21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Science – STEM Resources.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

The companies will bring expert instruction in STEM fields to individuals worldwide,with a shared goal of bridging the STEM opportunity gap. STEM career opportunities are projected to grow exponentially, with an estimated 3.5 million jobs in the U.S. alone that need to be filled by 2025.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . So, definitely, build your library first so you have resources available. In a larger class, I would definitely have students split into 4 person groups. Build Your Lessons in Lumio. Now, the fun begins.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

While I have not read Marie’s book, and have so far avoided the guilty pleasure of her Netflix series, I do know that she uses a simple, definitive technique at the “decluttering” stage – of every item in your space, ask yourself, Does it spark joy? EdTech that sparks joy. Storytelling. Parsons et al. into the scientific.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Lucid is one of those companies that you may not have heard of, but you definitely should! Are your elementary teachers exhausted from trying to find the best app for each student? Lucid for Education. The starter kit includes a 12- or 6-foot track, base and power cord, four device cords, and two pods. .

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2020

contributed by Cindy Hoisington , Elementary School Science Teacher. As an early elementary science educator, I’ve advocated for years (to anyone who would listen) about the increasing need for high-quality science teaching in Kindergarten and Grade One classrooms. 4 Research-Based Reasons Students Should Learn Science Through Play.

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

Professor John Dunlosky is trying to bridge these two worlds , intentionally studying the effectiveness of strategies that lab studies indicate are promising, but that don’t require special technology or extra resources. Most people don’t realize that taking the test can have a direct impact on subsequent retention,” Dunlosky said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 24, 2017

Want to hear another episode on elementary portfolios with SeeSaw? Listen to Suzy Lolley talk about elementary portfolios with SeeSaw. Episode 27 – Using SeeSaw for Elementary Portfolios. The challenges of kicking off an ipad lab. Workflow with kids. I hope you enjoy this episode with Carrie Willis! SeeSaw app.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In addition to the challenge of quickly adapting her teaching, Claffey also encountered an unexpected frustration: a class size of 60, featuring students from every elementary school in the district, which was later reduced to around 50 as new teachers were added. Claffey says. What does the research say on that?”

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2023

Beginning in the early 2000s, civic education and social studies classes were de-emphasized and defunded as No Child Left Behind focused efforts on improving reading and STEM skills. The result was nearly 30 percent less instructional time in elementary, middle, and high school. Civics is the same.

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User Generated Education

JULY 24, 2017

I work part-time with elementary learners – with gifted learners during the school year and teaching maker education camps during the summer. So it is no wonder that when learners are given hands-on tasks such as those common to maker education, STEM, and STEAM, they sometimes struggle with their completion. Struggles are good.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. Pane is the lead author of one of the few empirical studies to date of this idea, published late last year. Students, parents or teachers can keep track of progress using a dashboard.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Read the whole thing (it's short) but here are some pertinent excerpts: The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. But the authors of the study have brought some of that variability upon themselves, by including K12 along with higher ed institutions in the study.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

While Acera serves 130 students in kindergarten through ninth grade at the steep price of $26,400 for elementary school and $28,300 for middle school, with limited financial aid offered, Lowell Public Schools is a large, urban district serving almost 14,500 students, 71 percent of whom are considered high needs.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2022

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. It was definitely a worksheet experience like no other the teacher had ever witnessed! NCAA Big Dance Basics – Take a look and get ideas from the STEM site eGFI. This is a great social studies lesson.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. ” There’s lots of lip service about closing the achievement gap, serving marginalized populations, helping students gain 21st century skills, and preparing students for STEM-related careers. Adults Say No.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s the first word that Anna Kwan, a K-5 STEM teacher at a public school in Aurora, Colo., While most educators in our focus groups expressed similar ideas to Flamm, they did not offer one singular definition of making. offers when asked to describe the making-focused lessons and activities that she uses with her students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Kristen Stein , an elementary school teacher who enjoyed remote learning more than expected. So that was definitely difficult—wrestling with how to make this accessible on technology in a way that [students] can understand. Age: 26 Taught: T-K and kindergarten School: Two Rock Union Elementary in Petaluma, Calif.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 15, 2019

