Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

use an avatar that has basically human parts (like a robot). There are also lots of teacher resources to help in using this unit such as lesson plans, training, and academic standards met. An easier version — and well-suited to elementary age students — is Find My Body Parts. BrainPOP Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. This summer, in fact, we finished the two-year opt-in period for blended learning at the elementary level. We've rolled out other programs this way.

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