21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Science – STEM Resources.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., These students are all participants in The Creative School (formerly The Boys Institute) at Stanton Elementary School, an initiative designed to promote wellness and creativity—and to flip the narrative around young boys of color.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I also want to give a shout out to some educators who shared – Rawn Bolden and Laura Synder each played “bear salmon mosquito” in their classrooms from our 5 More Easy Brain Breaks Episode with Rob Donatelli – educators who care share, and as they shared others starting joining in the conversation.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. Elementary schools offer math tutors starting in the third grade, with after-school programs for students struggling in the subject. I don’t know why you’re doubting yourself.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2021

As a classroom teacher, Monica used one-to-one technology to create engaging, standards-based lessons for students. Monica Burns – Bio As Submitted. Dr. Monica Burns is a curriculum and educational technology consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and founder of. Monica Burns. ClassTechTips.com.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. In my own classroom, I have my students run Hour of Code each December for the whole school – grades K5- sixth grade. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2016

Some Iowa schools will incorporate engineering lessons into classrooms to boost creativity, problem-solving skills. The funding for the pilot was awarded to Ames with a grant from the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. If the pilot year is a success, the district hopes to expand the program to all of its elementary classrooms.

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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. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Educational games developer DimensionU has launched the 2016 Spring Tournament Season for its DimensionU Math Video Game Competitions in partnership with a variety of local education agencies and STEM Outreach organizations. EdGaming math competitions can be a driver for engaging students. Visit DimensionU.com to learn more.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

Part of the issue stems from adults misinterpreting normal child behavior as misbehavior, said Linda Smith, director of the Early Childhood Development Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “A One study from 2016 found that preschool teachers closely observed Black boys more than other children when they expected misbehavior.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

The entrepreneur has made his passion into his latest venture and now wants to bring that experience to homes and classrooms around the world. Educational customers listed on the company website include Mercury Mine Elementary School in Phoenix, Oakland Academy in Portage, Mich., TMT Investments led the round.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

She innovates and solves local problems in her biology classroom. We love a problem solver, and you'll love Nikki's upbeat posts that keep you learning with interesting tidbits about STEM and teaching. Look at this hands on lesson in Sarah’s 8th grade math classroom! She had students graph lines on the classroom sized graph.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Seven science educators demonstrating innovative uses of data-collection technology in the classroom to win prizes valued at $5,500 each. Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are now accepting applications for the 2016 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards. on March 31, 2016–April 3, 2016.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

Welcome to this third post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Related: The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. Much of the disinformation stems from training like my own. I took “methods” classes that gave me strategies for discussions and activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Stephanie Goldman and her first-year mentee Lindsay George have used Google Drive and Google Classroom to supercharge their mentor/mentee relationship. Stephanie Golden: ACE Mentor Relationship Building with Google Drive and Google Classroom. Stephanie calls this the ACE method of mentoring: Access, Collaboration and Experimentation.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. At Slackwood Elementary School in New Jersey, AI assistants helped bolster first-grade students, a majority of whom were struggling to achieve high test scores in science, technology, engineering and math courses. percent by 2016. How Can Teachers Get Started with AI?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2019

favorite thing is that you can work at your own pace, create things for use in your classroom today, and you can have six months to complete the courses. Brad taught for 11 years, including roles as a coach and STEM department chair. He won Teacher of the Year in 2016 at Zionsville West Middle School in Whitestown, Indiana.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Welcome to the third article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Vetting Web 2.0

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Kindergartners place their backpacks outside in the “hallway” next to a community garden in a Vista elementary school hallway. Students in the district can be seen collaborating and working on video projects outside of the classroom. There are no assigned seats in this VUSD kindergarten classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Students in elementary school should spend 150 minutes a week in PE while students in middle and high school should receive 225 minutes a week of PE instruction, according to recommendations from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE), which represents PE and health instructors. Others are trickier. Between July 1 and Dec.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Edgecombe is still a rural district with a high-poverty student body, but a new staffing model has made its schools newly desirable for teachers who want to be school leaders without leaving the classroom. Each school that embarks on creating an Opportunity Culture does so in a unique way, based on its needs.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. Keeler has more than 50 tips for Google Classroom under her belt, with an e-book on that series in progress. Elementary teacher Amy Pietrowski adds a dash of STEM into all of her classes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2016

Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year , knows what it takes to be a good teacher. But she also believes that not everyone is cut out for the profession, especially if they aren’t willing to change with the times—times that have brought an onslaught of new technologies and practices into the classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the fourth article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Cable in the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Drones in the Classroom. A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 4, 2016

I've heard Anne Jenks share numerous times the importance of teaching coding in school, especially with so many STEM professions available. If computer science careers are the number one source of jobs in the US, then we should have more computer science graduates, and therefore more coding/programming opportunities in K-12 classrooms.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. We’ve become a leader in STEM Education by changing the way we structure schools.

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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. Awards given in subsequent years focused on providing professional development for teachers in STEM subjects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

That’s always been really elevated in the upper grades, but I’m starting to see second grade and lower do some Project Based Learning in their classrooms. We want our kids connected to other classrooms around the world. He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science. Project Based Learning, what else? Vicki: Oh, wow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

If we want our learners to have that — the knowledge, the skills, the dispositions — we know that we need to transform our classrooms. We also have adopted a set of learning beliefs to help us better articulate what we want our classrooms to look like in the future as we approach 2020. Vicki: Wow. You have learning beliefs.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

The new 2016 curriculum adds 3 new Javascript courses, 12 STEM programming courses, and a course on drone programming in partnership with Parrot, one of the world’s leading civil drone companies. “To Tynker’s drone curriculum offers a structured approach to get elementary and middle school students flying drones in minutes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Career-focused PBL gives students the freedom to explore a variety of careers from the comfort of their classroom. Each grade focuses on a different segment of careers, so as students move through elementary school they are able to explore a variety of fields and recognize where their interests lie. Start the Career Conversation Early.

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