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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

The Hechinger Report

He created hundreds of desirable jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for black Alabamians. Foster’s legacy of leveraging black talent in the STEM fields cannot be overstated. Information. Source: The Census Bureau’s 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. Total STEM or business degrees.

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Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Fab School Labs Contest is officially open for submissions! Win a dream STEM Lab.

Educational Technology Guy

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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Part 2: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Over 40 Amazing STEM Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

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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Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus

User Generated Education

For Halloween 2016, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. Background Information. To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, and STEM. Principles that drive my instructional approach.

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

Edsurge

Digital citizenship, making and virtual reality all had strong showings at ISTE 2016, observable by the throngs of educators lined up to learn, including this line shown below at the Nearpod booth in the ISTE Expo Hall. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Report: ‘Colleges Need to Better Inform Students of Tradeoffs Between Working and Learning’

Edsurge

Source: Carnevale and Smith, “Learning While Earning,” 2016; Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce analysis of data from US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2012–2015 (pooled data); Carnevale et al., Around 14 percent of higher-income students work in STEM fields or business, for example.

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The Debate is On: PBS Launches You Choose 2016 for Kids

EdNews Daily

PBS KIDS recently launched You Choose 2016 , a kid-friendly website for ages 6-8 providing kids with relevant, non-partisan democracy-related information through interactive exploration and video. You Choose 2016 allows kids to: 1. Meet the candidates” and learn fun & important facts about them.

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