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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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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

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In that class, two students choose a peer-reviewed article and lead seminars every Friday. So now he’s studying epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs, using the model yeast.” There are other highly personalized STEM programs similar to the Paulding County High School program in Georgia. Now he has the yeast,” Pedersen explained. “So

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How Teaching Online Can Change Your Life

EdNews Daily

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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An Ode To STEM? What poets can teach academic scientists

The Hechinger Report

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. The post An Ode To STEM?

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22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation

TeachThought - Learn better.

For example, if you were studying calculating the area of a circle, you could ask students to stand and say anything true about the the process. 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.

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We Run a Hybrid School. Here’s How We’re Adapting Our Schedule for the Times.

Edsurge

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 Masking and hand sanitizing protocols. Staggered drop off and pick up times.

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Germany, known for sorting kids into college and vocational tracks, takes a more flexible approach

The Hechinger Report

Students in Germany can embark on apprenticeships directly after finishing general education at age 16 in grade 10, attending vocational schools that offer theoretical study, alongside practical training at a company. And there’s not only apprenticeship or university, there are some studies in between.” But is it all just branding?

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