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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.

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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. These last parts stem from my classroom democracy belief, as does our opening class assignment of collaboratively determining class norms.

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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. To maximize participation and use of the strategy, we provide discussion stems for the habit. identifying an idea worth highlighting, and.

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Flinn Scientific Partners with the Virginia Technology Student Association to Support Virtual STEM Competitions

eSchool News

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, has partnered with the Virginia Technology Student Association (Virginia TSA) to support and expand participation in virtual, intra-curricular student STEM competitions.

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Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking help?

The Hechinger Report

The disparities often stem from larger structural issues — a lack of access to quality curricula , for instance, or teachers expecting students to perform poorly. The math seminar also ensured that, for students who would have regularly been placed in a higher-level class, lessons did not slow down their learning.

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4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces

eSchool News

The vision was for students to come in and have Socratic seminars and maybe discuss a passage. Related : How outdoor learning spaces lead to STEM engagement How to create engaging active learning environments.

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Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

The Hechinger Report

But other math educators have decried a move away from Algebra II, which they argue remains core to math instruction and necessary for students to succeed in STEM careers and beyond. Related: Teachers conquering their math anxiety But many STEM professors are worried about the consequences of experiments like Oxnard’s.

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