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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

Digital Promise

They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors. Each student learned how to create brushes from words related to their subject matter. They showed us where a signal goes and how to tailor equipment around students’ needs,” he says.

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Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students

Educator Innovator

Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country. It’s a particularly good way to teach creative problem-solving in the STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October.

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The TeacherCast Ultimate Guide To Podcasting

TeacherCast

For example, on the macro level, you might take a look at the entire year month by month: January: STEM in the Classroom. In our blog post called, “ How To Create A Podcast Using Your MacBook Or Apple Device, ” we discuss how easy the MacOS platform is to get started podcasting … for FREE! March: Podcasting.

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The Connected Learning Summit 2018: Thoughts on Making

Educator Innovator

Read about Jeff’s work with creativity and “maker thinking” with Agency by Design , and watch another inspirational talk from Michelle, this one from TedxPittsburgh: “ How to Make a Life.”. See the extensive resource library Stephanie Chang and Maker Ed have created. By David Cole.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Beate W. Global Citizen.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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