Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

As a high school social studies teacher, my job includes helping students learn to use evidence to present arguments, engage in civil discourse and take informed action to bring about change. In prior years, this unit culminated with an essay in which students responded to the essential question. To what end? Constitution?

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2019

realized how enthusiastic her social studies students were about the civil rights movement, she decided to help them explore the rich history of their own city through project-based learning. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about how education technology can even the playing field for students. marquita.brown_tC0Z.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

While it got its start as a way to help computer scientists think more logically about data analysis, lately it’s been catching on with instructors in a diverse number of subjects—from science to math to social studies. asks Tom Hammond, an associate professor for the teacher education program at Lehigh University, in Pennsylvania.

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2021

In 2020, North Carolina revised the state’s K-12 social studies curriculum standards, which now call for the examination of history through the perspectives of behavioral and social sciences. These arguments are based on a fear of seeing public education become more inclusive. Education is different from schooling.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Civics Education Is at a Crossroads This knowledge gap is due in large part to the sidelining of K-12 social studies since the early 2000s, with the implementation of No Child Left Behind. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Social studies teacher Ben McCray had a similar experience: “I've learned to have things available by doing a recording, a screencast, something that is captured for later.” Questions were posted throughout the day, and students could respond and interact. They were asking each other questions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Good history education empowers students to actively engage with the past they study, rather than being passive receivers of historical narratives. When students learn to ask deep questions, analyze texts and construct evidence-based arguments, they are equipped with skills that reach far beyond a history classroom.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

For social studies educators, a presidential election year is a big deal. I’ve always relished these times because they’re part of what makes social studies special. Social studies teachers must support their students as they encounter: Major attacks on journalism. Evolving forms of media delivery.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

And how do educators share best practices across the region? In 2013, Fulton set out to answer those questions by launching their Vanguard Team , a group of 25 passionate educators who were on the forefront of technology integration and innovation. When we get kids thinking creatively, it unleashes a joy of learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

When I was studying to become a teacher, I had to choose a major and a minor, and I picked social studies as my major and computer science as my minor. With my minor being computer science, I focused a lot on how to use technology in the classroom, how to do things that we would not be able to do otherwise.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When I was a student, I struggled to see my people represented in curricula, so when I design Spanish and social studies classes, I work to decolonize my lessons and reclaim Indigenous history. When the facilitators asked if we had any questions, one of the members of my Zoom breakout urged me to speak up.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

But sometimes, distance learning can take an “app-centric” approach, where students spend more time watching instructional videos and answering multiple-choice questions than talking about concepts with their peers and teachers. Mistake 3: Conflating Work Completion With Learning Completing worksheets and answering questions isn’t learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Four-and-a-half years after Amazon first released Alexa, its voice-activated virtual assistant, the technology is finding its footing in education. So parents and learners—their children—who are having conversations about, ‘It’s time to take the ACT’ … can ask questions” right from where the conversation is taking place.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

How Primary Students Can Use Technology Effectively. One question I hear a lot in my travels is, “Can primary students use tech effectively?”. Like any classroom tool, the youngest learners need good guidance and examples when it comes to engaging with technology in the classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:45.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

In fact, three out of four young adults cannot answer basic financial questions. In 2015, we launched the FutureSmart Digital program—a gamified, web-based financial education course, in partnership with education technology company EVERFI. Today’s young people face an overwhelming number of complex financial decisions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

Renee Dawson Educational Technology Specialist at Atlanta Public Schools “Augmented reality is when you take something that you can already see in the world and add an interactive or experiential layer on top. The McGraw Hill program is releasing a social studies and language arts component that integrates the two content areas.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

“The truth of the matter is education is political,” says Tinisha Shaw, a social-emotional specialist and former history teacher for Guilford County Public Schools in North Carolina, during a recent webinar on textbook standards, organized by Social Studies Network , a Facebook group for educators.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator). He also shares how his zesty attitude toward social studies makes lessons on the census—and many other topics—pop for his students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

During tricky situations in the new PBS KIDS show “Elinor Wonders Why,” a curious rabbit directs a question to viewers, pausing to give them a chance to answer. Coviewing—parents sitting with kids and watching and asking questions while they watch—can have a positive impact on skill development. A child reading with the agent partner.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

Blended learning comes in a number of varieties, but across the various models, blended learning prompts educators to consider the following questions: What can students learn well independently, especially when aided by digital learning technologies? Which learning activities are most important to do together?

