#CourseofMind is an @ISTEofficial initiative that seeks to help educators and education leaders leverage #LearningSciences & edtech to improve student learning.
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Join a preview of #ISTELive with @AERDF on Tuesday, June 5 at 2 PM ET detailing proven methods for improving Edtech product design & implementation. Featuring:
✅ Real success stories
✅ Hands-on exercises
✅ Background on AERDF’s initiatives
Register: iste.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
ALT Promotional banner for a webinar titled "Co-Creating the Future of Edtech: Ways to Get Started at ISTELive 24" scheduled for June 5, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET. It features images and names of two individuals: Speaker Garron Hillaire, Director of Learning Initiatives at AERDF, and Host Tal Havivi, Managing Director of R&D at JSTE. The ISTELive 24 logo is displayed in the corner.
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Perhaps #AI will help teachers and students...but @benjaminjriley worries that we're not learning from past mistakes and mis-starts...
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Our blogger regularly encourages us not to "do this thing" but to "think this way."
In this helpful post, @teach_head offers a strategy to create "shared situational awareness" -- a way of THINKING together.
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(Handy acronym included.)
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Should students make their own #flashcards, or use premade ones?
Our blogger explores contradictory research to find a nuanced (but sensible!) answer:
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Teachers deserve our appreciation year-round for all they do to help our students learn, grow, & succeed. But this week especially, we're celebrating & thanking our teachers for their hard work & dedication to education.
Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek!
#TAW24 #ThankATeacher
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Looking to build an online community? Since we are often asked for advice on how to make them engaging and respectful spaces, we have compiled our top six tips on growing a successful online community. Find out more here: the-learning-agency.com/guid…
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Thanks @SChewPsych for this fabulous graphic about choke points... SO useful, great for discussion.
Visually useful for teacher AND students!
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Great article authored by @FCPSMaryland teachers! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼@KentWetzelFCPS
Despite educational trends and initiatives that come and go, the one constant that remains in education is that every learner brings their brain with them to class.
That's why educators need to understand how the brain learns. bit.ly/3P7cEgb #LearningSciences
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What if #math misconceptions aren’t speed bumps in learning but are signs that give teachers clues about wrong ideas that students have? @UlrichBoser explores the growing interest among #educators around misconceptions in this @Forbes article.
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Edtech companies should do more to test their products with students during the design process, some instructional designers argue. buff.ly/4cijRUp
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In this interview with @mrsparkstweets, teacher and founder of @myshortanswer, he discusses how #technology and #AI are changing how teachers approach writing instruction. Read the interview here:
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If students "productively struggle" with "desirable difficulty," does it matter which phrase we use?
Our blogger explores the battle between semi-synonymous phrases:
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Should teachers use SURPRISE to overcome students' prior #misconceptions?
Recent research says: YES!
Our blogger explains the study (and offers a few cautions of his own):
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A typical school day asks students to sit still for long periods, listen in large groups and follow a strict schedule. Our system demands that we choose efficiency over what works for cognitively diverse student learners.
Read more below: edsurge.com/news/2024-01-24-…
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Are you a visual or auditory learner? Maybe neither? There is significant scientific research to support the idea that tailoring teaching to learning styles is not beneficial. Read @ulrichboser’s take. #education #k12 buff.ly/42d7CE2
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What are the limits of using #neuroscience to inform classroom practice?
In this video, @NateJoseph19 interviews our blogger, @AndrewWatsonTTB.
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tl;dw: neuroscience is usually fascinating, but doesn't often directly produce classroom-ready advice.
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Read up on three note-taking strategies you can use to improve comprehension. 🔽
Interested in better understanding how students learn? Enroll in the "Launch into Learning Sciences" #ISTEu course: bit.ly/3HfC2Mi
#Education @CourseOfMind
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Good news! Everyone is in favor of #chunking.
Bad news! People use the word "chunking" to mean very different things.
So, do we really know what we're in favor of?
Our blogger muses:
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We can all work to improve education by supporting the goal of improving development and research. Read @ulrichobser’s take in @thehill. #education buff.ly/3u7YQdS
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There are plenty of math misconceptions floating around. This article dives deep into the evidence. #education #k12 buff.ly/493L1N3