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?Do or DIY: What We Saw (and Loved) at the 2017 Maker Faire

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This weekend marked San Mateo’s annual gathering of hackers, hobbyists and freak flag flyers: the Maker Faire. Back for its 12th year in the Bay Area, the Maker Faire is home to everything from drone racing, bicycle-powered music stages and even 32-foot tall towering Sextant Tesla Coils. LASERS ABOUND in the Dark Room at Maker Faire.

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Promoting music education beyond the classroom

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This is largely thanks to the hard work of organizations like The National Association for Music Education , which puts learners in contact with community music groups. Working with NAME can help your school address important concerns related to musical education and community engagement.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

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It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. That’s in part because of a huge batch of new tools and updated features that incorporate ChatGPT, which companies have released in recent weeks. Should they disclose that to students?

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How to Avoid Favoritism in Your Classroom

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Heres how you can take steps to avoid favoritism and create a fair, inclusive space for all your students. Stick to Your Classroom Management Plan A key way to maintain fairness in your classroom is by consistently adhering to your classroom management plan. This will help you avoid giving some students undue attention.

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Effectively Addressing Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom

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Incorporate group work, hands-on activities, and real-world connections to keep students invested in their learning. When they do, its important to address them in a firm and fair way. The more students are engaged in the classroom, the less likely they will be tempted to be disruptive. Stay Calm: Your reaction sets the tone.

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Don’t Call Them Test Companies: How the College Board and ACT Have Shifted Focus

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That said, he says there is a shift in attitude among the students his group works with, and colleges are working to help celebrate first-generation students. They thought they were taking Harvard away from the bankers and giving it to a new class of technocrats who would work mainly for the government.”

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Can Individual Tests Really Measure Collaboration?

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A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair. There is real work on real problems, which are going to be much more transferable to the real-world situations that we want kids to be prepared for,” Darling-Hammond says.

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