Image question - images can be used as the question stem or question choices (great for science, math, social studies, and elementary students) Free response / short answer - If a student can answer all of the multiple choice questions correctly, but can't articulate 2-3 sentences on the same topic.something is wrong.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 20, 2015

When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. A 2012 report on student motivation toward STEM career, out of The University of Nevada, (How to Motivate US Students to Pursue STEM Careers by Md. STEM grows from the root.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2023

Reading Eggs Reading Eggs is an award-winning learning program designed by experienced elementary teachers to help children learn to read. BrainPOP JR BrainPOP Jr is another great learning app for kids and elementary students. Compatibility: Android/ iOS (iPhone, iPad); Price: Free, offers in-app purchases 3.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

She struggled to find work in her area of study, commercial graphic design. It has definitely been life changing,” says Giordano, 30. “I Francesca Giordano says she learned the hard way that in some businesses, it’s who you know, not what you know. The Venezuelan graduated from the University of Miami and fought to get a work visa.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Aditya: Oh, definitely. So you definitely get those naysayers, people who look at it with disdain because you’re really dumbing it down. Vicki: We’re also talking about teaching kids in elementary, middle, and high school. Have you heard that? I think there are always going to be proponents of both these views. Shernoff, D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Before she even came to the school, last spring there was a call for proposals at the Georgia Council for Social Studies with an emphasis on technology. She’s definitely integrating all that technology. And I said, “Hey, do you want to present?” She’s like, “Well, yeah, I guess.”. Vicki: ( laughs).

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

To put it in the words of an elementary student at the 2004 Serious Games Summit, “Why read about ancient Rome when I can build it?”. Definitions. In the Journal of Social Studies Research , students in an 11th grade U.S. Since the advent of digital games, ongoing research has supported their effectiveness in education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

So we were able to take that unit of study, break it apart, and weave in areas where we can talk to kids about healthy and unhealthy relationships and the influence of technology on both of those things. It’s definitely a work in progress. It can even be done in the elementary curriculum. How are you doing that? Vicki: Yes.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 5, 2023

This month is also devoted to increasing appreciation for how math and statistics impacts the different STEM fields and the other diverse fields where math plays an integral role. Click here for some printable math scavenger hunts for elementary students! Over the years, JiJi has helped millions of students learn to love mathematics.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Think back to an assessment you took in your elementary years. Right now, we may have learners that are still engaged and are attending class daily; but we definitely have some learners that are struggling to stay connected to their education due to circumstances that may be outside of their control. Social studies?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

I think this whole passion project was definitely more about the process than the product. One girl brought in books and she said “I know so-and-so is studying this type of animal, so I picked up this book for them.”. Currently, she teaches and learns in a first grade classroom at Evening Street Elementary in Worthington, Ohio.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. Holley said the staff at Rupert Elementary School in Crawley, West Virginia, where she teaches, has pulled together and she’s never felt more supported.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

As an example, I’m doing early settlers this week as one of our units for social studies. I mean, I think that we as teachers are teaching a lot more intentionally as we did before when I first started teaching, definitely. Now, you’re also using Flipgrid with this? Laura: I am. I love Flipgrid. How are you using Flipgrid with this?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Elementary schools like P.S. 124 are the “new frontier, because upper elementary is a great time to introduce kids to theater.”

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC), our IMLS-funded study, uses simulated Google result lists to examine what happens when student researchers make real-time search engine result page decisions. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study). Wikipedia: Helpfulness vs. citability across the grade-level cohorts (RSIC Study).

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. In order to respect the diverse learners represented by gender, age, ethnic and racial background, then first, the definition of making needs to be expanded. Materials Openly and Easily Accessible.

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