ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law.

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History Museum Social Studies Geography 128

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

My colleagues feverishly jotted down notes as one of my students, Ethan, moved through his presentation on how educators can more intentionally use AI in their classes. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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High School Museum Education History 140

ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. The educators were state winners of the Teacher of the Year program , hosted annually by the Council of Chief State School Officers. They taught Welch that history is made up of “little moments” in people’s lives.

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Museum Education Historic Sites History 140

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MARCH 18, 2024

Or if a child is fascinated with, say, dinosaurs or trees, AI can provide parents and educators with prompts for further learning or perhaps connect them to the nearest natural history museum or arborist.

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K-12 Education Museum Lesson Plan 139

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JANUARY 20, 2023

The first was designed to explore terraforming Earth and the second was developed to learn about Egyptian history by exploring a virtual museum. I created these two lesson plans around Merge Cubes, which let you hold digital 3D objects — or holograms.

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Lesson Plan Museum History Teaching 145

ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

That they devote days, years, lifetimes to understanding a sliver of biology, physics, history. Todd has focused his own research on art history. On Todd’s free day, he headed to the Louvre, arriving early enough to enter as soon as the museum opened. “I He explains that some people’s daily work revolves around research.

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Library Psychology Primary Sources Humanities 113

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JANUARY 6, 2025

A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook.

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