eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

Maker spaces, science labs, and touch screens help students conduct real-world STEM. million contribution to the Bartlesville Public School District to build Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) labs at Bartlesville’s three secondary schools. ©2016 the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (Bartlesville, Okla.).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

VHS Learning, a nonprofit leader providing world-class online programs to schools and students globally, has embraced the CSforALL movement since its inception in 2016, and has made an ongoing commitment to expand access to computer science education for all students. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Sunday, November 13th ( US-Eastern Time ) 12:30pm Welcome 1:00pm KEYNOTE: Jonathan Rochelle (Google) 2:00pm iEARN Welcome Classrooms without Borders: A Teacher's Guide to International Collaborative Projects - Philip J.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

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. It’s about teaching kids to think.”.

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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. Below are a few places for getting started: Device Elementary Secondary iPad Daisy the Dinosaur Tickle (older app) Hopscotch Scratch Jr. Being literate in today's world, includes computer literacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Our founding sponsor International Education Resources Network (IEARN) will continue to support us for the 2016 Global Education Conference. Contact Steve Hargadon (steve@hargadon.com) about opportunities to get involved with our community. See our other sponsors, supporters, and partners on the conference website. . Gaudino, Ed.D.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A Proof-of-Concept Study of Game-based Learning in Higher Education,” published in the August 2016 issue of the journal Simulation & Gaming. We targeted math skills for STEM majors who want to go into GIS because we found that there was a need to help them remediate,” Crocco says. “A

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Autodesk provided more than 335,000 students and educators from secondary schools with professional software and services for use in classrooms, labs, and at home. Verizon originally committed $100 million in cash and “in-kind commitments” to boost student achievement in STEM over three years.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

-- Virtual Field Trip of Arconic in Austin, Texas brings exciting STEM careers to classrooms and explores how 3D printing is revolutionizing aerospace manufacturing - - Silver Spring, Md. Manufacture Your Future empowers educators to connect to classroom-based STEM lessons and enriched, real-world career experiences.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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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. Not to mention the widespread suffering stemming from a virus that’s killed 100,000 Americans. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. By now, you can probably list them by heart.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

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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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 4, 2016

By now increasing the time limit from three days to fifteen, AoCMM ensures that all competitors can thoroughly elaborate on every idea they have in their paper while facing a level of pressure similar to that in professional STEM fields. 18 July 2016. Citation: Bencze, John Lawrence, and Gervase Michael Bowen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. Most recently, Sackstein was named one of ASCD’s Emerging leaders class of 2016, in addition to presenting a TedxTalk about throwing out grades. So maybe with kids you start with certain stem depending on how old your students are.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

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 3/4 full and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There is a difference in terms of how you are raised to view post-secondary education,” says Marie Cini, chief strategy officer for ED2WORK, a strategy and research services firm. Sixty-four percent of white voters without a college degree voting for Trump in 2016, according to Pew.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Schools increase their course offerings by using the VHS catalog which consists of more than 200 unique online courses, including 23 AP® offerings, innovative STEM programs, and a wide variety of unique electives. Since 1996, the organization has set the standard for quality online education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

One of the national winners from the 2015-2016 program was a group of middle school students from Colorado. Selected 2016-2017 National Finalist Schools and Projects. Secondary School for Journalism *. Colorado Students Engineer a Prosthetic for a Veteran. This blog post is sponsored by Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. Ends 11/9/17.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. If you are attending, check out my STEM and Maker’s Session. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation, a leading non-profit provider of environmental education for primary and secondary schools, is making its award-winning curriculum available free online. Free K-2 Earth Environmental Education Curriculum Now Available. by TeachThought Staff. From a Press Release.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

We’re trying to figure out how computer science education can be wrapped up into a history class, or into an English language arts class, and not just the general STEM-related classes. You go through primary, secondary school, a technical program… are we preparing students to contribute to the economy?

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Dr. Neelam Parmar; Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. The very flipped learning approach stems from blended learning and has already made a name for itself within new pedagogical practices. What is a blended learning approach? There is a great future for blended learning as part of an EdTech strategy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While these roles were drafted to appeal specifically to university and college librarians, they are universal enough to be relevant to school librarians working in primary and secondary school media centers, too. As a result, students will be much better prepared to engage with emerging technologies and pursue STEM careers later in life.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

Modeled in part on California’s High Tech High charter network, business-backed programs in Georgia and South Carolina and STEM programs in Massachusetts, the school are part of a growing push to more closely match the skills students gather in high school with workforce needs. million donation from H-E-B in 2016.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2016

In March 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed issued a call-to-action for school leaders around the country to commit to growing the next generation of American makers. The Iowa City Community School District will open makerspaces in each of its six secondary attendance centers. Over 1,400 U.S. Nurture valuable partnerships.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Research shows that spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in the STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Bruce, Bev Caswell, Tara Flynn, and Zachary Hawes.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Parts 2 and 3 of the course will be offered in 2016 and will cover rotational motion, gravity, oscillations, electricity, circuits and sound. Professor Hafner and his ‘accomplices’ really try to make physics fun. They were accessible and (it) didn’t feel like they were thousands of kilometers away.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2016

After numerous classroom projects and strong demand from their students, they decided in the spring of 2016 with the support of the school district to massively elevate 3D printing by installing a MakerBot Innovation Center, making MOHS the first secondary school worldwide with such an offering.

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MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” One teacher went to a “STEM/STEAM” session but was disappointed that the discussion was so “general and theoretical,” while he was looking for something more specific and practical.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Fisher-Price Smart Cycle The stationary bike's combination of activity tracking and STEM-based edutainment (via apps on a mobile device) means that kids can exercise their bodies and their brains. Tenka Labs’ Circuit Cubes These little cubes with built-in circuits pack in a nice punch for educators targeting STEM and 21st century skills.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. Curious to hear the rest of the interview?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Either way, he’s gone too soon; we’ve lost too much , too many in 2016. pic.twitter.com/BBhsgwY2FZ — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) August 1, 2016. Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

One part of the campus is not open to all: since 2016, a small section of LA High has been occupied by a selective, STEM-focused charter school, Girls Academic Leadership Academy. ” E.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Like the university professor on the study’s advisory panel, in the higher education sample, students highly valued Wikipedia, considering it a reliable old friend for its ability to get them up to speed on an unfamiliar topic and for its references to both primary and secondary sources. 2016) Information needs, types, and qualities.”

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