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Getting started with STEM in your classroom!

Neo LMS

There is a growing need for STEM skills in the workplace, as it has been reported that there will be 3.5 million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills. In researching some recent statistics about job outlook for the future, I found a report from the World Economic Forum that shared predictions for the key skills needed by 2022. The skills that were emphasized included collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.

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What K–12 Technology Departments Need to Know About Green IT

EdTech Magazine

The nearly 100,000 public K–12 schools in the U.S. sit on 2 million acres of land and are among the largest public energy consumers, according to K12 Climate Action. The Aspen Institute initiative launched in 2020 with the goal of enacting changes in schools that can help move the U.S. toward environmental sustainability. These measures include shifting to solar power and other clean energy sources, instituting more sustainable food use practices and switching to nonfossil fuel to run school bus

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The 5 competencies of digital citizenship

Ask a Tech Teacher

#ISTE had an interesting discussion on how to foster digital citizenship in schools. This is especially critical because students are spending so much more time than ever before online. Here’s a peak at their conversation and then a link to the rest: The 5 competencies of digital citizenship. If you think teaching digital citizenship is all about warnings and recriminations, you might be doing it wrong.

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The Science of Reading: How to Understand and Apply the Basics

Waterford

Teaching students to read is so much more than sitting them down in front of a book. It takes an intentional mix of explicit classroom lessons, individualized support, and family engagement to help children develop strong reading skills. But, how do we know what strategies will work best? Have you ever stopped to think about what brain science says about how children learn to read—and how that might make your teaching even more effective?

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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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Transform Learning through Engagement

EdNews Daily

By Robert Iskander In the world of remote and hybrid learning, measuring student engagement is the key. Virtual and hybrid learning have been like a dream for many students, thriving on these new learning models. For other students, it’s more like a nightmare, either from a lack of technology in which to participate, or because they may lack the necessary skills for online learning and collaboration.

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Google Jamboard: Bring It UP

Teacher Tech

A key element of Google Jamboard is the ability to add sticky notes to share ideas. However, layers in Jamboard will hide content. Knowing how to alternate what order elements on the Jam are in provides a better Jamboard experience. Google Jamboard Move Up elements. The post Google Jamboard: Bring It UP appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Bridging STEM Gaps with STEMconnector CEO Jo Webber

MIND Research Institute

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, MIND’s Social Impact EVP and Executive Director Ka rin Wu and I are joined by Dr. Jo Webber, STEMconnector CEO and President, and the Founder and CEO of Pod.

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Funbrain Offers Interactive Educational Games, Videos and Books for Kids

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Funbrain is a platform that provides a wide variety of educational games for kids Pre-K through grade 8. Besides games, Funbrain also provides various collections of books, comics, and videos to help.read more.

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3 reasons why differentiation isn’t difficult

eSchool News

There’s a good chance you arched an eyebrow upon reading the headline of this article. After all, differentiation can be one of the most stressful and time-consuming parts of a teacher’s life. Tailoring our instruction to meet the specific needs of students can feel like a massive undertaking. Do we consider the learning environment? The content? How do we meet the multiple, diverging needs of numerous students all at once?

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SafeShare TV A Great Tool to Safely Share and Watch YouTube Videos with Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SafeShate TV is a website that allows you to watch YouTube and Vimeo videos in a clutter and distraction free environment. SafeShare removes all distracting features from videos including links to.read more.

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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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Taking stock of your classroom air quality

eSchool News

COVID-19 brought with it new safety guidelines and strategies. And classroom air quality has topped the list of school leaders’ concerns. With students back in physical classrooms, classroom air quality must take priority regardless of a district’s mask policy. Join this eSchool News webinar to learn about: health and safety risks associated with impure air and the need to “up our game” in classroom air purification regulatory guidelines on indoor air quality and a practical guide to

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Case Studies Bring Scientific Ideas to Life

MiddleWeb

Discovery Engineering in Biology offers 20 thoughtful case studies, each centering around a different scientific phenomenon or discovery followed by additional activities with an engineering challenge closing out the lesson. A real winner for MS science teacher Ilana Cyna. The post Case Studies Bring Scientific Ideas to Life first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Assessment Industry Giant ETS Opens Office in India, a Booming Asian Market

Marketplace K-12

Major assessment organization ETS announced it will open a subsidiary in India, a market that has drawn a torrent of interest from U.S. education companies and investors in recent years. The new subsidiary, called ETS India, will focus on building upon the foundation of assessment products that the organization has been offering for years in the… The post Assessment Industry Giant ETS Opens Office in India, a Booming Asian Market appeared first on Market Brief.

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Strengthen Life and Math Skills in a New Cooking Game

N2Y

Students get to make a fall favorite in our new L 3 Skills game: pumpkin pie! They must follow the directions carefully, picking out ingredients in the right amounts—practicing object, number, and fraction& recognition.

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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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Your Next Grant Proposal: 10 Steps to Starting Over

techlearning

If you've written one grant proposal, congrats!

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Thrive! Webinars: "30 Minutes to Fewer Student Interruptions - as soon as tomorrow!" + "How to Bring Genius Hour Into Your Classroom"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

30 Minutes to Fewer Student Interruptions - as soon as tomorrow! Part of the LearningRevolution.com “Survive and Thrive!” Series OVERVIEW : It's happened to all of us. We finally get in the swing of a lesson and a student has a behavior that just can't be ignored. Maybe they are making loud noises. Maybe they are attempting to leave the group/room. Maybe they are silently crying.

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Student-Created Review: Engage Your Learners and Save Time!

Catlin Tucker

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game. These traditional approaches to review are problematic on three fronts.

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Classroom Easels For Teaching And Learning

Fractus Learning

Table of Contents Best Teacher Easels Compared The Top Classroom Easel Reviews Editor's Choice For Teacher Easels: Copernicus School Classroom Royal Reading Writing Center RC105 Best Classroom Easels For Versatility: Little Partners 2-Sided A-Frame Art Easel WIth Chalk Board Magnetic Dry Erase Best Basic Teacher Easels For Portability: VIZ-PRO Magnetic Portable Easel Dry Erase Board Flipchart Best Classroom Easels For All-Around Teaching: Best-Rite TLC-2-Deluxe Teacher's Learning Cente

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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??Librarians Fight Book Bans With Twitter Takeover

Edsurge

Texas has become a battleground over book banning. A state representative is investigating which school districts carry titles that could cause students “discomfort.” The governor has accused school libraries of carrying pornography and demanded a review of their stacks. Now entering the fray is a cavalry of librarians, who are taking to social media in opposition of what they say is an attack on their professionalism—and on student access to diverse books.

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