Educational Technology Guy

MAY 9, 2016

The contest is designed to drive student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – otherwise known as STEM - by giving public middle schools the opportunity to create the STEM lab of their dreams, made possible by a grant of up to $100,000 for each.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 28, 2015

They include ones that I feel educators might want to be a little more aware of. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Citelighter.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Science education is more than just textbooks and lectures; it’s about igniting curiosity, fostering a love for exploration, and building a deep understanding of the world around us. As educators, we’re always seeking innovative ways to engage students, and one proven method is the use of visual aids such as classroom posters.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 28, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Sign Up Now.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. At MIND, we believe a high volume of effectiveness studies is the future of a healthy market for product information in education. What can other states take from this analysis?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Founded in 2015, MEL Science has raised a total of $12 million to date. Educational customers listed on the company website include Mercury Mine Elementary School in Phoenix, Oakland Academy in Portage, Mich., About 60 percent of parents also said thy believe VR can enhance children’s education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. We actually had to learn about the frogs,” said Jerry Vasquez, who started with the project when he was a sophomore in 2015. “We STEM gives me challenges to think about.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“We are no longer keeping pace with other countries, particularly China,” it says, calling this a “dangerous” failure and urging decisionmakers to make education a national security priority. This is not an educational question alone,” said Wyner. students scored lower than their counterparts in 36 other education systems worldwide.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

With math scores falling nationwide, some educators have argued that the standard algebra-intensive math pathway is outdated and needs a revamp, both to engage more students and to help them develop relevant skills in a world increasingly reliant on data. Two states — Oregon and Ohio — offer it as an alternative to Algebra II.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Through this partnership, middle school through college-level educators can engage students in discovery-based science using Slooh’s Online Telescope and TransAstra’s breakthrough Sutter Telescope Technology. We need students from all backgrounds and with a diversity of experience, especially girls and those underrepresented in STEM fields.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

This year, Michael Soskil, a Microsoft Innovative Educator shared with me some of the great new features of Skype and demonstrated how he is using video conferencing in his classroom. In 2015 the Varkey Gems Foundation named him as a top-50 finalist for the “Nobel Prize of Teaching”, the Global Teacher Prize. Learn More about Skype.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nardolilli’s experience in designing educational games goes back to when he would create science-themed birthday parties at an after-school science center. More play in the classroom also addresses issues currently burning precarious holes in the education system. We changed the game so that each group could be run by an expert player.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Not long ago, school computer labs were a mainstay of the education environment. The impact of mobile computing on education is indisputable. Yet many educators advocate for their continued use. Portable computing power offers learning advantages in virtually any educational environment. Today, not so much.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Edchat Interactive shares best practices among educators through live online interactive events. Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Welcome to this second of many posts that will bring you over 70 STEM links. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

STEM education took center stage at the Colorado Convention Center, where Lockheed Martin announced an $800,000 STEM investment in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to expand STEM programming for Denver Public Schools (DPS) students. million in STEM talent by 2020 in the U.S.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Many people use a converted school bus as the foundation for a tiny house, others create traveling vacation homes, and others use a converted school bus for charitable or educational purposes. Related content: Texas district launches connected school buses. 6 examples of how a converted school bus can transform learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

I assumed that I would eventually learn how the brain worked because I thought that studying education meant studying how learning happens. If you are a mid-career educator like me, perhaps this sounds familiar. Although some educators are familiar with this research, most of us are not. I was wrong. What about math?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Related: Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs. North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. Yet for years, students like McGee had limited exposure to the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. Research shows that Americans’ attitudes toward language instruction may be holding them back.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. With the purchase of so many iPads, Apple also included four days of training each month during 2015-2016.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A culture powerful enough to support future STEM careers? In a 2015 evaluation of Massachusetts schools, only 54% of 4th-graders and 51% of 8th-graders tested at or above a proficient level in math. In the next ten years, STEM jobs in Massachusetts will grow more than twice the rate as non-STEM jobs.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. 8 points, respectively, between 2015 and 2016. Daniel Hodge Back in 2012, ambitious district officials in Fulton County revealed a 5-year plan. “At

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Those ideas, stemming from the Mystery Skype concept, included: a mystery animal connection, a mystery number connection, a mystery geography connection, and reading your favorite book. A difficult task for many educators. Monica holds a Ph.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. You don’t have to choose — testing or education. Vicki: We don’t have to give up rigor.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

This diversity of thought and experience should ensure that you’re getting a realistic sampling from across the education spectrum. For five years, we’ve highlighted some of the best and brightest blogs within K—12 education. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Computing Education Blog. Pull Quote.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Inside its borders are two of the nation’s best school districts — Cajon Valley Union School District and Vista Unified School District — that are working to provide students with the highest caliber of education possible. Cajon Valley celebrates the diversity of its students and makes a concerted effort to provide a global education.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

However, that does not mean there are not a lot of new items to look through, as sites/apps for programming/coding, Math/STEM, and Game Based Learning played a predominant role in this year's list. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. Xtranormal) by typing a script. .

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This past week I spent some time with some fabulous educators gathered from in and around Texas at the 2015 TCEA Convention. And these events are prime opportunities for me to learn from amazing educators. I want to model exactly what I encourage other educators to do. Only a small percentage of educators get to attend.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? Amesse Elementary.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

million, which will go towards expanding computer science education in 68 elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in San Francisco, and 20 middle schools in Oakland. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. Of the $12.2 million, SFUSD got $7 million and OUSD received $5.2 Salesforce giving to SFUSD.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

For students who have been historically marginalized, Algebra I has become a sort of gatekeeper course,” says Henry Hipps, deputy director of K-12 Education at the Gates Foundation. As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school. Awardees will be announced in early 2021.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It’s the beginning of another school year, with another class of students, and another year of quality education. At $88 per credit hour, Morton College provides the very best education at the very lowest cost of any college in northern Illinois. Op-Ed Contribution. Dr. Stanley Fields, President of Morton College, Cicero, Illinois.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? I admire her so much so we are doing a multi part series with her. There were several of us.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Educators across the nation are latching on to project-based learning (PBL) as an effective teaching method for building 21 st -century skills. Here are three educators whose innovative learning strategies are empowering their students to build the skills they need to succeed in 21 st -century careers.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sandi Adams, a Microsoft Innovative Educator at ISTE 2015, who demonstrated how she is flipping her classroom through amazing features found in Microsoft OfficeMix. Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation. Learn About Sandi Adams, MIE.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. Early exposure to higher learning is key to inspiring first-generation college students who may not view postsecondary education as an option. Early college access for later success.

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