EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Reading levels for 13-year-old students have been declining since 2012, with the sharpest drop between 2020 and 2023, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress’s long-term trend assessment. Interestingly, mathematics scores closely follow the same drops, the assessment report shows. “If

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

National STEM Day is November 8 and the unofficial holiday celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. Here are some great ideas for celebrating: Ten Ways to Celebrate National STEM Day with NASA | NASA. 49 STEM Activities for Students .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. Now, Mike, you have five ideas for us today, to do formative assessments. Formative Assessment Idea #1: High-Five Hands. And its free!

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User Generated Education

MAY 16, 2021

There has been a fair amount of criticism leveraged against “paint-by-numbers” types of STEM and maker kits. There are several benefits for learners in making from a kit: I discussed stages of being a maker learner in my book Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. It’s fine to use one letter throughout (like an X).

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2021

While creating tasks that empower learners to develop their own questions is the ultimate goal, teachers can use scaffolded stems to get the ball rolling. Each level has numerous question stems that can assist teachers in developing checks for understanding, performance tasks, projects, and assessments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Generally speaking, this free interactive STEM lab takes 2-4 days to complete and includes extension science experiments that you could add to the unit. Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science. This online, free STEM module is interactive and engaging and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

STEM identity can last a lifetime and help students thrive in school, future careers and life. Inclusive STEM programs widen job opportunities for the growing technology sector, support students in building digital literacy skills and empower young people to become creators — not just consumers — of technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

STEM courses are a central component to K–12 learning , but incorporating STEM into the classroom can be difficult. At one time, educators believed STEM was best taught through classes specific to these subjects. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Top tools to teach STEM in K–12. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2020

During my time as an elementary principal, I led my building of 700 students and 80 staff members to becoming one of the first elementary STEM schools in the state of Iowa, offering many specialized programs to our students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

She is also a former teacher and principal, leading one of the first elementary STEM schools in the state of Iowa. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Morningside College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of South Dakota.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too. They observed classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

Her many areas of expertise include deeper thinking with technology, authentic learning, curriculum design, and performance tasks and assessments. Julie is a Defined STEM, a K–12 curriculum resource curriculum with engaging project-based lessons that are based on real-world scenarios.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! This way you search for a tool that works on all student devices, is easy to use for the age group you teach, within your budget even if this means free, and accomplishes the goal (formative assessment, storybook creators, comic book creators, math tools, books online, etc.).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 29, 2020

In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face to face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Sports require students to set goals, assess the competition and consider their individual strengths and weaknesses. Esports in Schools Fosters STEM Learning. Esports and STEM go hand-in-hand. That’s a notable jump from the 45% of all undergraduates in 2015 that planned to study STEM. STEM careers.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Teachers can communicate effectively with both parents and students in multiple languages, assess students, and collect work. One way for students to demonstrate what they are learning is through screencasts. Screencast with your iPhone.

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Digital Promise

JULY 29, 2019

Assessing a Profession-Based Learning Experience : This micro-credential focuses on using multiple measures and types of assessment that are directly related to the student learning experience itself. Ensuring Equitable Participation in STEM : A facilitator engages all youth in an equitable method in STEM learning scenarios.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We need to build in mechanisms into our lessons to collect formative assessment data. In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. Polling is a quick way to assess what your students think about a topic, vocabulary word, or problem. Poll the Class with Mentimeter.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The next concept involves “getting real about STEM.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Teachers can communicate effectively with both parents and students in multiple languages, assess students, and collect work. The transformation to virtual learning means teachers now act as the tech support for students and parents who are also new to virtual learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

eighth grader Braelynn Wood took up her STEM class challenge to “make the world a better place” by designing and 3D-printing a new holder for the school’s badminton net. Robo , which designs 3D printers for classrooms, teamed up with MyStemKits.com to offer K–12 educators printers with more than 240 built-in 3D STEM lessons. .

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the upcoming webinar series, “Educators, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Learning,” we will focus on three areas of learning that AI products currently support or are poised to impact in the next five to 10 years: assessment, learning environments, and teacher support. AI and the Future of Assessment: March 2 from 5:30–6:30 p.m.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2022

As we assess students or gather data in an experiment, for example, we use it to make decisions in our teaching practice or other work. Our instruction is often informed based on the data we receive from assessing students in a variety of ways. Over the past couple of years, STEM skills have increased in demand in the workplace.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 5, 2018

The field of Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math (STEM/STEAM) is at the heart of innovation, discovery and curiosity. Sadly, many learners, especially minorities and females, aren’t pursuing careers in STEM fields, because they don’t see themselves as problem-solvers or innovators. STEAM/STEM Resources and Activities.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Assess student understanding with emojis. Our learners are communicating on digital devices more than ever. Emojis allow students to express themselves, share their personalities, and add emotion to their messages. Emojis also represent an international language.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.” Check out the course 17.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face-to-face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning. Dawn Stansbury.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We can support the development of this capacity with two strategies: providing prompts and stems, and including self-questioning in daily learning targets. The post Teaching Students How to Assess Themselves first appeared on MiddleWeb. See examples!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. Motivate students with digital badges. Badges are designed to make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers. I’m excited to see how these tools enhance the learning process.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2023

For decades, our country has invested in creating a more diverse STEM workforce by launching efforts that increase the representation of women and people of color in the field. Out-of-school time programs have played a large role, funneling more girls and youth of color into K-12 STEM education programs that introduce them to the field.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

When asked how digital technologies can transform learning, Dr. Rodriguez stressed exploring alternative pathways and assessments to traditional instruction. Instead, they focused on building “a trusting network within the community, so families know they can come to us.”. Day 1 of National League of Innovative Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

The STEM pipeline – a metaphor for the development of future scientists, engineers and other high tech workers – likely starts with a narrower funnel in the post-pandemic era. government are all trying to encourage more young Americans to pursue careers in STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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