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Schools Must Support Educators While Keeping Tabs on Tech Trends

EdTech Magazine

While connected devices are an important part of modern learning environments, audiovisual equipment and even classroom furniture are also essential to creating spaces that are conducive to teaching that focuses on future-ready skills. A modern learning environment requires more than just investments in physical assets.

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Texas’ Richardson Independent School District Selects Discovery Education to Support New STEM Education Initiative

techlearning

- Unique Digital Content Combined with Sustained Professional Development to Help Create Vibrant Culture of STEM in Participating Schools - Silver Spring, Md. Through the “Future Ready: STEM for All” initiative, RISD seeks to transform the Berkner Feeder Pattern’s culture and pedagogy.

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Esports: The Down & Dirty Stats for Educators - Live from #ISTE19

The Innovative Educator

STEM Interest Video game playing is positively correlated with interest in STEM Fields. BrolyLegs The Broken @ CEO (@Brolylegs) June 18, 2017 Social Connections Esports are a great way for students to connect. If you want to know about the next big thing in ed tech, you should know about esports. Esports are STEM.org approved.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

Edsurge

Verizon originally committed $100 million in cash and “in-kind commitments” to boost student achievement in STEM over three years. Instead, the company claims it “has reached nearly 300,000 students across all 50 states and the District of Columbia with ConnectED-inspired programs that provide technology and STEM education.”.

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

Edsurge

With that in mind, Lee implemented Xello , a career and college-readiness platform designed to boost students’ future readiness and make career planning more student-centered. It’s sad to me when students don't know what their future holds; I worry about those kids. This year, we switched to Xello.

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Effective Digital Citizenship Education

The CoolCatTeacher

As part of a Future Ready school district and a member of the Future Ready Librarians leadership team, she enjoys supporting others in her field by presenting at conferences, facilitating professional development sessions, and blogging. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford kymberlimulford@gmail.com. Bio as submitted.

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Future-forward: How to incorporate the 5th ‘C’ of 21st Century learning

eSchool News

Kankakee’s teachers use a web-based curriculum resource, Defined STEM , which provides hundreds of project-based lessons that are based on real-world problems in STEAM careers. The projects make the career wheel come alive because students can apply their classroom knowledge and make connections to the real world.

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