eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Next emerged a flood of time-saving tools for teachers. Teaching what’s timeless: Power skills and mental models The solution lies in embracing the timeless. This “meta-knowledge” is encapsulated by the set of understandings called Mental Models. AI’s presence in education is undeniable.

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STEM Skills Mental Models Intelligence 326

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise. Holding the Door Open for Young Latinos Cindy Noriega is a third-year mathematics and computer science teacher in the Los Angeles area. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers a good role-model.

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Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

ISTE Administrator Standards A-2, ISTE Teacher Standards T-2, ISTE Coach Standards C-2. The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Date / time.

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Mental Models Participation Coaching Questions 97

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

My favorite is probably the quote from Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis: ‘In the absence of knowledge, people make up their own.’ Tom and Eric do a great job of citing research in their book, but it would be helpful to have some research-based frameworks and mental models that tie the list items together.

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Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 88

Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

Perhaps books will have a diagram or teachers will attempt to explain a way to visualize a higher level math concept, but rarely do math textbooks and other math exercises for middle and high school explicitly focus on visualizations.

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Math Mental Models Textbooks Study 52