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A Socratic Seminar for Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

In line with the theme of this blog, student-centric and user generated educational techniques. Socratic seminars have been around, obviously, since the days of Socratics. In the Socratic method of education, teachers engage students by asking questions that require generative answers. Sneetches: A Socratic Seminar.

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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. The topic is education and technology. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. Selwyn, Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates , chapters 1-2. Technology exercises.

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

ViewSonic Education

Explore ViewSonic’s wide range of education projectors here. Lamp-Free Education Projectors ViewSonic Luminous Superior Series Explore Now 3. Image Quality One important aspect to consider when evaluating the image quality of a projector for education is resolution.

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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

Ask a Tech Teacher

During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, Endangered Species, Winter 2024

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How Using Slack Can Improve Socratic Seminars

Edsurge

Our interest in academic discourse, and by extension Socratic seminars, stems from our work as Hollyhock fellows at Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. The fellowship is a two-year program of professional development designed to combat the teacher retention problem, primarily in low-income schools.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

Edsurge

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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Five EdTech Story Ideas for Education Reporters

Doug Levin

This week, education reporters from across the nation are gathering at the 2017 Education Writers Association National Seminar in Washington, DC. Among the topics they will focus on is technology in education (AKA "digital learning"). To that end, I suggest five story ideas for reporters interested in the topic.

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