters, etc.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Second, in response to talent-shortage concerns, schools will place greater emphasis on work-based learning, STEM education, and vocational training programs. STEM opportunities are on the rise for young learners as elementary and early childhood programs increase exposure to STEM activities and careers.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2020

3] But providing books and other media on holidays would be a fun way of encouraging your students all to learn about diverse celebrations. A milk jug igloo is a fun STEM activity using recycled materials and a lot of hands-on fun to make a cozy reading nook. Make sleds out of candy canes and popsicle sticks. Sources: U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0: See PDF for more details.)

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