Tech-Based Teaching

Women Mathematicians The objects in this collection illustrate diverse aspects of the personal and professional lives of several women mathematicians.

“Most of the items in the Smithsonian collections that relate to women mathematicians are connected with pioneering women who joined the growing American mathematical community before World War II.” (via Smithsonian) buff.ly/Hpy7Hpn #MathSky

Wolfram Language function GeoRegionValuePlot.

Tools of the geographer: GeoRegionValuePlot 🌍
Use colors to associate numeric values with regions on a map.
https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRegionValuePlot

Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Math Class Teachers can use these routines to seamlessly integrate SEL into math instruction to boost students’ proficiency and encourage a positive math identity.

SEL-infused math classrooms outperform their peers by an average of 4 percentile points, with academic gains doubling when practices are sustained over time. 📈

Try these daily instructional routines to reap the benefits!

#MathSky #ITeachMath #SEL

STUDENT VOICES: Two recent college graduates have a message to their 17-year-old selves: Don’t go it alone Like millions of students across the country, we recently graduated from college. We know how unlikely this moment once seemed. It wasn’t easy to get to college in the first place, let alone graduate. Our senior year of high school was abruptly upended by the chaos of the pandemic. Schools shut down, isolation set in and the future became clouded with uncertainty. The already-confusing path to higher education suddenly felt nearly impossible to navigate. In addition, one of us (Raven) is a Filipino American, while the other (Javonte) is a Black first-generation college student.

STUDENT VOICES: Two recent college graduates have a message to their 17-year-old selves: Don’t go it alone

Like millions of students across the country, we recently graduated from college. We know how unlikely this moment once seemed. It wasn’t easy to get to college in the first place, let alone…

Using Learning Stories for Student Reflection Reflection too often gets shoved aside over the school year. This system will immerse it into your classroom routine so it gets the attention it deserves.

“Students were not just sharing a last-minute reflection the week before conferences — they were walking their families through their own ‘story’ as a writer over the year thus far. How cool is that?” (via @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social) #EduSky

"I have traded 'Show your work' for 'Make it clear how you arrived at your answer,' and I feel much better about it." —Teacher Matt Enlow

📝 Would this change feel clearer for your Ss?

How to Bring More Joy Into Your Classroom In the face of the burnout and disconnection that both students and teachers are experiencing, being able to laugh and smile is essential.

In the face of the burnout and disconnection that both students and teachers are experiencing, being able to laugh and smile is essential. @greatergoodedu.bsky.social

How to Bring More Joy Into Your Classroom
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

What the metaphor of ‘rewiring’ gets wrong about neuroplasticity | Aeon Essays The metaphor of rewiring offers an ideal of engineered precision. But the brain is more like a forest than a circuit board

“The reality of neuroplasticity is far messier: it’s a biological process that is incremental and frustratingly slow.” Exploring neuroplasticity as metaphor, from @Aeon.co. #BrainSky buff.ly/HoCtU29

The false promise of a tech job. : It's Been a Minute Learn to code, they said! And then the layoffs started happening...The tech industry is hemorrhaging jobs. According to one estimate, there have been over 700,000 tech workers laid off since 2022.…

After the tech boom and learning to code for job readiness has started to peter out, what’s next? (via @NPR.org) buff.ly/fhS6tys #STEM

Why Computational Thinking Matters in 2026 — and Beyond Computational thinking has been an important part of this blog since its inception. You’ll find posts on everything from concepts like…

Why #ComputationalThinking is so valuable.

Most-Viewed People on Wikipedia in 2025 How Catalyst Events Imprint Social Memory—Wolfram Blog A deeper look into traffic on highly viewed Wikipedia pages, the effect of catalyst events and a comparison to the baseline of pageviews. Data exploration and visualizations using Wolfram Language.

Exploring #Wikipedia as it turns 25 years old, one spike in pageviews at a time. (via @WolframResearch.bsky.social)

Rethinking What We Choose to Measure in Schools - EdSurge News In the push for accountability, this educator grapples with information overload and diminishing classroom time.

How can data be more meaningful when it comes to assessment? On @EdSurge.com, one educator considers what is measured. buff.ly/AyewO86 #EduSky

Hate PD? Try Voluntary Piloting This teacher-led model for professional development is a formula for deep, reflective learning and long-lasting change. Read how one group of teachers did it.

With so much new technology and tech PD feeling unavoidable, why not consider voluntary pilots to develop skills and get buy-in from educators? (via @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social) buff.ly/MJDF5FS #EduSky

Designing Instruction That Accounts for Student Attention Techniques such as interweaving direct instruction with active learning tasks help students practice sustained, intentional focus.

