Check out these posts from last week:
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A Feminine Touch | Office for Science and Society – McGill University
Home A Feminine Touch Keywords: What to read next The Smell of Books What is that smell when I get a root canal done? Celebrating Hanukkah with Candles, Latkes, and a Bit of History Here’s Jeopardy! Bewitched by Witchcraft Bending Spoons and Bending…
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I wrote an Open Letter to post for an educator group this morning. Sometimes, reading an open letter leaves readers without context or insight into how the letter came about.
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5-ways-help-students-transfer-their-learning-new-situations
As students gain content knowledge, their next step should be applying it to new problems and across academic disciplines. As teachers, we all want our students to solve problems that incorporate content we just taught them.
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Unpacking the 4th Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Reading and understanding the 4th grade Next Generation Science Standards is challenging. They are three-dimensional with many details and nuances, yet broad and all-encompassing.
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Thread by @royanlee on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
Joining a Minecraft survival server has quite literally been one of the only ways my kids have been able to continue having crucial non-adult mediated, unstructured play during the pandemic. Some interesting things we’ve been observing from a distan…
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Ten Tips for Using YouTube Videos in Online and In-person Classes
This year many of us are using YouTube videos more than ever before in our classrooms. A few questions from readers in the last few weeks reminded me that there are many “hidden” features of YouTube that you should know how to use.
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Event: Gamify One Thing! – March 5, 2021 | CUNY Games Network
Following our successful virtual conference, the CUNY Games Network aims to provide ongoing opportunities for our community to meet and brainstorm virtually in 2021. Join us Friday, March 5 from 12:30-2 PM EST for a “lunch break” idea exchange sessi…
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The results form the basis of the highly-curated Gut Phage Database (GPD) which will be an invaluable resource for those studying bacteriophages and the role they play on regulating the health of both our gut bacteria and ourselves Viruses are the m…
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Activities for developing key secondary school chemistry skills remotely | Ideas | RSC Education
With students across the UK learning from home once more in 2021, many teachers are worried about the further impact on student progress.
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Artificial Intelligence in education | ISTE
Put educators and students in the driver’s seat To prepare students for the careers of today — and tomorrow — we must up our game when it comes to understanding how to explore and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 education. AI should…
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We Want Students to Be Creative, But How Do We Assess This? – John Spencer
We know that creativity is vital for student learning. We also know that we tend to value the things we assess. However, when we assess creativity, we can unwittingly cause students to become risk-averse. So, how do we assess creativity in a way tha…
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Cone snail venom shows potential for treating severe malaria
Conus nux, a species of sea snail. Credit: Fred Pflueger, Ph.D. Severe forms of malaria such as Plasmodium falciparum may be deadly even after treatment with current parasite-killing drugs.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Make Sign-in/ Sign-out Sheets With Google Forms or Microsoft Forms
This week is school vacation week here in Maine. I usually take this week off to go ice fishing on Moosehead Lake. Unfortunately, that’s not happening this year. Instead I’ll be “staycationing” and working on some projects around home.
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5 ways for using Loom to create sweet remote (and F2F) learning activities | History Tech
It’s cold. Seriously cold. So even if your building wasn’t already doing the COVID remote dance, the cold and snow probably chased your kids out of the building for at least a few days. And connecting with your students is always difficult, current …
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Almost There, But Not Quite (**) – Alfie Kohn
The late educational researcher John Nicholls once remarked to me that he had met a lot of administrators who “don’t want to hear a buzz of excitement in classrooms — they want to hear nothing.
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To Help Traumatized Students This Summer, Let Them Play, Sen. Chris Murphy Says in Q&A
In helping kids overcome the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, don’t devalue recreation and enrichment for children once this school year ends. That’s an emerging argument from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
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Use Exams to Grow to Mastery – Classroom Powerups
Test days are just depressing. After all of the effort to bring energy and excitement to the classroom test day comes and all of that life is sucked out of the room.
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new-article-the-changes-we-need-education-post-covid19 – zhaolearning.com
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5-things-every-family-should-know-about-paying-for-college
For many families, paying for college is one of the biggest financial decisions they’ll make. College tuition is the highest it’s ever been — and the financial aid process is anything but clear.
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Wisconsin Science and STEM Education: Reframing the Discussion on “Learning Loss”
I argue that the primary focus of schooling should not be to push students toward artificial learning benchmarks at the expense of “enjoying their childhood.” We need a focus on helping students first develop a love for learning.
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4 ways to fight educator burnout – Ditch That Textbook
This post is written by Kim Strobel. Kim is the owner of Strobel Education. She is a highly sought-after consultant, speaker, and happiness coach who works with K-12 teachers and schools throughout the country.
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Yesterday @GoogleForEdu announced more than 25 updates to #GoogleClassroom, #GoogleMeet, #GoogleDrive, and #Chromebooks. Here’s a quick summary of the most important updates. #LearnWithGoogle #TeacherTwitter
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Google Meet See BOTH Presentation AND Participants – YouTube
You can pin your presentation to see what you are presenting BUT you lose the ability to see who is presenting. Try this trick to see BOTH!
