eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even if a student doesn’t select a career in STEM, the soft skills they will learn at a STEM-focused school (critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and more) will serve them well in whatever they choose to do in life. The Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation hosts exhibitions and science fairs where students showcase their projects.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How Project-Based Learning Is Helping Students Build 21st Century Skills. Organizations face a growing skills gap — as noted by the World Economic Forum , more than half of employees will require “significant reskilling” in the next three years to meet 21st century expectations. . marquita.brown_tC0Z. Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:51.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Accomplishing this so it serves educational goals isn’t as much about knowing how to use the tools as constructing knowledge in an organic, scalable way. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. mouse skills. Internet use.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

When I first became principal, I was compelled to explore all aspects of what it meant to be a 21 st -century learner in an international baccalaureate context: as a global citizen, as a collaborative co-creator of knowledge, as a caring human being.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Professional development for teachers: Equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to leverage technology effectively in diverse classrooms. Educational disparities can exacerbate existing inequalities, and it’s essential that school leaders and teachers address these issues to promote a level playing field.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

To be fair, its a valid question. Students are naturally curious, and its normal for them to wonder about the knowledge that theyre acquiring. This makes the learning intensely personal while taking advantage of students natural curiosity, creativity, and critical-thinking skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Once you’ve identified the standards you feel are most important for your students’ long-term success, it’s time to explore new ways of assessing these skills. They also support student construction of meaning as well as an opportunity to apply metacognition skills. 3 Strikes, You’re In!:

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

This not only makes submitting work painless (and less likely to get lost) when submitted to a public forum, students benefit from each other’s knowledge. If you ask students to demonstrate their knowledge with technology, be open to their suggestions. Learn from others and share your knowledge. Know where files are saved.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Develop learner-centered assessments aligned with learner-centered systems The skills that make us uniquely human are the skills that a learner-centered framework champions. They are also the skills that will be very difficult, if not impossible, for technology to replicate reliably.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2017

Years ago, I had the chance to spend most of a day with Stephan Wolfram, the genius thinker behind the knowledge engine, Wolfram Alpha. The most important skill to teach students is to develop the most interesting questions.”. The rules that she gave her students were simple, Rothstein says: (1) Ask as many questions as you can. (2)

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government. Therefore, it is right and fair we have more influence on the actions of government.” We have a larger population. A student on the opposing side retorted: “No way.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

CS50 assumes no prior knowledge or skill in computer programming, yet it’s extremely demanding. When he first signed up for CS50, it is fair to say he was not in the habit of choosing the most demanding courses on campus. By examining his success, we can learn some important lessons about effective teaching.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

.” The findings reveal that students have the aptitudes, or talent, to excel in today’s in-demand jobs, but often lack interest in these fields, in some cases due to lack of knowledge about available careers. “This latest data paints a critical picture for industry and education: the skills gap is widening.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Once you’ve identified the standards you feel are most important for your students’ long-term success, it’s time to explore new ways of assessing these skills. They also support student construction of meaning as well as an opportunity to apply metacognition skills. 3 Strikes, You’re In!:

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Metacognitive Skills Critical Thinking Fairness Testing 245

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Teachers often use this routine to deepen students’ engagement with material and to foster complex, critical thinking skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A diverse group of judges will evaluate entries based on creativity, scientific knowledge, and effective communication skills. Videos will not be judged on production skills and may be recorded on cell phones or basic digital cameras. We eagerly await this year’s entries!”.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Math and reading achievement also were associated with science achievement in those grades, which suggests that improving math and reading skills in lower-performing students might help improve their science achievement gaps. General knowledge gaps between racial/ethnic minority and white children were already large at kindergarten entry.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A diverse group of judges will evaluate entries based on creativity, scientific knowledge, and effective communication skills. Videos will not be judged on production skills and may be recorded on cell phones or basic digital cameras.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

It started with an underwhelming science fair—the type we’re all familiar with: students standing next to handmade posters, listlessly describing their projects, usually alone. We often neglect to tell students that reading, writing and communicating are just as necessary to success as technical skills,” Longcor explains. “In

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Teachers want fair funding for all schools. Teachers want the focus off of the flawed standardized data culture and back on the children as developing human beings who deserve more than test prep and basic skills. It’s time to return the education field to the educators. What do teachers want?

