Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Over the last 12 years, Pedersen has completely transformed his classroom, making it a model for other educators in the region and winning accolades (including a 2016 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching). In that class, two students choose a peer-reviewed article and lead seminars every Friday.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 15, 2018

My training and teaching background encompasses after-school programs, church’s institutes, women’s focus studies, women’s empowerment groups, conferences, workshops, seminars, and teaching STEM to kids in an after-school boys and girls club, located in Baltimore. Clearly, I thought to myself, “I am not in my comfort zone.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Many minority students are not exposed to the same education other nonminority students are getting exposed to.”. As an African-American and a woman, Davis is part of two demographic groups that that are vastly underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs. Department of Commerce anticipates an 8.9

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District Administration

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Enhancing curriculum with 3D design in project-based learning District Administration Custom Publishing Group District Administration, November 2015 One of the newest technologies being applied in K12 today is 3D printing, particularly in integrated STEM courses.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2016

As college students in STEM fields scour university website offerings for the fall semester, they are likely overlooking an important element. A recent initiative from Rhode Island School of Design makes explicit the need to integrate STEM with art and design — known as STEAM — toward innovation.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

The recent unrest, violence and protests for justice in the United States provide a whole new set of challenges for educators, both at home and abroad. Like my multiracial background, my background as an educator is diverse. They’ve also created a new mission for me: inspiring young people of color on a larger scale.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

21st-century Learning : All students rotate through a suite of classes, including a hands-on STEM class called SmartLab, as well as Global Studies, P.E./Wellness Wellness and Leadership in grade 5-9; high school students move on to Career Pathways, an internship course, seminars in the humanities and economics and dual credit opportunities.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

You could always give simple rules, provide basic question or answer stems, and have students ‘debate’ one another–or you, the teacher, assuming a person, place, or idea. See also Sentence Stems for Higher-Level Discussion. Paideia Seminar. You can read more about the Paideia Seminar here.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The program also helped her discover her love of STEM. Subscribe today! Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, she spends four days a week in an unusually small seminar-style calculus class with 31 other aspiring mathematicians and engineers. “I From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020. She retook precalculus and earned an A.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Principles of Organic Chemistry and other aptly named “weed-out” courses can raise the blood pressure of first- and second-year STEM students to new highs. These are courses college students must pass to become candidates for a degree in a STEM major. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

because they wanted him to get a good education. Education is so local in this country. What was your takeaway about how to strengthen climate education in schools? Having really strong professional development around this topic, and helping teachers think through how to educate kids about it, is really powerful.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Neriman now plans to become an educator working with grade-school children. often placing kids onto university tracks or vocational education starting at age 10. amid growing disenchantment with university education. The next school year, she spent three weeks supervising older children as they did their homework.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 14, 2015

In education, we tend to value a student’s ability to answer our questions. A Socratic Discussion, which is also referred to as a Socratic Seminar, is a group learning strategy designed to support students in open-ended examination and extended critical thinking through dialogic terms. Paideia Seminar. The upside?

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

To support science and STEM teachers in delivering quality instruction to their students at the start of, and throughout, the school year, Vernier Software & Technology is offering an abundance of free professional learning resources, support tools, grant opportunities and more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Our special conference chair is Dr. Raymond Pun, the Academic and Research Librarian at Alder Graduate School of Education, and the Immediate Past President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and a Past President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Ray Pun, Ed.D.,

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Educate and encourage students to practice proper digital citizenship at all times.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite. A kid who does not do their homework normally will not watch the lectures at home even if you hold them accountable,” educator Chris Aviles has written in a screed against the model’s hype.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The skills that comprise executive functioning are not definitively agreed upon by educators and researchers. In K-12 students, whose executive functioning skills are not yet fully developed, regulation of these skills often falls on parents and educators. Psychologists Gerard A. Gioia, Peter K. Isquith, Steven C.

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ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

But digital archives providing access to rare images, correspondence, reviews, and manuscripts have the capacity to benefit a spectrum of undergraduates, including those majoring in STEM fields. Do you have a favorite assignment for incorporating digital archives into general education courses? Please share in comments.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Marco Molinaro, Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness, UC Davis Marco Molinaro is vice provost for educational effectiveness at UC Davis, where he is challenged with finding ways to improve the learning experience. Minerva prefers the more intimate approach of small seminars with 15 to 20 students, Katzman says.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Classroom teachers can help facilitate that through the introduction of sentence stems, blogging, and Socratic seminars. With the opportunity to use positive sentence stems, students can change the climate and culture in their schools, and this should be celebrated! More on that here.). Goal Setting. Providing Support.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Language educators lament that courses in STEM are celebrated for teaching real-world skills, but language classes are not. “It The sections can also help students acquire basic second-language vocabulary useful in their primary academic fields. Weekly Update.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

education industry has not become so dependent (yet). ST Unitas , South Korea’s largest education business, acquired Princeton Review , the iconic U.S. Yet education ministries across Asia recognize they need more than test-takers; they need students who can ideate, create and compete in a global economy. Last month. Authess $2.2

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. Steve will talk with Bill Matthis from the National Education Policy Center. link] CREATING HIGH-IMPACT, AH-HA! PODEMOS HABLAR DE CLÁSICOS EN EDUCACIÓN? Estamos de acuerdo?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. billion a year, collectively, in foregone tuition, according to a review of 1,669 institutions by the Educational Policy Institute. Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter. CARLISLE, Penn.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

This new attention to career advising largely stems from growing expectations that institutions will help students get good jobs — which 85 percent of first-year students rated as “very important” among their reasons for going to college in the first place, according to a national survey conducted by an institute at UCLA.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2016

Edcamps are a great way for educators to meet with peers in their area and share great ideas. After-School STEM clubs. Socrative Seminars. edWeb was pleased to be able to support our friends Peggy George and Deirdre Shetler with EdCamp Phoenix. Here is a great article about why this was such a wonderful learning experience.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Additionally, the subject is resistant to many educational fads and innovations. I presented this to a group of teachers and a debate so lively ensued that I had to remind them that the point of the seminar was to look at these technological tools and not to understand the history of creativity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 8, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. link] INTERVIEW WITH IRA DAVID SOCOL (FUTURE OF EDUCATION) Tue 11 Jan 06:00PM New York / Tue 11 Jan 11:00PM GMT / Wed 12 Jan 10:00AM Sydney Steve Hargadon.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

by Grant Wiggins , Authentic Education. In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Essential questions would frame cross-text debate and regular Socratic Seminars. (In Text Complexity?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

by Grant Wiggins , Authentic Education. In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Essential questions would frame cross-text debate and regular Socratic Seminars. (In Text Complexity?

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Strategy Secondary Analysis Common Core 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. No matter what subject or year level, or area of education you are interested in, there will be something for you. link] PSYCHOLOGY OF MATH LEARNING ( Math 2.0

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Educational innovators can come from any background and be any age. in Educational Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MEITE). As I considered the curricular experience for educational innovators, my challenge was to a create career pathways experience where our graduate students literally invent the future of learning.

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