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Snow Days Don't Stop Digital Learning at #NMHS

A Principal's Reflections

For the past couple of years every day is treated as Digital Learning Day as we have moved to create a teaching and learning culture rich in authentic activities where students are engaged and take ownership of their learning. So what did you do on Digital Learning Day 2014? Why might you ask? The answer is simple.

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Inviting Teachers to Reflect on Their Use of Technology During COVID-19

Digital Promise

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

ED Surge

By partnering with HBCUs, the hope is that the curriculum will be more culturally responsive to the needs of students in the rural South. The most important thing for me is to do social science that can be replicated by other people,” Schneider says, adding she hopes more HBCUs will join the project. It's an opportunity for us.

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Making Children's Media about STEM More Inclusive

ED Surge

Then he switched careers to become a kindergarten teacher and later a high school teacher before going back to get a doctorate in education from Stanford University. We have this broad discussion around equity and inclusion, but we miss the cultural nuance of representation across the spectrum, particularly for young children.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning. One critical aspect of personalized learning is too often missing: the use of learning sciences research to best understand and reach each learner. Putting Learning Science Research to Work. Participants will walk away with new ideas!

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Top 10 EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2023

ED Surge

Lessons From This 'Golden Age' of Learning Science Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights?

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Helping Students Think With Their Whole Bodies

ED Surge

And that sparked her interest in digging into learning science research that she’s gathered into a recent book, “ The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain.” And so the extended mind kind of invites us to remember what we have forgotten as a culture. What's that look like?