Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

It’s even more baffling when you acknowledge that throughout history, renowned philosophers and educators—including Plato , Comenius , Locke , Rousseau, Froebel , Piaget, and Papert —have lauded the power of play in teaching, especially for young learners. Of course, not all games are created equal.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. Definitions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

He is not only a national and international voice for computer science education, but he teaches in the classroom. And that’s definitely not the case. Alfred: They are definitely other ways of pulling computer science into other classes. So, educators, we’ve learned a lot of remarkable things from Alfred.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. she wondered, adding, “so my daughter needs a whole new type of education, right?!”. Are teachers going to agree?”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

The trend toward dismantling traditional remedial education is unambiguous. The psychic and educational toll is such that very few of them ever complete the college-level math courses required to graduate or transfer to a four-year university. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 2, 2022

We asked MIND Research Institute colleagues to recommend their favorite mathematically themed reads, and their picks run the gamut of genres from sci-fi to psychology, and of course, books ideal for equitable math education and professional development. Books on Math Education and Equity. A Mathematician's Lament , by Paul Lockhart.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Dr. Angela Peery has been an educator 31 years and has served as a secondary English teacher, secondary administrator, instructional coach, turnaround specialist, curriculum developer, and consultant. Kimberly” as she is known by many, has been an educator and literacy consultant for many years. FlashCard Stash. Full Bio As Submitted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

I had a special education classroom, and I was the Gen Ed teacher. How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. They’re very simple. Vicki: So much great advice!

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

But it’s definitely beyond the jobs. The post Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. I think those are the things that we’re not quite focusing on yet, with coding and computational thinking.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

And Eric Curts @ ericcurts from Control Alt Achieve and co-leader of their higher Google Educators group has so many fantastic ideas. You’d definitely want to check the transcript and show notes for all of these ideas. This blog post is being added to 100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators. Bio as Submitted.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

Educators agree that basic math facts are crucial building blocks for developing a strong understanding of math. By refocusing the definition of fluency to affirm strategy use, we help convey a holistic view to students that mathematics is a field rich with problem-solving and creativity. References: California Department of Education.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

CoCo is still in its beta phase, being tested out by educators from 65 different countries. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. But CoCo is a departure from Scratch in a few crucial ways.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

And, they have done a phenomenal job of upgrading it over time, of adding more educational-friendly features, of adding things like commenting, adding new layouts and columns and so on. It kind of defies definition. Their gallery has an excellent selection of great examples that would appeal to educators. Tool #6: Wordle.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

And that really was the motivation and the premise behind Potato Pirates — to try and provide a universal first step into the world of programming without having educators have to set up an entire class’ infrastructure. Or for any parent to get involved in their child’s learning, by just playing this game.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

What follows next are the six remaining learning attributes of the digital generations. Learning Attribute #4 – Digital learners prefer to network and collaborate simultaneously with many others. This last element forms the F’s stem. . F-Patte rn. – Providing positive calls home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 9, 2018

Well, Kim, you’re somebody that I know that all of our remarkable teachers are going to want to learn more about. This is one of those that you definitely want to check the Shownotes to see what all Kim is doing. She is an inductee into the Illinois State University College of Education Hall Of Fame. Vicki: Oh, I love that.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

For this reason, it is likely more important that kids learn to program apps than make web pages. . ClassCraft (for Tracking Game Based Learning Experiences). I got into game based learning. One Note – My students have their favorite notetaking app – definitely One Note.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” “Not An Advocate for Students or the Public Interest” – historian Sherman Dorn on “ Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.” billion from the Department of Education. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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