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

He also served as superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District, where he focused on expanding student access to technology and narrowed disparities in graduation rates. Carranza began his career as a high school social studies teacher and principal in Tucson, Arizona.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2017

Anthony Caccavo is a middle school curriculum coordinator and social studies teacher at St. She says that connection leads her students to be more engaged, and to ask more questions, sometimes as simple as “What’s that?” John’s Prep in Massachusetts. I feel like the modern day Ms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For the past two and a half years, we’ve been exploring this question at Michigan State University. Our work, along with findings from the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund ’s collaboration with innovative New York City schools indicate that integrating computational thinking into core curriculum, could provide one path.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most of those teachers taught English or social studies, where the applications of chatbots are more obvious. There are a lot of social problems, including how AI bots affect student motivation, or whether they grow or shrink disparities within classrooms. And that’s precisely how these bots interact. Flawed Theory of Learning?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Social Studies. They asked probing questions, figured out where the misunderstanding was, did a little reteaching, and then stayed in the session to make sure my sons understood before wrapping up the chat. Math (everything from elementary school arithmetic to calculus and statistics). Science (Even physics! AP class support.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As an example inspired by my time as a social studies teacher, instead of asking students to write a paragraph about continuity and change in a historical era, you could have them choose an era, pick a topic that shows continuity, and design an imaginary propaganda poster from that period. It removes that fear of the blank canvas.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2020

In math, 14 percent of adoptions are OER, compared to 4 percent for English/language arts, 2 percent for science and 1 percent for history and social studies. The trend raises a lot of questions, Seaman says, such as whether OER can follow a similar path in other disciplines, or whether math is somewhat unique.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

To find fitting educational shows to put on the air, representatives of Southern California stations worked quickly to dig through PBS LearningMedia libraries , which contain resources designed over the past decade for use in the classroom that coordinate with curriculum standards. LA schools did indeed close. For example, from 9 a.m.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

A spokesperson for Amazon did not immediately respond to questions from EdSurge (but we’ll update this story if we get any answers). Once available, teachers, administrators (from schools, districts, or states), institutions, or anyone with high-quality, relevant K-12 resources will be able to publish to Amazon Inspire.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. This isn’t unusual: Students often get weird concepts of math, developing logical-seeming routes for answering questions, Barclay says. Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? The concept just wasn’t intuitive.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. The quiz seems deceptively easy: The past decade has seen literally hundreds of technologies and ideas emerge, many aimed at engaging or involving K-12 students and supporting student learning. The crucial question.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

Recently, Education Week published an article describing culturally-questionable activities and language found in Studies Weekly , a social studies curriculum used by more than 13,000 schools across the country.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

That kind of assignment feels more purposeful than completing a worksheet or answering questions from a textbook, she says. Instructors need to show their students how an assignment will help them grow, says Darren Minarik, an associate professor at Radford University focused on special education and social studies education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

Kahoot , a learning game reminiscent of television quiz shows where teams of players race each other to answer questions. On the second day of his current job, as principal of nearby Lexington Middle School, he discovered that a social studies teacher was also using the game. It was a learning party.”. He happily obliged.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Users receive access to study groups and a question bank of tens of thousands of questions. The app covers subjects that range from science to social studies to economics. Instead, Trustle proposes parents match with a dedicated parenting and child development expert to answer their questions.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2020

They typically gather in classrooms to learn social studies, math, science and language arts from teachers who work at the corrections facility, located about 50 miles down the Mississippi River from St. Educating the 70 or so students poses challenges even on the best of school days. “It Paul, Minnesota.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

Like all kids, I was constantly asked the question Michelle Obama loathes : What do you want to be when you grow up? In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education. Teaching wasn’t my only dream. “You

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