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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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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

Departments may also use this approach at the secondary level and at grade levels for the elementary level. For those teachers who used Socratic Seminars, this is a great opportunity. This can be done relatively quickly with the help of a form to gather data. Online discussions can move to face to face.

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CAE Presents Case For Authentic Assessment To Improve Student Outcomes At Beyond Multiple Choice Seminar

eSchool News

She presented the case for using authentic assessment and CAE’s 20-year history of using performance tasks to measure secondary and higher education students’ college and career readiness skills.

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

The CoolCatTeacher

Generative AI in the Classroom with Steve Dembo Donnie Piercey, AI and Math Donnia Piercey @ mrpiercEy is sharing how to integrate AI into Math instruction and is hosting an upcoming seminar with the National Council of Math Teachers on a deep dive on AI in math instruction for elementary grades. Highly recommend — Gail Donahue, Ph.D.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

Army War College National Security Seminar that caused this response. For the curious, one requirement for attending the Army War College National Security Seminar is “non-attribution.” Digital Citizenship with Social Media: Participatory Practices of Teaching and Learning in Secondary Education. AuthorHouse.

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22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation

TeachThought - Learn better.

Paideia Seminar. You can read more about the Paideia Seminar here. Socratic Seminar. You can read more here in What Is A Socratic Seminar? ’ A secondary function of using podcasts to promote learning through conversation is that they document the conversation. See more on that at number 11 below.).

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Innovative Examples of Community Involvement in Schools

Digital Promise

Group talks with educators, such as “Math Fluency” and “Mindset Matters: A Growth Mindset Seminar,” give adults the opportunity to understand the theory behind what goes on in the classroom and ask questions about what their children are learning. Some events are particularly focused on parents and caregivers.

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