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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

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Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. They work on any project they want, such as robotics.

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KinderLab Robotics Announces New KIBO Guidebook to Enhance STEAM Education

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(Waltham, MA) August 28, 2018 – KinderLab Robotics today expanded its KIBO™ curriculum suite by introducing KIBO Activity Center Guidebook : Activities and Setup Recommendations for a KIBO Activity Center. This KIBO Activity Center Guidebook helps teachers create a robotics center.

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Sphero Makes a Big Acquisition in littleBits to Bring Hands-On STEAM Learning to Life

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When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. In 2015, Sphero secured a licensing deal with Disney to sell robotic toys modeled after droids from the Star Wars franchise, BB-8 and R2-D2.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. Available with either 15.6-inch inch or 13.3-inch ACHIEVE3000 PRO ( WWW.ACHIEVE3000.COM

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Dr. Marina Bers Named Chair of Tufts University’s Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development

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(Waltham, MA) October 24, 2018 — Dr. Marina Bers has been named the new department chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. Dr. Bers co-founded the start-up KinderLab Robotics, Inc. to commercialize KIBO and make it available worldwide.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. Schools can join until September 2018. In addition, ABC Mouse has shared releases and updates for ABCmouse Mastering Math, Digital Library Experience, Standards-Aligned Collections, A New Teacher Experience, and the ABCmouse Ambassador Program. announced it has acquired Flipgrid Inc.,

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Revisiting #ALATTT: Trend #1: AR/VR/MR and a touch of AI

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enhancing every-day learning experiences–media-rich annotations of historic places, libraries (shelves, books?), Enjoy the experience – look, listen, explore – and never worry that you’ll miss anything.” ( AASL Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018). Human Anatomy Atlas 2018. The New York Times: VR.

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