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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

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Thanks to the Commonwealth Cares for Children (C3) Grant from the Massachusetts teachers early childhood program, the center was able to buy the KIBO curriculum and various attachments for deeper exploration as well. I told the class, “It doesn’t have to be completely successful. Let’s just give it a try and see what happens.

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The Pandemic Adds a Lot of Constraints for Schools. That Opens the Door to Creativity.

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It’s especially scary when we consider that our failures can equate to student failures. Knowing he would have limited live time with students, he felt it was important to reflect on what aspects of the curriculum and his day were most critical to teach in-person with students. Change is scary.

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How to Engage Your Students With the 12-Minute Rule and Quizzes They’re Meant to Fail

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But failure is the whole point of the exercise. By marrying those two things together—the curriculum design, which is very engineering-like, and the classroom performance, which is very artistic—you get the John Branch combination. Failure is the point of the exercise,” he says. That’s the engineering side of my brain.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. Introductions and low-stake interactions in the syllabus, in your communications, and in class can reduce intimidation and help students get ready to learn. How does it connect to the broader curriculum? So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

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The Freshman Seminar curriculum is publicly accessible, and aims to help any edtech company looking to help employees better understand the people they serve. (By Knee: A set of case studies about some of the biggest edtech failures, with amazing lessons for current companies. You can even borrow and build on what we’ve created.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. Introductions and low-stake interactions in the syllabus, in your communications, and in class can reduce intimidation and help students get ready to learn. How does it connect to the broader curriculum? So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer.

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Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Steve Blank on Entrepreneurship and Education

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The big idea is that VCs simply assumed that any failure to execute the plan was a failure of the founders or the key people in the company. You don't want them to adopt the latest fad because by the time you get a syllabus approved or a new curriculum and whatever, if it's a fad you just wasted a ton of time and resources.

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