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4 tips for creating awesome classroom videos – so you can spend more time teaching!
02/28/2020
Topics: Video
As a new teacher, Josh Stock often found himself stretched thin as he raced around his classroom trying to answer student questions.
“I was bouncing all around the room and it was getting overwhelming…
Touring the heavens with NASA through the lens of a smartphone
02/13/2020
Topics: citizen science, NASA, NSSEC, STEM
Sten Odenwald likes to get the public involved in citizen science projects by using one of the most…
Video poems add digital literacy to creativity and expression
01/16/2020
Topics: Creativity, ISTE Standards for Students, STEM & STEAM
As an artist, Tim Needles has always written poetry. So, as an art teacher, it was a natural for him to merge words with visual arts in his classes. One result is video poetry.
But what Needles has…
Hello?Jupiter? NASA project allows students to eavesdrop on faraway planets
12/05/2019
Topics: citizen science, NSSEC
Radio Jove, a NASA citizen science project, provides a way for students and other everyday Earthlings to…
NASA program brings space exploration down to Earth for students
09/10/2019
Do you want your students to learn about NASA’s plans to return to the moon or its efforts to find extraterrestrial life? Or how scientists plan to grow food on extended space missions or the latest…
How to incorporate music and dance into lessons
09/03/2019
Topics: Coding & robotics, dance, music
Many students love music and dance, and research indicates that learning through music and structured movement is good educational…
Level up learning with retrieval practice
06/14/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
Even without directly observing your classroom, I can guess that you use a version of retrieval practice with your students. Every educator does. Retrieval practice is essentially remembering information we…
Mythology and the magic of dual coding
06/14/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
In the fast-paced field of education and educational technology, sometimes it feels like if we don’t keep up with the pack on the latest strategies and technologies, we’ll get left so far behind that we might…
Students can use smartphones to measure quietude
07/01/2019
Topics: citizen science, STEM
Sten Odenwald wants to find a little peace and quiet. And he wants you to help him.
Odenwald, the director of citizen science for NASA, has…
Redefining my classroom with retrieval practice using Quizizz
05/29/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences, Retrieval practice
Last week, I paused before entering my eighth grade honors earth and environmental science classroom and watched a flurry of activity. Sensing that the class was ready to go, a student — unprompted —…