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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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Final Schedule - "Wholehearted Libraries" Online Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 10th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.020 mini-conference of the year is next week: "Wholehearted Libraries," online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th , from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). This mini-conference will explore the human side of 21st-Century information work. The final schedule is below!

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Global Education Conference

The Electric Educator

I''d like to invite you to participate in the 2010 Global Education Conference November 15-19, 2010. Organized by Steve Hargadon and Lucy Gray , the conference is a "collaborative and world-wide community effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives."

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A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! – Mike Gorman ( [link] ).

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

Although one-to-one computing hasn’t been as transformational as some predicted in 2010, we’ve certainly seen a huge shift in how kids work and use technology in the classroom. The largest companies in 2010 were the textbook providers. When it comes to devices, many kids today have access to iPads or Chromebooks.

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Carnegie Learning Bets Big on Coding With Acquisition of Globaloria

Edsurge

He first noticed Globaloria about nine months ago, and first met Idit Harel at the ASU+GSV conference this past May. It’s not like 2005 or 2010, when many were skeptics.” “I’ve always had an interesting in finding a coding curriculum for Carnegie Learning,” Malkin said in an interview with EdSurge.

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Meet Some Heroes at This Week's Connected Educator Cafe Sessions

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

org/connectedcem-cafe/ Monday, October 21 "Connected Leadership" Milton Chen : worked at GLEF for 12 years as executive director, became senior fellow in early 2010. Friday, October 25th "Personalized Learning" Live from the ReinventED.org conference at Black Mountain SOLE, special guests TBA.' Sam Chaltain: Democracy.

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