The January 2025 meeting of the New Teacher Working Group centered on refining teaching strategies, assessment practices, and classroom management techniques. A member shared insights from their recent student-led experiment project, where students designed chemical reaction experiments. While they initially struggled with…
Read MoreThe January 2025 meeting of the Harnessing AI for Educators working group featured a presentation by Dave Rakestraw, who explored two primary topics: using the phyphox smartphone app and ChatGPT for physics experiments, and leveraging ChatGPT for interview preparation and college counseling….
Read MoreThe January 2025 meeting of the Equity Lab continued the group’s book club discussion, focusing on Punished for Dreaming, while also providing a space for sharing educational resources, discussing recent news related to equity in STEM, and exploring ways for members to…
Read MoreFOR OUR UFT Colleagues! STEMteachersNYC will be offering our UFT colleagues early access AND a universal code for 50% off all 2025 summer workshops! We are excited to be bringing you hands-on workshops on new regents investigations, leveraging dialogue in lower grades…
Read MoreDecember 2024 The Environmental Science Consilience Reading Club held its first meeting on December 9, 2024, uniting educators and learners in a shared commitment to exploring sustainable, resilient, and adaptive systems. The group, which meets monthly, provides a welcoming space to blend…
Read MoreHarnessing AI for Education: Exploring PlayLab.AI and Ethical Integration – December 2024 Highlights
December 2024 Led by one of our working group members, the December 12 meeting of the Harnessing AI for Educators working group explored the potential of PlayLab.AI as a platform for creating custom AI tools tailored to education. PlayLab.AI as an open-source…
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