Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments.

Mental Models 541

Mental Models Education Hybrid Learning Blended Learning 541

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Key points: Schools should focus on teaching skills that have enduring value See also: Here’s why STEM Career Days are a great idea See also: Building a STEM pipeline needs to start in kindergarten For more news on STEM learning, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page First came headlines about AI-driven cheating.

STEM 322

STEM Skills Mental Models Intelligence 322

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

Emerging school models are supposed to ease the transition to personalized and blended instruction—or at least make it possible. But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup.

Teachers 160

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

EdSurge connected with Caulfield to talk about his strategies for managing today’s flood of information — and how new AI tools will impact efforts by educators to teach information literacy. If there's one thing we want to teach students, it's how to better choose what to invest their attention and time in.

Internet 215

Internet Attention Students Evaluation 215

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Each has its own champions, teaching practices, and even hashtags; all have the potential to disrupt what we think of as traditional, teacher-centered education by giving students more voice in how they learn. See the resource list below for more suggested readings and teaching tools.) Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers a good role-model.

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

It’s not just the product side of technology that needs more Latino representation, Noriega says, it’s also the teaching side. In Gonzalez’s view, just getting a piece of technology into a child’s hand won’t help them improve where they’re lagging academically or even be effective at teaching them anything.

Knowledge 146

Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And they are especially present when we build or implement technology to support teaching and learning. Too often, school leaders focus on finding the right instructional model and assume that the technology will fit. Discovering the right edtech is hard. But how aware are educators of the assumptions behind edtech tools?

Textbooks 137

Textbooks Mental Models Coaching Communication 137