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5 strategies to get your students talking

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During an ISTELive 25 session , Janeen Pizzo, a teacher educator at SUNY Brockport, and Dr. Natalie Svrcek, an associate professor at SUNY Brockport, offered strategies to help students collaborate and engage in discussions. Within the doc, students work collaboratively to complete a variety of learning tasks.

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AI in education needs more than innovation–it needs intention

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The future of AI in education must be a shared effort across curriculum providers, district and school leaders, and policymakers. Many AI models are built for general use and later “adapted” for education, but this retrofitting approach can introduce bias, misinformation, and misalignment with instructional goals.

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5 tips for creating a makerspace for less than the cost of an iPad

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Reusing, repurposing, and recycling items that can be found in the kitchen garbage can, on the curb, or collected by friends and families helps educators to save money while protecting the environment. There was a physical space, and students were making things. With paper, your students can make origami cranes.

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Expanding technology’s influence

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Technology also can be key in delivering social and emotional education. White and black female students outperformed their male peers in technology and engineering literacy, according to the first-ever nationally representative assessment of technology and engineering literacy from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

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3 major ways to boost basic data literacy in K-6

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A new report outlines the need for K-16 students to develop key data literacy skills. Focusing on three specific areas could be key to boosting K-16 students’ data literacy in a world where big data’s importance grows daily, according to a new report.

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The unseen connection between student absenteeism and teacher burnout 

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While we often discuss how absenteeism affects students, we rarely acknowledge its devastating impact on the educators who show up every day to empty chairs. The hidden toll of empty seats When students miss school, teachers don’t just move forward with fewer students in the room. ” The numbers are staggering.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

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John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Gina DiTullio holds a doctorate in Executive Leadership from the St.

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