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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

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I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers. This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators.

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How to Assess Inclusiveness in Teaching

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Renea Brathwaite, chief diversity officer and dean of professional studies at Vanguard University, is an advocate for a relentless pursuit of these metacognitive efforts. Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area. The text of your syllabus and course design. The Who’s in Class?

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

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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. Its enhanced accuracy in math and vast knowledge base make it the ideal option for teachers teaching advanced-level courses in STEM subjects.

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4 Big Shifts That Can Personalize the Learning Journey

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He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. He’s spent decades observing and coaching on school change and has worked with several hundred schools, districts, universities, and other organizations. Where’s the Humanity?

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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

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case studies and articles I had purchased over the years). A study at the University of Minnesota, found students were more likely to pay for resources available at the library if the professor went first to the permission center instead of the library to select the textbook for the class. There is clearly a disconnect here.

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Why Being in the (Online) Room Isn’t Enough: Fostering Difficult Dialogues in Digital Learning

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He referenced a study at his university that found that the majority of students who fell below a 2.0 She suggests instructors stack a syllabus with different sources and have conversations about them, or ask students to take on opinions they don’t agree with to try to understand those perspectives better.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

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What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., In a review of a health professions course syllabus, student partner Jean Genie wrote: Have you considered [.] I owa Journal of Cultural Studies , 12 (1). access to resources, prior knowledge, literacy/language background, technology, etc.)?