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3 teacher-vetted edtech resources for cross-curricular lessons

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Dynamic, multidisciplinary curriculum saves teachers time overall because it actually enhances the learning time spent in the classroom. “Cross-subject studies enhance critical thinking skills,” says Karen Smith, a 30-year ELA veteran and instructional coach for Maryland Public Schools.

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Leveraging AI to help special education teachers

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During the evaluation process, a multidisciplinary team will come together to provide information as part of an evaluation to determine eligibility for services. The team should always be sure that there is consent for confidentiality of notes being taken in this way, and that can be added as a starting point for the meeting agenda.

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How to Prepare Students for Jobs in the Self-Driving-Car-Industry

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That painfully obvious pun is actually one of the truest things you can say about this nascent, multidisciplinary enterprise, and it also encapsulates the challenge educators who want to prepare their students to work in this industry are facing today. And our robotics engineering program is inherently multidisciplinary.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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Another recent graduate, a talented, multidisciplinary artist, was recently featured in one of the most prominent art spaces in the city — and is currently publishing his first magazine. Admittedly, I find it hard to counsel them when the value of a diploma and the future of society keeps moving before I have time to adjust.

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Bridging the School-to-Business Gap: What Public Schools Can Learn From Industry

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Project management and rapid prototyping dominates business and many of our most-sought after jobs require collaboration and multidisciplinary, higher-order thinking. Think of it like this: normally when schools teach how to write a research paper, students taught how to conduct research, format, edit for grammar, etc.

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What YouTube and Hollywood Divas Can Teach You About Active Learning

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A tattoo writing exercise. Faculty Club is a multidisciplinary community of educators sharing ideas to advance innovation and celebrate excellence in higher education. YouTube videos for extra credit. Guidebooks to structure group work. Vocab riddles.

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Why Do So Many Schools Want to Implement Project-Based Learning, But So Few Actually Do?

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Project-Based Learning (PBL) allows learners to develop skills by solving meaningful, real-world challenges , i.e. organizing a 5k race to raise money for charity or writing and performing a play on the colonization of Mars. It’s hard to assess performance Hands-on learning is inherently multidisciplinary. It takes time.