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The Resurgence of 3D Printers in Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

Mon, 06/10/2019 - 09:56. A study by Macquarie University in Australia and educational technology company Makers Empire confirms what’s easy for educators to observe — 3D lessons engage students , enabling them to learn advanced concepts and skills. The Resurgence of 3D Printers in Modern Learning Environments. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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COVID-19 Forces Science Labs Online and in Homes

Edsurge

It just so happened that a group of about 50 biology students were testing products from Hands-On Labs, a company that offers at-home lab kits coupled with online instruction and assessments. The company has 250 full-time employees and hasn’t made any layoffs. The company raised $6 million in venture capital last summer.

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AI Curriculum Is Coming for K-12 At Last. What Will It Include?

Edsurge

elementary and secondary schools teach the subject, maybe because there are so few curricula available for students. Tara Chklovski, founder of the global training nonprofit Iridescent , predicts that 2019 will see a wave of simplified curricula for students as young as eight so they can start learning basic concepts. But few U.S.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

The increase in dropouts from secondary education amongst refugees is alarming, whereby less than 2% of Syrian refugees complete their secondary education. This program will help students catch up on the education they have missed – on and off since October 2019 – through interactive and creative online tools and pedagogies.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. Not to mention the widespread suffering stemming from a virus that’s killed 100,000 Americans. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. By now, you can probably list them by heart.

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Hotspots, YouTube, WiFi, Oh My! How Renton Prioritizes Infrastructure Over Devices

Edsurge

EdSurge will be hosting hundreds of local teachers and administrators, along with dozens of edtech companies from around the country, at our Summit on Dec. In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year.

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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

Modeled in part on California’s High Tech High charter network, business-backed programs in Georgia and South Carolina and STEM programs in Massachusetts, the school are part of a growing push to more closely match the skills students gather in high school with workforce needs. At CAST Tech, even P.E. has a tech focus.

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