User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

What may look like an arts and crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive essay. ( [link] ). It simply becomes, “How can I add a making element to my lessons to reinforce concepts being learned?” Hands-On Demonstration: _.

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2017

But today’s math assignments can be confounding for parents who learned math in a pre-Common Core era, or in a different country — or who still harbor math anxiety from their own days at school, or never fully learned to connect the dots between everyday actions and math lessons. Math is Cultural. Mathematics is cultural.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

His knowledge of and interest in both the EdTech world and the importance of a STEM education highlight the importance of inquiry-based education, DIY cultures and technology for enhanced learning as crucial 21st century activities. They’re all about inspiring creative ideas in students and having them learn how to execute them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Pick a video, personalize it for your group, add your voice, and then track student understanding. Because the ads that introduce many YouTube videos may not suit your student group, use this tool to truncate the video and show just the part you want. More on videos as a classroom tool: How to teach with videos. Video apps.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2016

By capitalizing on the excitement students had for this toy, and by using design thinking, my students learned traditional math concepts and STEM skills. Read on to see how students used design thinking to solve a real-world challenge, and how you can start planning a design thinking project in your classroom!

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

See Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus for more about this. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. Common Core State Standards – ELA. Tissue Paper Marigolds.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Request a demo of Levered's System.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

Professional Engagement includes classroom management, dealing with challenging students, interacting with families, and understanding oneself in relation to all these groups. For administrators, this area would target school culture and how to improve the health of the organization through adaptation, climate, and infrastructure.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 18, 2015

It’s fairly simple to get kids talking (and writing) about math strategies during whole-class strategizing sessions , small group modeling, and one-on-one practice. We as teachers just memorize the leading questions ( How do you know? 2) They find it hard to articulate their thinking (how to answer the questions.). Okay, Ms. __!

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The projects teach students how to make a stable product, use tools, think about the needs of another, solve challenges, overcome setbacks and stay motivated on a long-term problem. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? ).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Just 22 percent of students in the district are Black, Latino or multiracial, but in some lower-level math classes a disproportionate share of the kids were from those racial groups. Ithaca’s detracked middle school math means students take classes of equal rigor but sometimes work in small groups or with another student.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Kids would watch an instructional video at home and then get one-on-one or group support from the teacher in the virtual room. And so, in the process of the small group discussions, what you can often see—depending on how you group your kids—are the quiet kids becoming leaders. We had to maximize a small amount of time.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The next concept involves “getting real about STEM. Pink stressed that STEM must include the Arts because students must be taught to see.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things. You really don't have things for that age group that can really support the teacher. They probably got that [concept] when they were 3 or 4 years old.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2023

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. singles –for as low as $.99 singles –for as low as $.99

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2016

The report called Americans’ struggle with math “the most significant barrier” to finishing a degree in both STEM and non-STEM fields. There’s going to be a need for a million more STEM graduates in the next decade than we’re currently producing,” said Chris Rasmussen, professor of mathematics education at San Diego State. “I

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

Recently, Osmo has included a new feature which allows the user to load in his or her own sets of vocabulary images, meaning that this game can be used to teach academic vocabulary in any subject area or with any age group with minimal prep time on the part of the teacher. Are you wondering how you can implement game education in your school?

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

This presentation came out of the discussion Diane and I had about teaching, the needs of our students, and conversations we had with our colleagues on how to teach these skills. 2014) The STEM paradoxes: Graduates’ lack of non-technical skills, and not enough women. Washington Post (online edition), September 26.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. Learning how to “let go” and open the doors to my room has not been easy, but it has been a lifesaver for me this year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2021

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Let me review a few: STEM Lesson Plans. Today: Lesson Plans.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Welcome to a post that recognizes that the Arts must be in STEM! FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! This brings in the important 21st century skills!

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wwwatanabe

AUGUST 15, 2013

Leadership Day 2013 Image by Scott McLeod Model what you want to see Sometimes the best professional development comes informally through the behaviors of others, influencing how I think and what I think about. They also teach me how to be a better person through their inquiries and their behaviors. I learn so much from my children.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. This included reading and instruction as it connects to content, research in relationship to inquiry, and student production and how it integrates with voice and choice. Check out my Booking Page.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2022

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Let me review a few: STEM Lesson Plans. Today: Lesson Plans.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. While I may have gained a little in the process, I think the skill most acquired was how to rewrite a teacher’s edit. Students are able to select different nodes to see the definition of that word group.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

At Summit, “scholars” are grouped by readiness and performance—not by traditional grade levels—and indicate evidence of mastery by completing projects at their own pace. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. All of our classrooms are learning labs now.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

We use resources from Project Lead The Way [a nonprofit that provides STEM curriculum and lesson plans to schools] and Naviance [an online tool to help students plan and prepare for college and career skills]. They had no correlation to the standards that we had just switched to, which was Common Core.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Boer, who has dyslexia, initially designed the font as a graduation project, thinking only he and his text group would use the font. team first became aware of the Dyslexie font, Wilczynski said she knew the team needed to learn how to incorporate it. But the font spread after Boer won the Smart Future Minds Award in Amsterdam in 2011.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 29, 2020

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. STEM Lesson Plans. How do you use it. By Grade Level.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2015

They split into two groups and chose two classrooms — one kindergarten and one third grade — in which to collectively teach a science lesson. We want to add the ‘how’ and ‘why’ along with the ‘what’ back into science education.”. The goal is to teach students how to develop hypotheses, test models and make evidence-based predictions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Our 2014 Keynote Schedule is nearly finalized, and we''re really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual conference. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters. Get ideas on how to participate!

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences! Enjoy this engaging journey.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

I don’t think the industry has read the research, or realizes how sophisticated and complicated adding technology is. That is not how to solve this problem. Before the onslaught of online Common Core-aligned testing like PARCC and SmarterBalanced, there were already some schools going 1:1. This isn’t new.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Please be sure to check out and join the volunteer group and sign up soon for volunteer times. Learn about the pedagogy behind these engaging projects and how they support design thinking while meeting the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards for more authentic, hands-on learning, critical thinking and problem-solving.

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