Above the span of my 22-year occupation as South Carolina general public school educator, I have taught in self-contained lecture rooms and I’ve been in departmentalized settings. Though I adore educating all subjects, I normally opt for English/language arts and social studies, in aspect since I really like the problem […]
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BeTimeful Hides Social Media Distractions
BeTimeful is a browser extension that is designed to hide social media distractions during your working hours. There are similar browser extensions that block your access to social media sites during working hours. What makes BeTimeful different is that instead of entirely blocking your access to social media sites, BeTimeful […]
Minneapolis’ Aim Academy of Science and Technology Selects Discovery Education to Support Science and Social Studies
SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 26, 2022)—The Aim Academy of Science and Technology in Minneapolis, MN, today announced it has selected Discovery Education — the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place— to support science and social studies instruction in all grades. In collaboration with Discovery […]
A New Social App – The New York Times
Have you heard of BeReal? If not, here is how it works: Once a day, at an unpredictable time, BeReal notifies its users that they have two minutes to post a pair of pictures, one from each phone camera, taken simultaneously. The only way to see what other people have […]
Why we need a socially responsible approach to ‘social reading’
College instructors feel frustrated when students don’t do the reading. We understand. Faculty want their students to succeed. There are few teaching experiences more awkward than questioning students about a reading assignment only to be met with silence. Yet a silent class — whether online or face-to-face — may not […]
As the volume of social sciences journal articles increases, academic book publication is slowing
Credit: CC0 Community Area An Educational Analytics Study Middle (AARC) research posted in the journal PLOS A single has uncovered that the social sciences are changing: In the past ten years, journal short article publications have elevated, although the publication of textbooks has declined. The over-all enhance in scholarly journal […]
Beyond social mobility, college students value giving back to society
Credit rating: Unsplash/CC0 General public Area Learners who are the 1st in their family to show up at college or university tend to see it as a usually means to strengthen their private life and as an possibility for social mobility. That contrasts with the principal message pupils get from […]
STEM Day Learning Resources from Our Social Impact Partners
In conjunction with leading social impression associates, Discovery Instruction is supplying partaking electronic mastering means to college students, academics, and households to support National STEM Working day observances nationwide. Held on a yearly basis on November 8th, Nationwide STEM Day unites communities in celebrating the worth of instructing science, technology, […]
Social media is reshaping British universities’ value systems in a scramble for likes and shares
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Universities’ value judgements about research are becoming ‘coupled’ to social media platforms as they compete for funding by demonstrating their influence beyond academia, an analysis suggests. The study, by researchers at the University of Cambridge, focused on how universities use social media in ‘impact’ case studies, […]
Dynamic New Virtual Field Trips From Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Help Students Explore STEM in the World Around Them
To aid students investigate the exciting the several ways STEM is shaping the world around them, Discovery Training and foremost corporate and community partners proudly introduce four new engaging, no-cost digital industry outings (VFTs). Master more and sign-up for the new virtual field outings and locate all the resources here. […]
New Report Lays Out 10-Year Research Agenda in Social Science for Dementia and Alzheimer’s
By 2060, nearly 14 million individuals in the U.S. will be living with dementia, like Alzheimer’s ailment. A new report charts a program for the following 10 decades of investigation in the behavioral and social sciences that can level to feasible pathways for slowing or preventing dementia and easing its […]