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The 2017 Global Student Conference-Calls Open For Students

EdNews Daily

The 2017 Global Student Conference, a student-organized event, will be held ONLINE on Saturday March 4th, 2017, and feature keynote speakers and crowdsourced presentations by students in grades 6-12 and college. The theme for this year is “STEM + Entrepreneurship.” There is no cost to participate or attend.

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Ed-Tech Startup Conference Pushes Boundaries

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Over the years, LearnLaunch's Across Boundaries conference has engendered conversations on everything from STEM learning to augmented reality. The 2017 conference in Boston is coming up. The post Ed-Tech Startup Conference Pushes Boundaries appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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Call for Student Participation - 2017 STEM + Entrepreneurship Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 2017 STEM + Entrepreneurship Conference , a student-organized event, will be held ONLINE on Saturday March 4th, 2017 , and feature keynote speakers and crowd-sourced presentations by students in grades 6-12 and college. There is no cost to participate or attend. CALLING ALL STUDENTS!

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Connecting STEM, PBL, and Tech Integration… What Would Dewey Think?

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As I deliver workshops across the country I am reminded of how much we need to prepare STEM educators with regards to a process for delivery. After all, STEM (or STEAM) is so much more than content. How can Project Based Learning and technology integration work to create a powerful STEM learning experience?

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Teen Genius Says “I Learned Nothing from Lecture”

The CoolCatTeacher

Gitanjali Rao talks about her learning journey on episode 556 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter She was named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017 by the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, with a patent-pending device to detect lead in water faster than any other current techniques.

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SXSWedu 2017 Conference Opens With a Challenge of Attendees’ Motives

Marketplace K-12

The post SXSWedu 2017 Conference Opens With a Challenge of Attendees’ Motives appeared first on Market Brief. A large audience of educators and ed-tech providers heard author Christopher Emdin ask them whether they view education as the civil rights issue of our time.