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National Humanities Center on AI
What does Julius Caesar have to do with Artificial Intelligence? It was 2017. I posed this question to my middle and high school students while I was teaching Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, preparing them to see the production live at the Seattle Shak…
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Is the Texas Cold Wave Caused By Global Warming?
Texas and neighboring states are experiencing a major cold wave causing substantial snowfall and power outages affecting millions of people. Such claims are demonstrably untrue and can be easily proven to be untrue.
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A social media reply Google Slides template for digital citizenship – Ditch That Textbook
1. Make a copy. Just use the link above to make a copy of the template. 2. Get it ready for students. In your copy, you can type a post that you want students to reply to.
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Google Workspace Updates: Mute all Google Meet participants at once
This feature will launch to additional Google Workspace editions in the coming months. Who’s impactedEnd users Why you’d use itThis change gives the host more control by helping them prevent or stop disruptions coming from unmuted users.
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Google Workspace Updates: Introducing Google Workspace for Education
In addition to these changes, we’re updating our storage policies. See more details below. See our Education Blog post for more details on these new offerings. Use our website for a complete comparison of our Google Workspace for Education editions.
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10 TikTok tips for teachers – Ditch That Textbook
It probably seems like everyone you know is on TikTok sharing the latest viral video or dance craze. And if you are a parent of a teenager or a teacher of middle or high school then you definitely know all about it!
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Reading Resources for Your Blended or Online Class – Dr. Catlin Tucker
As I reflect on the last year, it’s my books that have provided a sense of freedom and adventure while I’ve been in quarantine and felt socially isolated. My books have transported me through time and space in a year when I have barely left my home.
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5 Ways to Participate in the Mars Rover Landing on Thursday, February 18
The Perseverance Rover will land on Mars this Thursday, February 18th at approximately 3:55 pm Eastern Time. The live landing commentary will began at 2:15 pm on NASA Television, the agency’s website, the NASA app, and YouTube.
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Lying to Yourself: Player Type Surveys – Classroom Powerups
Malcolm Gladwell has a Ted Talk where he argues that there is no Best Practice but there are Best Practices. It’s an interesting argument in favor of offering choices but one anecdote in the speech sticks with me.
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Tips for Increasing Zoom Engagement in Your Virtual Classes
This post is an ode to all those teachers who remember Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and might hear these words slip out – “Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?” – while we are calling on Ike, whose camera is off and whose black silence is like that of the grave. …
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3-tips-creating-math-word-problems-boost-critical-thinking
Well-designed word problems give elementary students a tangible context for understanding math concepts. “Danny has 564 tomatoes. He then buys 623 carrots. How long will it take him to get home?” This scenario is what many people picture when we men…
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COVID-19 Has Infected Pet Cats and Dogs – What About Wildlife?
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have found coronavirus infections in pet cats and dogs and in multiple zoo animals, including big cats and gorillas. These infections have even happened when staff was using personal protective e…
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REVIEW CLAIM: “climate models that attempt to predict the future temperature of the planet…don’t work. They haven’t worked in the past. They don’t work now.
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It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as it’s known, left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that spans 93 miles and runs 12 miles deep.
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It was the worst day in the history of life on Earth. One moment, the Age of Dinosaurs lumbered on as it had for millions and millions of years.
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strategies-to-help-students-go-deep-when-reading-digitally
Students are doing more reading on digital devices than they ever have before. Not only are many teachers using tablets and computers for classroom instruction, but many state tests are now administered on computers, adding incentive for teachers to…
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A Simple Problem Solving Strategy That Works Every Time – Not So Wimpy Teacher
I love teaching math. And not just any math, but word problems especially. There, I said it. I love teaching word problems.
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Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarctic find | Science | The Guardian
The accidental discovery of marine organisms on a boulder on the sea floor beneath 900 metres (3,000ft) of Antarctic ice shelf has led scientists to rethink the limits of life on Earth.
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This digital modeling activity allows students to build a DNA model by dragging the individual parts into a completed diagram. Structures, such as deoxyribose, phosphate, and the nitrogen bases are shown.
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Morning meetings are a good place to start, but what you really need is a toolkit of strategies to meet your students’ social and emotional needs all day long. “Maslow before Bloom”—we hear it all the time.
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Ten Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for the Science Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four teachers share how they implement culturally responsive instruction in their science classrooms.
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CraftyText – Google Chrome Extension – Teacher Tech
Sometimes you when displaying a website it can be handy to display some text. The CraftyText Chrome extension makes this an easy task. After installing the CraftyText click the CT icon in the extension shelf and enter what you wish to display. Click…
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hurricane intensity increase ocean temperature link | University of Southampton
New research shows that hurricane maximum wind speeds in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda have more than doubled on average over the last 60 years due to rising ocean temperatures in the region.
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Who Is Cindy Marten? | Diane Ravitch’s blog
The Biden administration selected San Diego Superintendent of Schools Cindy Marten to become Deputy Secretary of Education, the #2 job in the Department of Education.
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This Teacher Worked for K12 Inc. and Now Regrets It | Diane Ravitch’s blog
I have been writing for many years about the low quality “education” that virtual charter schools provide their students. They make fabulous promises in their marketing materials, but the results for their schools are awful.
