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RobotLAB Inks Landmark Robotics Partnership with American Samoa Department of Education

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DALLAS, TX – RobotLAB , an award-winning robotics integrator that delivers impactful technological innovations and solutions for educators and business owners across the globe, has inked a momentous partnership with the American Samoa Department of Education.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. That arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic.”. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators.

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Science Interactive Group Acquires Another Company to Grow Its Lab Education Kits

Edsurge

At least, that’s the idea for Tim Loomer, CEO of science education holding company Science Interactive Group. Science Interactive claims it will be the largest lab products and services provider to the distance education market, servicing more than 650 higher education institutions following the acquisition. The Englewood, Colo.-based

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PBS Show Will Teach Preschoolers How To Think Like Computers

Edsurge

Some believe educators should focus on building soft skills like empathy and interpersonal communication so humans and robots can complement one another. However, other education thought leaders are ready to beat computers at their own game by teaching people to think like intelligent machines.

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This futuristic afterschool program really works, so why is the funding being slashed?

The Hechinger Report

A 5-foot-tall functioning robot leads a phalanx of smaller, award-winning robots—all built by students—stacked high on wire shelves behind it. In addition to project-based learning, SR1 kids travel statewide and compete in robotics tournaments and visit college campuses. And for many, that pipeline is gone. A ‘huge’ blow.

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How Teaching Spatial Skills Could Be Part of a School’s Strategic Plan

MindShift

Spatial skills don’t get a lot of attention in K-12 education, despite research pointing to the link between spatial reasoning and academic achievement, creativity and the arts. In 2007, Columbus School for Girls added “spatial skills development” to its new strategic plan, based on suggestions from Swarlis and a fellow administrator.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Global Education Conference Keynotes. The great majority of these events are free to attend.