Welcome to the “Eduporium Featured Educator” interview. Each month, Eduporium highlights the work of an educator who is using EdTech to empower students. We are so excited to share their stories and their work with you! In this month’s profile, we talked to Heather Breton, a second-grade teacher in Rhode Island.
The economy is filled with vacant STEM jobs that not enough people are qualified to fill. For whatever reason, there are not enough college students pursuing STEM majors, like coding, robotics, engineering, and more. Could it be something as simple as not realizing that the STEM economy is where the jobs are?
Everything educators do for their students should, in some way, be able to help them succeed in the future. This includes all of the lesson plans they create, the tools they bring into their classrooms, and even the attitudes they show, themselves. It will take a lot for students to fully prepare for a world we’re not too sure of, but one thing is clear. Read on for more.
We understand that it is tremendously difficult for teachers to create custom lessons for each individual student, but we also fear that some students will be left behind if they’re not being taught in a way that works for them. Personalized learning is attainable—so long as educators take some certain steps and go about it in the right way.
Ah, the myth of having summers off. Those outside the teaching profession tend to become filled with jealousy every year about this time because they’re stuck at work and teachers are stuck…doing absolutely nothing. Or so that’s what they think. The fact is that, especially today, teachers cannot afford to take summers completely off.
The fact is that not all students learn in the same ways. Some are visual learners. Others need to hear things multiple times before it sticks. And, still others require a hands-on component so they can learn by doing. There is no wrong way when it comes to students’ learning style preferences and 21st century teachers have taken notice of this.
At Eduporium, we all know what it takes to provide an enriched, authentic, and inclusive 21st century education that will truly prepare today’s kids for real-world challenges. We also know this isn’t easy for principals and their teachers to attain. There are burdens to innovating in education, including, most notably, high costs of modern learning tools.
Whether it’s recommending a new show to watch or automatically buying you tickets to see your favorite band, AI is getting scary smart scary fast. It’s even making its way into 21st century education and being used in K-12 schools and higher education across the world. So, what does that mean, how can we prepare, and why is this significant?
As Tom Brady looks to win his fifth Super Bowl ring on Sunday in Houston (and who doesn’t want that?), it’s one of the biggest weekends of the year for sports fans. Not to diminish the rest of the calendar, but it’s also big for 21st century education fans. As schools near their 100th day celebrations, we’re also looking towards next year as well and planning STEM projects.
Even with technology available, you might be wondering how on Earth teachers could provide each student with a meaningful personalized experience. Personalized education has become more than just a trend in our education systems, however. When teachers provide students with content and approaches that suit them best, students often find success.
