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Choosing the Best Overhead Classroom Projector: 5 Key Factors to Consider

ViewSonic Education

In the past, people mostly thought of projectors as devices that were simply mounted on the classroom ceiling, primarily used for projecting lessons and content on a screen at the front of the room. However, the way we use classroom projectors has evolved beyond their traditional role.

Classroom 215
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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. These last parts stem from my classroom democracy belief, as does our opening class assignment of collaboratively determining class norms.

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We Can’t Keep ChatGPT Out of the Classroom, so Let’s Address the ‘Why’ Behind Our Fears

Edsurge

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. I prepared a few Socratic Seminars about their impressions of AI and its potential implications for the future of writing and education. Look,” a student pointed out in one seminar. “It They all balked at what it churned out.

Classroom 211
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Developing a “National Geographic Explorer” Mindset in the Classroom

Digital Promise

Teachers are constantly engaging with others—students, parents, and colleagues—yet they are the only ones with a complete understanding of their classrooms and practices. A Socratic seminar? As a result, being a teacher can be lonely. I taught at a small school. Sounds great! Maybe in October. A historical role-playing activity?

Classroom 260
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Can a Sitcom Teach Philosophy? Meet a Scholar Advising 'The Good Place'

Edsurge

And we also checked in with an administrator at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who assigns the show in a first-year seminar she leads. When I'm in the classroom, they can look at me like here, right here. I think that most people are really excited to have varied approaches in the classroom. I have not.

Meeting 163
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Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Have you ever walked into a classroom where students were engaged in serious on-topic discussion, debating ideas and challenging each other to provide evidence of their statements? Chances are, you entered a classroom using a discussion method known as Socratic Debate , aka Socratic Method, Socratic Circle, or Socratic Inquiry.

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Uncertified teachers filling holes in schools across the South

The Hechinger Report

In Oklahoma, lawmakers expanded an “adjunct” program that enables schools to hire applicants without teacher training if they meet a local board’s qualifications. These states provide a window into the patchwork approach across the South that allows those without traditional training to lead a classroom. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala.