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What Do Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World? More Than Tech and Academics

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And it’s the topic of a new book by Stephanie Krauss, called “Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World.” Her book doesn’t dive into what academic curriculum is better, or whether or not kids need to learn to code. You wrote much of this book before the pandemic. What is the goal of your framework?

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

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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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. First, students create their own template in one of several ways: draw it using the school’s drawing tool. BrainPOP Jr.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. Too many edtech initiatives treat teachers as robotic implementers of a higher plan. Technology should inspire teachers' creativity, not stifle it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” “Soon.”

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