eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Key points: Dyslexic students often incur additional stress in the classroom Using different learning tools and regular communication can help students’ comfort levels See related article: The intersection of the science of reading and edtech Reading-based learning differences such as dyslexia can pose unique challenges for students in school.

Reading

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

After a semester where I threw out the syllabus, I was left with an inspiring question: How can I make my future courses more practical and still keep the academic writing and the academic requirements intact? Research has shown that young children’s brains are primed for this kind of hands-on, exploratory learning.

Teaching

eSchool News

JULY 12, 2023

Ellipsis Education , a leader in computer science curriculum for K-12 education, has launched the Curriculum Delivery Platform (CDP) that will provide everything educators need to teach computer science in one place. About Ellipsis Education Ellipsis Education is removing barriers to teaching computer science. CARMEL, Ind.

Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GameSalad – design games using drag and drop and learn computer science and programming Gamestar Mechanic – fun, game-based quests and courses to help students learn game design and make their own video games GetKahoot (iOS/Android)- quickly create fun multimedia trivia games and compete against peers.

Gamification

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Translating Research Into Practice When it comes to the constantly-evolving science of how we learn, what’s fact—or fiction? A Hidden Dimension: Equitable Science Classrooms : Perhaps you’ve heard of the Next Generation Science Standards. Thursday, March 7, 2 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

Syllabus

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2016

AP Computer Science is getting a facelift—or rather, an entirely new face. The College Board has announced that this fall it will launch a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP Computer Science Principles , a program that the organization hopes will engage more females and students of color in computer science.

Science

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“No teacher is going to put in 1,000 person-hours of his or her time in order to get a benefit of 200 person-hours that he or she may save,” Ashok Goel, a professor of computer science and cognitive science at Georgia Institute of Technology, told EdSurge in an interview earlier this year.

Teaching

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. 2024), they, too, will continue to make unparalleled strides in education, personalization, and accessibility.

Quizzes

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc. Learning science principles for instructors. Designing an inclusive syllabus. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 13 : 453-468. CEI (2022).

Syllabus

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

For example, a philosophy professor at University of Notre Dame designed an introductory course that draws on “ interactive digital essays ” published on mobile-friendly web pages attached to the online syllabus, reports Inside Higher Ed. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop. For example, from 9 a.m.

Distance Learning

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration.

Syllabus

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in computer science and is focusing on artificial intelligence, and he says the danger of creating chatbot students is that they might bring in “inherent bias” based on how they are trained. One idea being explored is a project that he says they “jokingly call Syllabot.”

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration.

Syllabus

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

And a small cluster of boys needed extra space in their day to work on robotics and coding projects, on top of their computer science and physics work. According to our mission , Honolulu’s Assets High School “serves gifted and capable students specializing in those with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences.

Learning

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Goel, a professor of computer science and cognitive science, and his team have refined perhaps the first robot teaching assistant, dubbed Jill Watson. But he doubts that experiments like Jill Watson will work outside of a few computer-science classes (where, after all, the students are learning to build bots themselves). “We

Teaching

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Proceedings of the national academy of sciences , 111 (23), 84108415.

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1512 (1), 29–45. Behavioral Sciences,12 (12), 511. Procedia Computer Science, 172, 3-8. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (16), 4530-4535. 2016), and culturally responsive teaching is a powerful tool for creating robust learning environments (Byrd, 2016).

Culture

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc. Learning science principles for instructors. Designing an inclusive syllabus. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 13 : 453-468. CEI (2022).

Syllabus

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey - Mark Engstrom, head of middle and upper school at Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, shares an encouraging story about rethinking curriculum to encourage “students to make decisions and take a more active role as learners.”.

Learning

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

For example: designing and promoting the use of a syllabus template, aligning objectives with outcomes, promoting multimodal teaching, offering professional development workshops, serving on faculty committees, implementing accreditation standards, publishing articles, and scheduling specialized one-on-ones with faculty. References Binder, M.

Schools

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Proceedings of the national academy of sciences , 111 (23), 84108415.

Plagiarism

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters. I want students to use their passions to shape projects, control the pace of their content and set their own deadlines, but building this kind of learning environment is challenging.

Teaching

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1512 (1), 29–45. Behavioral Sciences,12 (12), 511. Procedia Computer Science, 172, 3-8. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (16), 4530-4535. 2016), and culturally responsive teaching is a powerful tool for creating robust learning environments (Byrd, 2016).

Culture

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman Peña-Guzman researches the philosophy of science, technology and other subjects. When the syllabus says no laptops unless you have a disability, it automatically sort of outs those students,” he said. “But I found it easier to make make connections in the reading, versus when I’m reading in chunks.” It’s pervasive.

Reading

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

For example: designing and promoting the use of a syllabus template, aligning objectives with outcomes, promoting multimodal teaching, offering professional development workshops, serving on faculty committees, implementing accreditation standards, publishing articles, and scheduling specialized one-on-ones with faculty. References Binder, M.

Schools

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2021

A sketch about sexual harassment draws on studies from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. I tend to leave thinking, ‘I can imagine how I can change my syllabus.’” Research for each script is culled from reports, interviews and observations of actual incidents at colleges. Photo by Tae Hoon Yoo. “The

Culture

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

Fitting with the conference’s theme this year around improvement science, Heath’s talk started off with a lesson in psychology, in particular around what and why people remember. He asks professors to imagine they have a group of dream students, and to fill in the following sentences: 3-5 years from now, my students will know __.

Instructors

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

That includes humanities, social science, STEM and communications, but all of those classes are maybe working on the senses for six weeks or immigration for eight weeks. I was literally handed a syllabus the week before I taught, and no one in five years ever saw me teach a class. This is what we're calling an integrated curriculum.

Education

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. Science Edventures: You don’t have to wait for the clock to strike to start teaching.” Newbury, Peter.

Exams

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

First, I told students via my syllabus that if I received a report saying a paper had AI content, they could be considered to be cheating if they could not provide proof of authorship. Popular Science. Finally, I could help prove a student had actually written their paper. The Washington Post. 2023, May 25). 2018, August 23).

Academic Integrity

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In his book, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (2006) , he describes how we humans are hard-wired to connect with one another. On the first day of the chemistry course the teacher provided a routine overview of the syllabus. Join us on Tuesday, February 26 at 1 pm PT/4PM ET. Just RSVP here.

Attention

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With $90M awarded to OpenStax which was received from the National Science Foundation to enhance their library, I’m sure the resources will only get better. From a Pokémon-themed syllabus to a ‘Squid Games’ escape room, she loves integrating pop culture into her assignments to make learning fun and memorable.

Textbooks

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These questions draw from information on the syllabus (which they are provided with the week before we meet) as well as general trivia like what’s Netflix’s most watched series, what is the most desired corporate stock, etc. Science Edventures: You don’t have to wait for the clock to strike to start teaching.” Newbury, Peter.

Exams

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

These include hard science, math, and math-intensive classes like macroeconomics. pick your teacher and section (if available) and then upload your syllabus. Whichever you select, the value seems well worth it if you are struggling with the math, science, or econ classes it covers. pick the subject you want to work on.

Textbooks

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

First, I told students via my syllabus that if I received a report saying a paper had AI content, they could be considered to be cheating if they could not provide proof of authorship. Popular Science. Finally, I could help prove a student had actually written their paper. The Washington Post. 2023, May 25). 2018, August 23).

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Then, the instructor proceeds to conduct a short lecture where course materials such as the syllabus, slides, or videos might be shared with everyone through a QR code (see Figure 1).

Student Engagement

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Clearly, science fiction robots are so much more than machines.

Plagiarism