Fri.Dec 10, 2021

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What is ‘Technical Math’?

Ask a Tech Teacher

The difficulties with engaging children in math learning grows each year. I have several articles coming up next week that discuss that issue (links won’t work until publication date): What is ‘Technical Math’ –December 10, 2021 (this article). Returning to Rigorous Mathematics –December 16, 2021. Math Scores Drop Again –December 17, 2021.

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How to Build Phonological Awareness Skills in Your Classroom

Waterford

Want more Science of Reading? Check out our seven-part Science of Reading webinar series. Learn how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. Download previous recordings or register for our next session here. We’d love to see you there! In this article we’ll first explore phonological awareness, the listening skills that help students understand the structure of spoken language.

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In China, Online Degrees on Hold, Even as MOOCs Rise

Edsurge

With China muscling its way into the first ranks as a global power in science and technology— building vast new academic complexes, climbing to the top ranks of the world's elite universities, surpassing the U.S. in PhD graduates in science and engineering, and on its way to outperforming all other nations in science and technology academic citations—I was puzzled to discover that China is on hold in offering online higher ed degrees.

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Computer science claims slight victory in high schools

eSchool News

For the first time, a slim majority of all U.S. high schools–51 percent–offer foundational computer science, up from 35 percent in 2018. The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy , released by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Pick Your Education Path: Restoration or Transformation

techlearning

Education can return to the way things have been done by restoring previous practices or it can be transformed and become something bigger and better

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How to support older struggling readers

eSchool News

The reasons that students remain struggling readers in middle and high school are frequently based on myths and misconceptions. The first big myth, based on reading assessment measures, is that comprehension is the problem. The majority of reading assessments and standardized tests for older students focus on reading comprehension measures without determining gaps in the essential components that lead to comprehension: decoding, fluency, and vocabulary.

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What is a good MCAT score?

Brainscape

As the medical college admissions test dawns upon your horizon, MCAT test scores become an obsession. With every study session and practice question, you imagine yourself clawing closer and closer to that ultimate goal post: a score that’ll get you into the medical school of your highest ambitions. The question is: what is a good MCAT score? What exactly are you aiming for here?

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My Self Care Toolkit

SpeechTechie

Another take-away from ASHA Convention 2021 is the importance of self-care. Presentations I attended focused on strategies for ourselves and also those we can promote within our students and supervisees. It seems a pretty obvious message in some ways after another tumultous (but hopeful) year, but I thought I would take a moment to recap some ways I am using (and not using) tech for self-care as we change our calendars soon.

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When should I start studying for the bar exam?

Brainscape

The bar exam is, without a doubt, the biggest exam of your life. And, coming right out of law school, most grads are eager to register right away and get it over with, so that they can embark upon a career in law. The question is: when should you start studying for the bar exam? Naturally, if you’re fresh out of law school, you’re going to want to take a few weeks off to congratulate yourself on surviving; maybe take a little vacation for some much-deserved R&R.

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A surprising reason keeping students from finishing college: A lack of transportation

The Hechinger Report

When 18-year-old Ernesto Rubio graduated from high school in June, he knew what he wanted to do next: take a summer class in the basics of becoming an emergency medical technician, the first step toward his dream job as a paramedic. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. The challenge? Getting to the class. Rubio, the first in his family to go to college, couldn’t afford the $40 for a monthly bus pass, so he walked the three miles from his home in Whittier, California, to the fire acad

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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The Difference Between an Informational Resource and an Educational Resource

Iterating Toward Openness

Recently I’ve been thinking about the difference between an informational resource and an educational resource. I’ve had the sense that an educational resource is an informational resource with a little something extra and have enjoyed coming back to this thought again and again over the last several weeks, trying to reduce this “something extra” to its simplest form.

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How Technology Helps Social-Emotional Learning Flourish

edWeb.net

Blog post by Stacey Pusey based on this edWebinar. Social-emotional learning (SEL) and technology might not seem like natural partners. But, according to the presenters in the edWebinar, “ Social-Emotional Learning: Leveraging Technology to Care for All,” sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , technology is an essential part of their programs.

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The Best Rocks For Tumbling

Fractus Learning

Table of Contents What To Look For In Bean Bag Covers Best Traditional Bean Bag Cover For Kids Room: Kisoy Bean Bag Chair Cover Best Bean Bag Cover For Oversized Bean Bag Chairs: Wudaxian Bean Bag Chair Giant Foam Cover Best Bean Bag Cover Styles For Kids: Wekapo Stuffed Animal Storage Bean Bag Chair Cover Best Bean Bag Chairs Cover For Storage: Luckboy Kids Stuffed Animal Storage Bean Bag Cover Beast Bean Bag Cover For Unicorn Fans: Icosy Kids Bean Bag Chair Cover Best Sled Shaped Bean Bag Cov

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Common NCLEX mistakes & how to course-correct

Brainscape

Mistakes are a natural part of life but when it comes to studying for the biggest exam of your life thus far, you can really do WITHOUT the drama, thanks. So … to help you emerge safely on the other end of the learning curve, our partner and esteemed NCLEX tutor, Justine Buick ( www.TheNclexTutor.com ) put together this list of common NCLEX mistakes that many nurse grads make.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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TEACHER VOICE: I became a better middle school teacher once I stopped being a dictator

The Hechinger Report

I didn’t plan to be a teacher. I grew up in Akron, a small city in northeast Ohio, with a Black mother and white stepfather. Our neighborhood straddled two communities, one predominantly white and one traditionally Black. I became deeply connected to both communities, but separately, as though they were divorced. I had an aptitude and love for science, so when I graduated high school, I enrolled in a nearby university with plans to major in biology.

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