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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

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Last year, Brandi Pitts’ kindergarten students were struggling with a software program meant to help them with math. Her school had received free software licenses through a state-funded project, but she’d initially missed the formal instruction on how to use the program because she was out sick. “A

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. jena.passut_7651. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., which has 330 students, is not alone. For its part, St.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

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Thu, 04/12/2018 - 10:58. It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. “We The students will build out a maze and teach the Ozobot how to navigate it. I think we are witnessing how this is evolving over time.

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How to program greater diversity among Mississippi’s computer science grads

The Hechinger Report

Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology. The median annual wage for a software publisher, for example, is $140,220, roughly $100,000 more than the median wage for a black woman in Mississippi. I love to work with computers.”.

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Q&A: Rachel Gorton On How K–12 Schools Envision the Future of Education

EdTech Magazine

Q&A: Rachel Gorton On How K–12 Schools Envision the Future of Education. Mon, 11/19/2018 - 08:21. We also have multimedia labs, and STEM labs that have devices with probes and specialized software for 3D modeling. EDTECH: How did you keep the focus on pedagogy and learning? eli.zimmerman_9856. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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Vernier Software & Technology to Host 38 Free Professional Development Workshops this Fall

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, August 13, 2018 — This fall, Vernier Software & Technology will host 38 free, hands-on workshops around the country to help science educators learn how to best incorporate probeware and data-collection technology into their curriculum. Educators can register for a workshop at www.vernier.com/workshops.

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Vernier Kicks Off Its Spring 2018 Data-Collection Workshop Series

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, February 23, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 free hands-on workshops to help science and STEM educators learn how to integrate Vernier data-collection technology—including the new Vernier Go Direct wireless sensors—into their curriculum.

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