Local game jams take place each month to further
engage students around game design and this year's three themes.
The research - based Drake approach produces measurably better instruction related to math and science teaching, preparing teachers to
engage students around STEM topics in effective, innovative, and integrated ways.
Blogger Audrey Watters shares resources and reflections for
engaging students around thorny intellectual property issues.
Not exact matches
Students explore how certain foods are grown and processed
around the world and follow this up by preparing two simple global dishes — cinque e cinque and guacamole — in an
engaging workshop.
But he also made two
student assistants famous for the practical purpose of
engaging his defense on the field but also keeping everyone
around him included, even the
student volunteers.
Chris Keates: «The Government should take note of the clear message from this report that the most effective education systems are designed
around students and learning, build teacher capacity and
engage all learners».
In a statement, D.O.E. spokeswoman Devora Kaye said: «After
engaging stakeholders
around these proposals, the panel decided to postpone the vote to allow for additional feedback and to ensure that every
student in the building — district or charter — receives the high quality education they deserve.
In Waterlivet, New York, a teachers describe
students as more
engaged and building upon skills learned from an approached centered
around the Common Core.
«You are never too young to contribute to your neighborhood and to your community,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «We need more young people like the Bronx Youth Corps
student volunteers,
students who want to be
engaged in the world
around them and who want to make a difference in the lives of others.
I believe it is essential to give
students, educators, and parents the tools they need to capture and
engage young
students» interest in the world
around them.»
In Butler's experiment,
students engaged either in rereading or in retrieval practice after reading a text that pertained to one «knowledge domain» — in this case, bats» use of sound waves to find their way
around.
The HHMI Medical Research Fellows Program supports
students engaged in year - long research training experiences at their home institutions or at laboratories
around the country.
The
student challenge is different each year, and Science Buddies» senior staff scientists work to convert the adult challenge into something accessible and
engaging for
students and with materials that are readily available
around the world.
For
students who have limited interests or are difficult to
engage, try creating a lesson plan
around one of their favorite songs.
Students around the globe are
engaged in genius hour activities about their passions and are given voice and choice in how they show their learning.
Perhaps
students could spend their first semester in small groups, meeting all day every day with a single professor to
engage deeply in a topic that relates to the world
around them, like gentrification, social class in America, or public health.
«It is also important for
students at the beginning of secondary school to arrive a few days prior to other
students to enable them to get to know the school, staff, find their way
around, and
engage in activities that have high levels of social architecture so they get to know the other new
students.
The program opens up channels of communication where members of the school
student community are given license to
engage with others, become aware of those
around them, value their peers and know that they exist in a mutually and active supportive community.
Staff have also taken
students on their own weekends to places
around our region to
engage in activities from learning about flight and getting to fly a glider, to participating in local science festivals.
Each part is
around 4 minutes and was created by two
students at Oxford who deliver it in a way which is very
engaging.
My least
engaged students become highly
engaged when project time rolls
around.
«Our
students need to be able to
engage with other
students, industry, and community groups or organisations all
around the world, and our technology will enable them to do that.»
Following a period where
students write their answers,
students should be encouraged to share their answers orally and respond to each other, allowing an opportunity for
students to
engage in a class discussion
around the questions.
The work is broad ranging from a school beginning this work through a campaign aimed at sharing stories of self to another school designing curriculum that fosters language
around race to elementary - aged
students to another school struggling with how to
engage parents of color.
Read a set of statements to
students then use the additional notes provided to
engage students in further conversation
around each point.
It would benefit greatly from incorporating decades of learning from the PBL community
around what
engages students and leads them to producing the highest quality work.
And these projects include opportunities for
students to
engage globally and solve problems with learners
around the world.
As schools
engage in conversations and planning
around Next Generation Learning, it is essential to begin designing opportunities for
students to develop transdisciplinarity — but not at the expense of deep content knowledge.
The next day, Jamie can share some of the different answers that
students came up with, and the
students can
engage in a discussion
around gameplay strategies before they play again.
Finally,
engaging curriculum — one built on questioning and inquiry and designed
around exploration — fosters cooperation and work ethic from
students.
Let's hope that Seattle and Baltimore are a stronger indication of the future of union - district cooperation
around teaching evaluations than is the case of DC and that when properly
engaged, unions can embrace the idea of teacher evaluations that include a component for
student performance as well as compensation packages that are linked to evidence of effective teaching practices.
We wanted it to be subtle enough to instill a sense of wonderment in the
students and also big enough to
engage the community
around the school.
«When designed well, these tasks are challenging and
engaging, and my
students enjoy wrapping their minds
around a problem.
And so one of the things that our group is doing right now is we're
engaging with teachers from all
around the country, in fact all
around the world, to try to learn from them what they're doing in their own classroom practice to instill a growth mindset in their
students and to help
students see intelligence, and to see their academic ability, as things that they can grow.
In this compilation, very relevant to the discussion
around OER, VideoAmy has collected some fun,
engaging videos to help teachers and
students understand the confusing subject.
Teachers are so involved with running
around helping their
students that they often can't find the time to charge the phone that's busy in the classroom
engaging all those
students.
Currently, 3D scanning is being used to digitally preserve artifacts and historical locations
around the world in an interactive format that is
engaging for your
students.
By
engaging students in activities that connect them with people
around the world, we increase their sense of global connectivity.
«We took to designing the unit of study that encouraged scientific and mathematical thinking alongside critical and creative thinking... giving
students the opportunity to
engage deeply in project - based learning
around a real - life authentic local problem,» Ryan tells Teacher.
We should look for ways to
engage critical thinking
around students» everyday media uses, whether through planned projects and lessons or informal engagement.
During the lecture portion of my class time I tried to help keep my
students engaged by moving
around the room and calling on them to answer questions or respond to the comments of others.
This highly
engaging and informative double lesson (
around 1.5 to 2 hours of teaching materials) helps build
students» ability at using varied and imaginative techniques to describe emotions in their creative writing.
With cross-disciplinary curricula that support broader school - specific goals, Global Cities and OOEL programs motivate
students to develop an interest in learning about the world and
engaging in meaningful dialogue with one another
around important global issues.
Most classrooms we observed were alive,
engaged places in which teachers appeared to have high expectations for their pupils and planned their instruction
around the assumption that
students can and want to learn.
«I think when
students can see how science is actually happening all
around them in their own environment they are more likely to gain interest and
engage,» she says, offering as example her ecology class in which 50 percent of the sessions were taught outside in the forest, «where
students can physically interact with their ecosystem.»
It was with those
students in mind, with their future at stake, and in the interest of the Commonwealth's economic vitality, that the governor
engaged more than 200 citizens to develop an action plan, a series of recommendations spanning 10 years with an immediate focus on turning
around low - performing schools and ensuring that
students are receiving the support they need outside of school to take full advantage of improved teaching and learning inside of school.
Students discuss books they're reading,
engage in debates, present plays built
around their favorite books, and much more.
Radburnd says he hopes the program encourages
students, many of whom speak English as an additional language, to continue collecting data and
engage with the environment and marine animals
around them.
Global SchoolNet: A site that
engages teachers and
students in project learning exchanges with people
around the world to develop literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness, and create multicultural understanding.
If
students are given the opportunity to collaborate, move
around, create, and
engage with each other, they're less likely to misbehave.