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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 —…
Most transformative technology for education? Here's what some ISTE members think!
07/04/2019
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As part of ISTE's 40th anniversary, we're taking a look back. During ISTE's four-decade existence, technology has changed the world in profound and permanent ways. In a recent forum, we asked asked members, “…
How do I set my students up for success?
05/24/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
The place to begin is simply to go back to basics and ask: “How do my students learn?” How you answer this question provides the basis that ensures student success.
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The learning sciences — a toolkit to learn and understand
05/17/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
Learning sciences offer tools and frameworks that educators can use to intentionally design, implement and assess instruction and learning. The learning sciences can help us think critically about our own…
Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative
05/17/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
Learning Sciences.
Science of Learning.
Mind, Brain, Education.
Mind, Brain, Teaching.
I say potato, you say poh-ta-to.
Many words to call a field of research that focuses on…
NASA wants students to help predict real-world disease outbreaks
04/01/2019
They’re the bane of summer campouts, cookouts and evening strolls. They’re also the world’s most dangerous animal, causing more deaths even than humans. Yet most people don’t think about mosquitoes until they’…
NASA resources: A universe of learning at your fingertips
05/20/2019
Topics: citizen science, NASA, NSSEC, STEM & STEAM
Searching for resources on the NASA website to challenge and inspire budding scientists can be a bit like exploring the universe: You’ll find a vast expanse of interesting data, visuals, stories and creations.…
The maker movement: A learning revolution
02/11/2019
Topics: Makerspaces, Project-based learning
The impulse to create is one of the most basic human drives. As far back as the Stone Age, we were using materials in our environment to fashion tools for solving the problems we encountered. And in the millions of years since then, we have never stopped creating. In fact…
Gamify any lesson, class or curriculum
02/07/2019
Topics: Gamification, Gaming
I'm not a gamer, never even owned a console. That's probably why I'd never been very interested in game-based learning and was not excited when I found myself…
No device needed to teach kids to code
01/29/2019
Topics: Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking
Leka DeGroot can relate to teachers who would like to bring coding to their classrooms but just can’t fathom fitting it in.
“Teachers often tell me, ‘It sounds great but I don’t have time, or I don’t have the skills,’ but you don’t have to be a computer scientist to teach coding,”…