TeachThought
JULY 18, 2024
by Terry Heick My wife is a schoolteacher, and recently I’ve been listening to her online meetings. And there have been a lot of them. It’s July 2024 and a week or three from the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year in the United States depending on your local school district’s schedule. Yesterday, I was at a cafe sitting next to what seemed to be a group of teachers and they had a lot of ideas.
A Principal's Reflections
JULY 14, 2024
Taking a leap of faith can be daunting, but it is often needed to grow. Stagnation is the enemy of progress. In education, sticking solely to what's comfortable hinders growth. Calculated risk-taking becomes crucial for improving practice. Sticking to the familiar routine feels safe, even if it means being perpetually stuck in neutral. Self-doubt creeps in, making us question our capabilities to navigate the unknown.
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Active History Teacher
JULY 18, 2024
You’ve taught the Constitution to the best of your ability. You look out at the faces of your students and they are blank. I feel your pain. Teaching the Constitution is hard, especially to younger students. The question is, “What kinds of Constitution activities will help them apply what they know and help them remember?” Every year I teach the Constitution I want to try something new.
ED Surge
JULY 19, 2024
When Jacob, a 10th grader with vision impairment, signed up for an AP class, it made him feel like a castaway. His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teac
History Tech
JULY 19, 2024
The Stanford History Education Group has been around since 2002. Sam Wineburg, SHEG’s founder, one year earlier had published a book titled Thinking Historically and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past. Both the book and SHEG outlined a social studies instructional concept, that at the time, was pretty revolutionary.
Zinn Education Project
JULY 17, 2024
March for Children in Chicago, 2018. Source: Flickr/Kurman Communications LLC The airwaves are full of inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants. Politicians are fear-mongering about an “invasion” at the Southern border. They ignore the invasions by the United States in countries around the world — as well as the U.S. economic and climate policies that have turned so many people into refugees.
Active History Teacher
JULY 18, 2024
Let’s be honest. Timeline activities can be really boring for students. Most of the time, students are just copying off a website or book and aren’t doing any critical thinking! Adding a little competition and fun create the best timeline activity ever! Enter: Timeline Races! Making a timeline doesn't work. The skill of sequencing can be tough for many students!
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 15, 2024
As the use of artificial intelligence grows, teachers are trying to protect the integrity of their educational practices and systems. When we see what AI can do in the hands of our students, it’s hard to stay neutral about how and if to use it. Of course, we worry about cheating; AI can be used to write essays and solve math problems. But we also have deeper concerns regarding learning.
Passion for Social Studies
JULY 15, 2024
Teachers spend hours and hours decorating their classrooms each year. They know that how a classroom looks directly correlates to how students feel in the classroom. So, if the walls are bare and everything is disorganized, students will not be excited to learn. On the other hand, if there are too many decorations, students may feel overwhelmed by how much there is.
Active History Teacher
JULY 13, 2024
US History vocabulary review can be fun and student centered! Using the game Envelope Races, students can review US History vocabulary in a competitive way. Do your students struggle with US History vocabulary? If you have taught History for any length of time, you know that some vocabulary is just HARD to learn, apply and remember. Popular Sovereignty anyone?
ED Surge
JULY 15, 2024
When Los Angeles Unified School District launched a districtwide AI chatbot nicknamed “Ed” in March, officials boasted that it represented a revolutionary new tool that was only possible thanks to generative AI — a personal assistant that could point each student to tailored resources and assignments and playfully nudge and encourage them to keep going.
Anthropology News
JULY 15, 2024
Issued: July 15, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until November 1, 2024 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the forms of care that permeate human and nonhuman worlds. How do we care for ourselves and others? How do we care for objects, archives, words, history, traditions, animals, plants, ideas, and obligations?
The Hechinger Report
JULY 15, 2024
Ever since the pandemic shut down schools in the spring of 2020, education researchers have pointed to tutoring as the most promising way to help kids catch up academically. Evidence from almost 100 studies was overwhelming for a particular kind of tutoring, called high-dosage tutoring, where students focus on either reading or math three to five times a week.
Edthena
JULY 18, 2024
Big news! Science of Reading-based coaching is now available within the AI Coach platform. As teachers complete coaching cycles, they can select the Science of Reading pathway to access research-based content, strategies, and best practices. This new PD option is within the AI Coach by Edthena platform and empowers educators with cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices: Flexible, self-paced professional learning Hundreds of research-backed strategy recommendations Personalized instr
ED Surge
JULY 16, 2024
It’s no secret that high school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically , and a large part of their hesitation comes from worry about taking on thousands of dollars in student loans. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. It’s only natural that they would experience sticker shock after researching the annual cost of attendance at universities that have caught their eye — which might be equivalent to a parent’s annual salary.
Anthropology News
JULY 16, 2024
This summer, tthe AAA hosted three interns through the Virtual High School Internship , and throughout the summer, the interns engaged in a variety of enriching activities: Research Projects: They read scholarly research articles, took them apart to see how they were constructed, and communicated their methods and findings to diverse audiences. Professional Development: They explored the theory of praxis, the methods of autoethnography, the institutions of scholarly publishing, and the technique
ShortCutsTV
JULY 13, 2024
The Centre for Social Investigation – not to be confused with the long-running TV series – was established at Nuffield College in 2014 as an “interdisciplinary research programme” with the aim of addressing “contemporary social issues of public interest”.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 15, 2024
LEXINGTON, Nebraska – Naidid Aguilera se sentía atrapada. Atrapada en su trabajo en una planta empacadora de carne de Tyson. Atrapada en una ciudad del centro de Nebraska después de emigrar de México aproximadamente 15 años antes con su esposo. En lugar de trabajar como maestra de escuela primaria, el trabajo de sus sueños, pasaba sus días transportando órganos de vaca para su inspección.
