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Marvel's Black Panther Makes STEAM Relevant to Under Represented Youth; Plus, VR's Century-Old Roots

Edsurge

The third issue was released last week, and a film is due out in 2017, directed by the award-winning Ryan Coogler. In one panel, Black Panther/T’Challa beams with pride over the scientists’ development of stellar cartography and the discovery of another solar system. Another inspiration for Afrofuturism and STEAM is W.E.B.

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Seven Things That Happen When Kids Embrace a Maker Mindset

The Principal of Change

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. Some will work in technology, others in traditional corporate spaces and still others in social or civic spaces. They will need to have a maker mindset.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

She, I just found out, was MACUL 2017 Tech Using Teacher of the Year. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. My favorite one is one called [Galactic] Explorer , which is a solar system. It actually looks like you’re holding a spinning solar system in your hands.

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5 Things That Happen When We Empower Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Friday, October 6, 2017. So when students are empowered, they learn how to navigate multiple systems and build even more efficient systems for themselves and for the people that they’re serving. They challenge “the system”. AJ: Alright, so fourth is that they challenge the system. Enhanced Transcript.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

Steve Jobs said in his final Apple keynote introducing the iPad 2, “It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”. Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Once click and you have everything you need for the year! For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down.

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Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Applications Open Now #steam

The CoolCatTeacher

This contest challenges public school students in grades 6-12 to address a local community issue using their STEAM skills (science, technology, engineering arts, and math). This contest is a fantastic way of helping your students use their skills to improve the world and win technology equipment for your school. Solve problems and win.

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Different Schools for a Different World

The CoolCatTeacher

If you’re selected as a finalist, you’ll win technology and prizes to help your STEAM project come to reality. Date: November 9, 2017. Obviously, schools as systemic structures need to change quite a bit. Unfortunately, systems change slowly. But getting while systems to move is a whole ‘nother matter. Scott: Yes.