How can you harness science to help meet students where they are with waning attention? (via @Edutopia.org) buff.ly/Y4o0biW #EduSky #AcademicSky

Don’t Reread, Retrieve: The Benefits of Retrieval Practice It can be hard for a student to learn new information. But rather than rereading, they can use retrieval practice to retain what they…

Don’t cram information; retrieve it. buff.ly/CR53acZ #EduSky

"One feedback strategy I love is CHECK ADD STAR. Check in with your partner, add something to the writing that makes it stronger and find the sentence that really stands out & give it a star." —Teacher Jami Witherell

✔️ Suggestions + ⭐️ Affirmation = Collaborative learning

Peering Into the Future: Look for These K-12 Education Trends in 2026 - EdSurge News To help readers focus on top trends worthy of their attention, EdSurge journalists distilled expertise from education sources of all sorts into about ...

Interest in expanded career pathways and early college access is rising in K–12 education discussions for 2026. https://bit.ly/4pRsHxW

OPINION: We cannot wait until high school or college to integrate computer science lessons  The future of work will demand fluency in both science and technology. From addressing climate change to designing ethical AI systems, tomorrow’s challenges will require interdisciplinary thinkers who can navigate complex systems and harness the power of computation. And that is why we can’t wait until high school or college to integrate computer science into general science. The time to begin is during middle school, that formative period when students begin to shape their identities, interests and aspirations. If schools want to prepare young people for a future shaped by technology, they must act now to ensure that computer science is not a privilege for a few but a foundation for all.

OPINION: We cannot wait until high school or college to integrate computer science lessons 

The future of work will demand fluency in both science and technology. From addressing climate change to designing ethical AI systems, tomorrow’s challenges will require interdisciplinary thinkers who can…

Kaleidoscopic creations in just 140 characters #WithWolfram 🌀
https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/19/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-one-liner-competition

#WolframLanguage #coding #programming #geometry #maths

AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together A high school English teacher wondered: What happens when students can openly discuss AI boundaries, then reflect on their own use through a simple survey?

Great tips on AI use from @thevogelman.bsky.social!
-discuss nuances
-model acceptable use
-use to push (not replace) thinking
-be transparent
-be curious
-be reflective

AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...

Motivation Effects and Efficiency of Retrieval Practice over Lecture — The Learning Scientists Retrieval practice is one of the most robust strategies that we have for durable learning. Today I’m reviewing a study that pushed retrieval practice to it’s limits. If retrieval practice is THIS effe...

"Across all studies, the conditions that included retrieval practice far outperformed lecture only conditions."
@drcindynebel.bsky.social via @learningscientists.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/10...

Easel paper reads, "The answer is 25 stickers. What is the question?" Beneath, students have submitted answers on sticky notes.

A change in perspective can make all the difference!

T Kathy Minas (themathcollective on IG) mixes it up by giving the answer first – and asking learners for the question:

www.instagram.com/p/DO1o9bSEmr9/

#MTBoS

Stephen Wolfram Writings, "100 Years Since Principia Mathematica."

A day for logic, foundations and very long proofs. 🧠
Marking the life and work of Alfred North Whitehead on his 165th anniversary, with @stephenwolfram.bsky.social's insights into Principia Mathematica:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2010/11/100-years-since-principia-mathematica

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Retrieval practice, concept maps, elaboration, and spaced practice: all effective ways to study. (via ISTE.org) buff.ly/DYjAhp4 #EduSky #AcademicSky

From the lab to the classroom Most students who earn a PhD in physics build careers outside of research. Meet four physicists who went from particle physics research to teaching high school physics and math.

Read about the joys of teaching with stories from four PhDs who went from the lab to the classroom. (via @symmetrymagazine.org) buff.ly/DLsHi96 #EduSky #STEM

Reader Interest Survey—Can You Help? The new year is a time of assessing old ideas and trying out new ones — and that includes looking at how we can support you.

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Essentials of Complex Analysis: A Free, Interactive eTextbook from Wolfram Media—Wolfram Blog ebook covers the main topics in a first course in complex analysis, emphasizing accessible exposition and solved examples instead of rigorous proofs. A free online video course is also available.

“Whether you’re a student in mathematics, engineering or scientific fields, you’re likely to encounter complex analysis—the study of complex numbers and complex functions.” Check out this free digital textbook and accompanying online course from @WolframResearch.bsky.social! buff.ly/jiFs2G9 #MathSky

Words Matter: Teachers Who Use Math Vocabulary Help Students Do Better in Math | KQED Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices.

“The average teacher used 140 math-related words per lesson. But there was wide variation.” The impact of using math vocabulary and how it may correlate with student success. buff.ly/SlAucj9 @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social #MathSky #iTeachMath #STEM

how to study — Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists Here to help you learn more!

Whether you’re taking a class or self-studying, the “how to study” tag on @learningscientists.bsky.social’s blog links to interesting posts focusing on many science-based practices. buff.ly/wOSWhGY #EduSky #StudySky

Does Retrieval Practice also Cause Forgetting? Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #124

“When I first read about retrieval-induced forgetting I was concerned... could this mean that using retrieval practice causes a learner to lose other knowledge?” An interesting look on #RetrievalPractice and forgetting. (via @jwfirth.bsky.social) buff.ly/1mC7Dh9 #AcademicSky #EduSky