Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

2015 was another great year for learning apps. Canva is an accessible way to get kids -- especially design novices -- creating digitally in your classroom. The Robot Factory by Tinybop. This sandbox app lets students design robots, leveraging play to spark interest in engineering. Easy Studio - Introduction to Animation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2018

As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students in Chicago—but I found my true calling as the librarian at Hubbard Woods Elementary in Winnetka, Illinois. Create a dream binder.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2017

Unbeknownst to parents, all first-grade classes in a suburban Los Angeles elementary school were successfully taught by teacher robots during the 2015-2016 school year. “I wanted to see if they could teach real students, because we’ve seen robots help children with social-emotional learning.”

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. That’s why we’re working with these six districts: to follow along and share what they learn about piloting learning technology tools in classrooms. So our STEAM Studio teachers are going to pilot a new robotics product in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. So do most ed-tech companies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Kids played with Legos, pranced around with stuffed animals and Salesforce mascots, munched on treats, painted using Sphero robots, tinkered with portable gaming devices, made race cars and dueled with robots. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. Painting with Sphero robots at today's event. . Of the $12.2

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The startup has raised about $13 million in funding, closing $8 million in Series B in December 2015. elementary schools are using Epic!, Our children’s teachers are being asked to do so much more with less, and that’s especially hard when a classroom of students is at vastly different reading levels. classrooms?

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 9, 2016

to design a state-of-the-art science lab or classroom complete with all of the tools, resources and furnishings needed to incorporate new and innovative methods and subject matter. May 4, 2016 – The Northrop Grumman Foundation is welcoming submissions now through June 17, 2016 for the second year of its Fab School Labs online contest.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

These little girls—in kindergarten through second grade—are learning everything they need to assume their rightful positions in the boardroom, classroom, lab, or wherever their futures might take them. . 2015 Broad Fellow. 2015 Pahara Aspen-Fellow. 2015 Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year. kylesmitley.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning. The spaces in the district focus on robotics, coding and creating. ©2015 the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.). at www.mercurynews.com.

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Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

And for a closer look, check out the collection of pictures you all submitted directly to Vermont’s Hour of Code site in our 2015 Gallery. Some schools participated in making the Robot Rodeo Announcement as an opportunity to continue coding beyond and hour of code. Many of Vermont educators created your own multimedia stories.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

So she “pulls it together”, goes numb, and begins to read from her script in a robotic voice: “Step 1: the first step of emotional regulation is…” Teacher stress can interfere with effective teaching of social-emotional learning to students. Unfortunately, Lauren’s story is all too common. Source: Breathe For Change. Full sized image here.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Math performance among elementary and middle-school students has fallen by 6 to 15 percent below pre-pandemic growth rates, depending on the students’ age, since before the pandemic, according to the Northwest Evaluation Association, which administers standardized tests nationwide. gross domestic product by 2015.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

I love walking into a classroom with Spheros in my hands. These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, in his classroom with students at William J. Amesse Elementary. As girls who built robots, LED bracelets and tote bags, mobile apps, and websites said, “This is so much cooler than we thought.” Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Students at Karly’s school, Sun Terrace Elementary, program all year long and they know how important it is to learn programming. Robots are cool. Jonathan 3rd Grader “Because it’s fun!”

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Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Students at Karly’s school, Sun Terrace Elementary, program all year long and they know how important it is to learn programming. Robots are cool. Kids Think Kids Should Learn to Code!

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 30, 2014

From Sphero robots to toy skateboards, there is so much to be learned in play. The work I am most proud of right now is in elementary STEM, and those classes are not even on my schedule. When I was working alone in my classroom, unconnected to my local community as much as I was unconnected to any online community, I had a manta.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The irony was not lost on Luhtala and Burns when they rescued much-needed shelving from the elementary school. Windows and doors were removed to open up the entire space, teacher offices converted into soundproof video booths/virtual reality rooms, and the lower library furnished with flexible caster seating for double classrooms.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years. Nine thousand Highline students participated in the December 2015 “Hour of Code.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2015, when I started teaching American Literature at McClarin Success Academy, I knew I had an opportunity to break the stigmatization of at-risk youth. Some students find themselves in an alternative school because they have faced challenges outside the classroom that have contributed to learning gaps. My students deserved more.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

But then his teacher added, “He’s always tinkering with the computers in our classroom.”. In 2015, as the program was launching, I began to have in-depth conversations with emerging industry leaders in our community. Coca Cola Building, Image Credit: Monica Bilak.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

At the start of the 2015 school year, about 800 new students — the majority African-American—from schools in Oktibbeha County prepared for their first year in the newly consolidated Starkville Oktibbeha County Public School District. Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 30, 2015

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 28, 2015. One student brought a robotic dog that can be controlled through an app and another student brought his snap circuits. makered #tlchat #ccsdath [link] — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 28, 2015. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 29, 2015. xpDm7yhs0q.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Two Forest Grove Elementary School students show off their block structures for Nesra Yannier to photograph during an experiment. PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Photo: Jill Barshay. Photo: Jill Barshay.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

A 2015 Stanford study that looked at the performance of students in online charter schools found that the majority lost learning equivalent to a standard 180-day school year. A robotics competition might draw iUniversity Prep students to Austin, for example, or a running club might gather for a race in Houston.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. Morial is one of three schools that received a one-time $300,000 grant from the nonprofit New Schools for New Orleans in March 2015.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? Building Circuits in the Classroom. Joel Garcia shares his experience using Arduino micro controller boards and Sketch coding to build circuits in his classroom. What other tools are you using for programming lessons in your classrooms? Share your favorite titles here.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? While classroom technology usually takes something real and digitizes it, she said, a fab lab turns a digital creation back into something real. But we also want kids and teachers to engage with technology that would be possible to bring into their own classroom.”.

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MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Nesra Yannier reacts to student responses during an experiment at Forest Grove Elementary School (Jill Barshay). Most technology is so isolating,” she said. “I I didn’t want that.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students in Chicago—but I found my true calling as the librarian at Hubbard Woods Elementary in Winnetka, Illinois. Create a dream binder.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

But it’s down from the record-setting year in 2015 – down by about $1 billion. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Number added to the “ed-tech dead pool”: 4. The amount of investment is up from last year by over $1 billion. million this year).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. Lau Elementary. The same goes for middle and high school options.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States. However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. Diversity “really is a great advantage” in gifted classrooms, Chau said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two third-graders sat on the floor of their classroom and lined up a row of dominoes along the edge of a low-lying table. But it wasn’t indoor recess — play is one of the ways students learn every day in O’Brien’s science and social studies class at Shidler Elementary School. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 28, 2019

Subscribe to the Show Podcast PD Idea At the end of each show, you’ll hear suggestions from me on how to apply today’s learning to your classroom now. So for example, if you know that you want to try this new initiative or this new strategy in your classroom, and you see in May… in May we would have reached this goal.

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