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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

EdTech Magazine

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. Tech Infrastructure and Support Allows for Classroom Innovation.

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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

EdTech Magazine

According to a recent Pew survey , just 61 percent of those surveyed thought K–12 schools were properly teaching reading, writing and math, and only 25 percent thought schools were giving STEM classes enough time in the classroom.

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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

EdTech4Beginners

Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. I also expect to see a lot more robotics and makerspaces in schools. What benefits do you think it can bring to the classroom? Another example of this is smartphones.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The Marketplace also includes free curriculum content from its partners, including Google Classroom, Newsela, and more.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

eSchool News

Diversity stands for acknowledging that there is a range of differences in the classroom. We started looking more closely at how our students were using tech in the classroom. We also are 1:1 with our devices–our students do take their HP or Lenovo laptops home. In my opinion, the issue is beyond being equitable.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Yes, teens. What will these teens expect of tech based on their current experiences?

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