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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

Did you know that despite similar interests and abilities in STEM subjects (defined here as science, technology, engineering, and math), women are considerably less likely to end up in STEM careers? The good news: educating and empowering girls in STEM from a young age can overcome some of these barriers.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning. jena.passut_7651.

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TIME Innovative Teacher Helps Students with Disabilities Tap Their Superpowers

EdTech Magazine

“We need to flip the mindset that these kids have disabilities,” says Blumenfeld, a special education teacher and founder of Catalyst, a STEM program for high school students with disabilities. Through Catalyst, which she started in 2014,… They have different superpowers.”

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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

Ask a Tech Teacher

Job growth from 2010 to 2014 was in the double digits in several engineering occupations. Their tagline: “A week-long event, a year-long commitment” Do you wonder why anyone would be passionate about engineering? Forbes published three good reasons: The U.S. has approximately 1.6 million engineering jobs that pay $42 per hour in median.

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Want to Solve our STEM Skills Problem? Bring in the Professionals

Digital Promise

Recent Australian studies show there’s a decline in student participation in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in high school. We want more of our students to take up STEM in schools and universities so we have a steady stream of graduates skilled in these areas for the future.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

As a current STEM teacher in North New Jersey and a Google Certified Trainer, Billy focuses on implementing cutting-edge instructional design and is co-author of “connecting Your Students with the Virtual World.” Currently teaching STEM at the Middle School level in North New Jersey. So sign up today.

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The 2 stages of successful early STEM education revisited

eSchool News

My classroom is a safe environment where students feel it’s acceptable to try, even if they’re not going to be successful the first time–and that certainly applies to STEM education. Since the spring of 2014, I’ve worked with Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools in technology integration.

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