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Season 1 of the Galactic Cow launched in 2023, and we're starting work on Season 2. It's a great time to revisit your favorite episodes, or listen for the first time. If you are interested in what
Season 1 of the Galactic Cow launched in 2023, and we're starting work on Season 2. It's a great time to revisit your favorite episodes, or listen for the first time. If you are interested in what role education could play in our growth as a species ♥
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With all the upheaval at (https://mastodon.teachmaths.org/tags/reddit) I've been looking for (https://mastodon.teachmaths.org/tags/teacher)-related groups in the (https://ma
With all the upheaval at #reddit I've been looking for #teacher-related groups in the #lemmy / #kbin #fediverse. Two I've found are : @teaching and @australian\_teachers
Have you found any others?
Interesting teaching manipulatives
Any interesting manipulatives that you recommend in your teaching? I've recently got excited waiting for these Magnetic White Board Blocks from Bozeman Science: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bozemanscience/switch-its-magnetic-dry-erase-blocks
Book Recommendations
I've been looking for a couple of books to read this summer to change up my practice. I'd love some recommendations.
Here's a few that I recommend from previous summers:
- Make it Stick https://www.retrievalpractice.org/make-it-stick - Making learning "sticky" for students
- Teach Like a Champion 2.0 https://teachlikeachampion.org/books/teach-like-champion-2-0 - A great book for sample procedures (the book also comes with a little video for each procedure so you can watch it in action)
Here's what I'm reading so far this summer:
- Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics https://buildingthinkingclassrooms.com/
What are your favorite digital labs?
I really like digital labs they're no mess and it's really easy for students to make them up when they're absent.
Here's a few places that I get mine:
- whscience.org - I especially like the Bug in the Meadow lab. Since I started using it, I haven't had to clean up bits of paper off my carpet. I also really like his Pedigree Tree Diagram Maker
- PhET - Great simulations for students to try things out without blowing things up.
What are some other great ones?
Absolutely! When a student finds the joy of music, they have become a musician.
I also look for what the student does well- what kind of musician are they? Some a great at reading sheet music, some are great at improvising, some are story tellers that see a song as a vehicle for their craft. Imo, it's best to treat the student as a genius. As Viktor Frankl said, "If we overestimate [our student], we can promote them to who they can be [...] If we take [our student] as they are, we make them worse, but if we take them as who they should be, we make them who they can be"
This book is great for gamification of the classroom: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986155500
Michael Matera Explore Like a Pirate: Gamification and Game-Inspired Course Design to Engage, Enrich and Elevate Your Learners
@locness3 you mention the name of the community, eg.
@ asklemmy @ discuss.tchncs.de
(obviously without the spaces 🙂 )
I found a few (but they're not very active unfortunately):
I don't have access to TikTok, but the following article challenges the traditional transmission model that is still quite prevalent today: https://educationrickshaw.com/2017/12/02/after-100-years-of-the-same-teaching-model-its-time-to-throw-out-the-playbook/
Students will certainly learn from each other. The question is, what will they learn? The transmission model is seductive because it allows the teacher to ensure that the content meets the the required learning outcomes laid out in the curriculum. Giving students more autonomy may work well for some, but there will also be a lot of cases where students will not engage with the desired content, and will instead find other things to entertain themselves. Keeping students on task is a constant challenge, but with the transmission model there is at least the illusion that students are taking in the required content.