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Notes from the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here are my notes from today’s 2015 Iowa STEM Summit … Welcome , Lt. STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Launching a STEM Council Seal of Approval for programs (e.g. Over 5,100 applications were submitted for STEM Scale-Up Grants. Numerous STEM externships are available for teachers.

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First nationwide look at racial breakdown of career education confirms deep divides

The Hechinger Report

In Nevada, just 4 percent of students who took a career-oriented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course in the 2019-20 school year — 88 students total — were Black, even though Black students make up more than 11 percent of the state’s public school enrollment.

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How Do We Know When Technology Helps—or Hurts—the Classroom? Educators at ISTE Weigh In

Edsurge

Similarly, over in Minnesota, a K-6 STEM teacher named Rachel Pierson relies on feedback from the students themselves. “If Rachel Pierson, K-6 STEM Teacher. Mike Dorsey, Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District, felt the same. There’s no inquiry!”.

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5 Fantastic Peer Feedback Strategies for Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

How to help kids practice and give recognition for feedback. How to empower kids to be experts. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. So maybe with kids you start with certain stem depending on how old your students are. Feedback protocols.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

24th, they say “how to use technology to differentiate instruction” (51 percent) and “how to use educational games in the classroom” (35 percent) are at the top of their wish list for professional development this year. After winning the $500 prize last year, I purchased an XYZ 3D printer to integrate STEM into my classroom.

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Math Modeling: Why are We Missing it in High School?

EdNews Daily

AoCMM’s 2015 Grand Prize Winner Charlin Duff pointed out that balancing the time spent working and sleeping across the three days of the competition was rather crucial to her success. These types of competitions significantly discourage novice students from entering the field of research.

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OPINION: Can ‘risk-share’ financial aid models reverse some ‘alarming data’ on student completion rates?

The Hechinger Report

In 2015 and 2016, 3.9 million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. Data from College Scorecard of the U.S. Related: COLUMN: Federal data shows 3.9

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