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How To Incorporate Music and Dance Into Lessons
04/01/2021
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 from NASA, 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 —…
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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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
12/21/2020
Topics: citizen science from NASA, 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, the rise of…