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

All scholarship recipients created videos that answered the scholarship program’s question for this year: “Please describe the skills you have learned in your VHS Learning course that you feel will be helpful in college or your career, and why.”. Ruizhe (Fair) Shen from the Fontbonne The Early College of Boston in Massachusetts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Fourth graders put finishing touches on pamphlets and presentations about how individuals can make a difference in cleaning up our local watershed to share at their River Fair. Then we consider our student profiles including what knowledge, skills and interests each learner will bring to the project.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Rather than asking for help, I sought knowledge relentlesslyreading leadership books, earning my master’s in public administration, and building a network of mentors who helped shape my growth. Students need to develop creativity, adaptability, and problem-solving skills that will serve them in any career path.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

For many people, being skilled at math means being able to get to a correct answer quickly. That means students should be given more chances to develop reasoning and problem-solving skills, she says. And it also helps teachers to develop key knowledge and skills they need for teaching mathematics.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2018

On the other hand, we must learn the skill of reading. Instead, every child must go through the meticulous task of learning to read; through the amazing adaptive abilities of the brain we can acquire a skill that was invented only a few thousand years ago. There is no corresponding “reading center” to the language center in our brains.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

She said her first two weeks managing a classroom have been difficult, but she believes she will learn the skills necessary to teach. He said the STEM classes allow him to design the curriculum, and he plans to utilize his real-world knowledge. “As time passes and I get more experience, I’ll definitely get better.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

After all, academic research often requires deeper knowledge of a field than is typical in high school, and it involves carefully following ethical guidelines to protect research subjects from potential harm that students may not be aware of without expert guidance.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Universal school-based social and emotional learning (USB SEL) programs teach a range of skills and strategies that underscore how students develop self-awareness, form healthy relationships, set goals, make decisions and consider different perspectives. We recently published a review of our findings.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Another student expressed that interdisciplinary work “changed my thinking pattern … to a multi-field view” that helped them synthesize between bodies of knowledge and see other facets of the problems they worked on. A third option is to add interdisciplinary options to normal Ph.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

According to Microsofts 2024 Work Trend Index , 75 percent of knowledge workers use AI, double the percentage of just six months before. Department of Education Office of Educational Technologys AI policy report addresses the clear need to share knowledge, engage educators and refine policies for AI use in education.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 6, 2025

That drove me to inquire into concept-based teachingunderstanding how facts and skills relate to concepts and how they connect in a lesson. Thats what pushed me into the IB system and concept-based curriculumwhere knowledge, skills, and understandings all interconnect. For example, in literacy, prediction might be a key skill.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Teachers will need to learn and refine their online teaching skills and find new opportunities for working from home, allowing them a better work-life balance. To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. This requires a critical look at both what and how we assess, ensuring the most important skills and knowledge are prioritized. Students can’t demonstrate their skills if they don’t know what’s being assessed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

An esteemed and diverse group of judges, including 3M scientists and leaders in education from across the country, evaluated entries based on creativity, scientific knowledge, and communication effectiveness. . “At At 3M, we are committed to unlocking the power of our people, our science, and our ideas to reimagine what comes next.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

and globe accelerate toward the use of renewable energy to fuel power grids, there is an acute pressure to build an educated workforce and a knowledgeable public who will understand and support these changes. There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. Teachers will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, and publish digitally. cyberbullying.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

president of San Diego Continuing Education, “and we have held several online job fairs over the past several weeks using Zoom.” Add Career, Management and Leadership Coaching: Acquiring knowledge and skills is only part of landing a job or building a career. Turner Cortez, Ph.D.,

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