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5 powerful ways to link STEM lessons to real-world applications

eSchool News

Key points: Real-world relevance makes STEM learning more personal for students 12 lesser-known K-12 STEM education resources Using free resources to connect the environment to education For more on STEM concepts, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub Why are we learning this? This is a question every educator has faced before. To be fair, its a valid question.

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Celebrate Pi Day and Maths Day

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Two math celebrations are coming up: Pi Day and World Maths Day Pi Day Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating the mathematical constant (pi). It is observed March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the three most significant digits of in the decimal form. Daniel Tammet, a high-functioning autistic savant, held the European record for reciting pi from memory to 22,514 digits in five hours and nine minutes until 2015 when Rick de Jong of the Netherlands recited pi to 22,612 digits in five hours and

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A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction

eSchool News

This story originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog , and is reposted with permission. Key points: This pivot presents a remarkable opportunity for teachers and society at large AI is changing the role of teaching assistants Navigation and guidance in the age of AI: 5 trends to watch For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Picture your favorite teacher from your childhood.

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What To Look for When Selecting a Tech Vendor

EdTech Magazine

Schools are frequently overwhelmed by the sea of information they must swim through when selecting an educational technology provider, whether theyre looking for hardware or software solutions. The result? Everything is a bid. But its more like a reverse auction, with K12 schools usually going with the lowest bidder, even when they prefer another vendors technology solutions.

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"They Taught Themselves"

Teacher Toms Blog

Some time ago, we took the children on a field trip to the local post office. We were a group of some 20 children and eight adults. The woman giving us our tour introduced herself as Ms. Lui, before insisting that the children get in a line. It was an inauspicious start. The kids had no idea what to do. Even we adults were at a loss. Queueing up isn't part of what we do at Woodland Park.

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2nd Term Review

English Teacher Margarita

Joke via Learn Funny Jokes These are the entries where we practised this term's contents: Are there any.? Healthy living Sports for life The Continuous (or Progressive) Present again Two Present Tenses Sports verbs How do you come to school? Compare And EXTRA!

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2 Awesome Ways #SchoolAI Supports Accessibility #Accessibility #EdChat

The Nerdy Teacher

As a person with ADHD and Dyslexia, among other things, accessibility is very important to me. Decding to leave the classroom is not an easy decision because I know that my neurodivergence might not thrive outside of the classroom. Having been with SchoolAI for 5 months now, I have seen how much they, not only value neurodivergence, but how much we stress accessibility.

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2025 School District Closing Dates

k12 Prospects

Download Your 2025 School District Closing Dates MAP and learn what are schools principals and districts superintendents doing over the summer.

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Optimizing Kasm Workspaces: Raising the Default 80GB Storage Cap

Edtech IRL

One of the problems I’ve run into with Kasm Workspaces is storage space. When creating a new Kasm environment, regardless of the size of the virtual machine or the VM’s storage space, Kasm always installs with 80GB of storage. With the wealth of containers available in the Kasm registries, 80GB disappears quickly. At least for my scenario, where I’m hosting Kasm in a 200GB Ubuntu Server 24.04LTS VM, below are steps for allocating more storage.

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