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Ideas for Project-Based Learning at the Elementary Level

EdTechTeacher

In February, I had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of elementary educators from Nauset Schools on Cape Cod. – Consider student access to hardware, software, and the Internet. Interested in learning more about project-based learning (PBL) and how to implement PBL in blended and remote learning environments?

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

The Hechinger Report

Last year, Brandi Pitts’ kindergarten students were struggling with a software program meant to help them with math. Her school had received free software licenses through a state-funded project, but she’d initially missed the formal instruction on how to use the program because she was out sick. “A

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AI Guidelines for K-12 Aim to Bring Order to the ‘Wild West’

Edsurge

Ken Dirkin, senior director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, said the group wanted to create a document that was digestible, but “there’s probably 40,000 important things that could have been included.” The more we disclose the use of AI and the purpose, the more we uplift everybody in the conversation,” Dirkin says.

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Blended Learning – How to Make it Work in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

To enhance the learning environment with technology and use the classroom time more wisely teachers start implementing additional types of activities such as working in groups, collaborative learning, independent preparation at home, and, in doing so, unwittingly start using the blended learning approach. How to make a good blend then?

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Halloween Displays: A Perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) Lesson

User Generated Education

Now, they are in display cases in the lobby of our elementary school. Needless to say, I was thrilled to bring it back this year allowing a new group of students the opportunity to experience it. To work as a small group to craft a story about their scene. Wow, wow, wow! They worked so hard on them. A little history.

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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

The CoolCatTeacher

Insurance – Understanding how to make wise insurance decisions. Saving and Managing Expenses – In this scenario, students help advise a person on how to manage their paycheck and daily expenses. Collecting, Cleaning, and Validating Data – Students learn how data scientists make sure data is valid.

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ST Math: The Gaming Software Changing Online Learning

MIND Research Institute

Given what we know about how schemas work , as educators, our focus should not rely on merely telling students how to solve a problem. Their research also found that a comparison group, whose ST Math usage remained constant, had lower math gains within the same time period compared to the group that increased ST Math usage.