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July 26, 2018

THE FUTURE GENERATION STEM LEARNING IS SMART

Earlier this month California became the seventh state to adopt a new brand set of K-12 science outlines, dubbed Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS. The “real world” approach to science mastery focuses on engineering, problem solving, modeling, and cause and effect experiments. Other states that are on-board with the science outlines are Maryland, Nevada, Kentucky, […]

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LESS GIRLS IN STEM… HOW THIS AFFECTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH

“You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…” It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year engineering undergraduate student; but when I remember the time a fellow female student made this comment, I can still feel a visceral, bodily reaction: my muscles tense, my heart rate increases, my breath quickens. Comments like

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10 WAYS TO USE FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM

If you have not already started using Facebook in the classroom, now is the time. As teachers strive to keep their students engaged, Facebook is a unique tool that allows teachers and students to interact in a new way. As Kevin Hull explains, “As the most popular social networking website, especially among high school aged students, Facebook

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Smartphones in the Classroom—The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly!

If you gather a room full of teachers and ask if they incorporate smartphones in their lessons, be prepared for a passionate debate. I was reminded of this debate recently when I read two articles, both of which were published in June 2017. In one article, the writer advocated that teachers should never ban using

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WHY TEACHERS SHOULDN’T BAN SMARTPHONES

As smartphones have become more common, educators have struggled with the question of what to do with smartphones in the classroom. For high school educators, the answer has been to ban smartphones from the classroom completely. College professors have also banned smartphones in increasing numbers. But now there’s some evidence to suggest that banning smartphones

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