A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

How Drawing Maps Can Deepen Classroom And Advisory Learning

“My final pitch for maps is that in a world that is increasingly online and AI-heavy, there’s something pleasingly counter-cultural about going analog with map construction. It helps students make connections they wouldn’t otherwise make, provides an entry point to deep, worthwhile conversations, and offers students an opportunity to exercise their creativity.”

5 Study Techniques From Learning Science

“Many of the strategies students gravitate toward are among the least effective. These include rereading, highlighting, reviewing notes, and summarizing. While these approaches feel productive, research paints a different picture of how study time should be spent. Two separate, large-scale studies identified five common, high-yield study strategies for teachers and students to utilize: practice testing, […]

“How I’m Using AI Bots With My Writing Classes”

“I’ve tried two strategies with my students this year that have totally shifted my thinking about using AI in the language arts classroom, and I think they’re worth sharing. I hope my experience will encourage other writing teachers to explore AI and see if they can increase the support their students want during the writing […]

On Learning To Teach Math As Sense-Making, Pattern-Finding, And More

“As a fourth-year teacher I was blown away. I’d never considered that math could be explored, discussed, or even fun. However, my students immediately responded to Linda’s approach – raising their hands, showing their thinking on paper (something I had begged them to do for months) and, in general, feeling more positive toward math.”

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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