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New Research Compendium Addresses Productivity & Transformation When Applying Technology in Learning Math

Digital Promise

Recently, the 60,000-member National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released a new “Research Compendium,” a handbook with 38 chapters , each summarizing the best research on an important aspect of teaching and learning mathematics. So what did we discover? First, humility!

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Improving Student Outcomes Through Work-Based Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

This is done in a variety of ways, including coding and robotics camps and the use of virtual reality headsets. In the upper elementary grades, the emphasis is on Energizing students in regard to potential careers and Exposing them to the realities of work.

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Girl Scouts against the world

The Hechinger Report

We’re going to finish up our robotics badge by making a toothbrush robot,” she announced to four fellow members of Mobile, Alabama’s Girl Scout Troop 8274 in June. MacKenzie Brackett demonstrates a toothbrush robot wiring technique to three troop members attending via Zoom Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

Edsurge

We were thrown into an entirely different realm of education with no handbook. At Bush, I teach technology applications, computer science and robotics. It was as if one of the wildest things that could ever happen actually did. I learned in that first year that anything can happen, and we have to learn to adapt.

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7 Educational Transformations for Any Classroom

EdTechTeam

Also, check out the book The HyperDoc Handbook by Lisa Highfil l, Kelly Hilton and Sarah Landis. These interactive, organized, and easy to build lessons work great in any classroom, any grade, and any subject. Check out the website Hyperdocs.co for more information. Inquiry Based Learning - Do you ask your students many questions?

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Arduino Camp Day 1: The Microbit

Cycles of Learning

Click here to see all modules via our leaderboard, and click here to see the handbook that contains links to all activities. Campers worked through a series of modules, leading to their own invention that they will showcase on our final day. A few images from today are shown below.

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What Kind Of Parent Are You: Carpenter Or Gardener?

MindShift

And if I can just find the right manual or the right secret handbook, I’m going to succeed at this task the same way that I succeeded in my classes or I succeeded at my job.” It was kind of natural for people to think, “OK, this is like going to school and working. ” On the uniquely long childhood of humans.