ED Surge
JULY 17, 2024
“Are you a boy or a girl?” the 5-year-old asked, staring at me as she waited for my response. I froze. Having worked primarily with middle and high schoolers, I wasn’t yet used to the blunt inquisitiveness of our younger students. I was caught off guard. It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families.
Heinemann Blog
JULY 16, 2024
Heinemann today announced the release of an updated version of Saxon Phonics and Spelling on its Heinemann Flight platform, with brand new content available for the 2024-2025 school year. Authored by special education teacher Lorna Simmons , Saxon Phonics and Spelling offers a science-based approach to explicit phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency instruction.
Anthropology.net
JULY 18, 2024
Cut marks on ancient fossils have been identified as evidence of human exploitation of large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a study published on July 17, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE 1 by Mariano Del Papa of the National University of La Plata, Argentina, and his colleagues. Introduction: Revisiting Early Human Occupation in South America The timeline of early human presence in South America remains a hotly debated topic among anthropologists and archa
The Hechinger Report
JULY 18, 2024
This is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. There’s little doubt that artificial intelligence will fundamentally alter how classrooms operate. But just how much bot-fueled instruction is too much? I chatted with Hechinger contributor Chris Berdik about his recent story , co-published with Wired, that explores these themes and how some schools are deploying AI assistants in the classroom.
ED Surge
JULY 19, 2024
SkillRise , an ISTE initiative, examined job seekers’ perceptions of digital skills and skills-based technologies, focusing on their potential career impacts, from initial hiring to advancement. The findings from this 2024 research confirmed job seekers’ need for digital skills training and increased awareness about how skills-based tools can be used to thrive in school and at work.
Digital Promise
JULY 15, 2024
The post Empowered EdTech Procurement Decisions: How 3 Districts Are Leading the Way appeared first on Digital Promise.
Becoming a History Teacher
JULY 19, 2024
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) landscape should be driven by market forces like every other employment market. This is an argument we hear time and time again. There is a shortage of physics, maths, geography teachers (add or delete as appropriate) therefore we need to recognise the market forces at work that draw them away from choosing teaching as a career.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 14, 2024
The U.S. currently does not have enough scientists to compete as a global leader in emerging high-tech fields. Despite our national deficit in scientists , less than 30 percent of professors in STEM fields in the U.S. are women, even though women earn 40 percent of all doctorates in science, technology, engineering and math. Each year, the federal government budgets billions of dollars for research and development, and gives much of the money to universities and research laboratories that train
Living Geography
JULY 19, 2024
From September, I am going to be reducing my teaching down to just four days a week and reducing my teaching commitments a little, to ease pressure, and free up time for some other varied consultancy work alongside my existing commitments. A day less on the commute will also be welcome. I want to stay in the classroom for a long as possible, but fitted around the desire to also have time to travel and involve myself in a wide range of additional experiences while I can - my recent involvement wi
Digital Promise
JULY 17, 2024
The post Jean-Claude Brizard and Nedgine Paul Deroly Jointly Receive John P. McNulty Prize appeared first on Digital Promise.
Geogramblings
JULY 13, 2024
The Climate Ambassadors scheme is a national initiative aimed at empowering young people to take action on climate change. The scheme has nine regional hubs across England, each led by a dedicated team of experts. In the North East, the hub is led by Stephen Blenkinsop, a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University with a passion for tea and a lifelong love of Doctor Who.
Anthropology.net
JULY 15, 2024
Archaeologists in Peru have made a groundbreaking discovery 1 : the remains of a 4,000-year-old temple and theater. This finding promises to significantly enhance our understanding of ancient religious practices and social structures in the Andes. Field Museum scientist Luis Muro Ynoñán with the carving of a mythological bird creature in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas.
Living Geography
JULY 16, 2024
A good Opinion piece by Steve Brace has been published in Schools Week. It provides some thoughts on the direction that the new Government should take with regards to the curriculum and support for Green careers.
APSA Educate
JULY 19, 2024
Application Deadline: August 18, 2024 The American Political Science Association (APSA) and The National Capital Area Political Science Association (NCAPSA) are pleased to announce a call for proposals for political scientists and practitioners to participate in a single-day workshop on … The post Call for Proposals: Connecting Community and Classroom: Practical Considerations for Civically-Engaged Practitioners and Scholars appeared first on APSA.
Heinemann Blog
JULY 15, 2024
Young children love to learn and use new words. How do we tap into this natural curiosity and excitement to support vocabulary development?
Anthropology.net
JULY 19, 2024
Researchers have discovered 1 a 4,000-year-old piece of fabric dyed with a rare and luxurious red dye in the Cave of the Skulls in the Judean Desert. This remarkable find, dating to the Middle Bronze Age between 1,954 and 1,767 BC, provides valuable insight into the ancient use of natural dyes and the technological capabilities of early civilizations.
Living Geography
JULY 18, 2024
My wife went to Margate last weekend and got me this postcard from Turner Contemporary, as she knew I'd been working on a resource based around Fish and Chips. She was there to see Nile Rodgers and Chic do a gig at Dreamland. The postcard features an instantly recognisable drawing by the illustrator Olivier Kugler. It shows the global spread of Fish and Chips.
TCI
JULY 17, 2024
Explore what’s new this week: New Program Codes for CSV Rostering: For districts that auto-roster using CSVs, please note that our program codes have been updated. Use the new codes when auto-rostering to keep everything running smoothly. Search Slideshow Content: Our search tool now links with slideshows. Use the tool to find where key topics are covered in the slides with ease.
Heinemann Blog
JULY 17, 2024
Shared reading is a powerful instructional practice that bridges the gap between read-aloud sessions and independent reading, creating a joyful and supportive environment for all students.
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