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Top K–12 Tech Tools for Teaching STEM

EdTech Magazine

Makerspaces have also become a way to create easily accessible STEM learning opportunities. . Computer-aided design software: There are a dozen kid-friendly CAD programs that allow budding engineers and architects to design 3D objects, from simple to sophisticated. .

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Tech Apprenticeships Shift the Costs of Higher Ed From Students to Employers

Edsurge

But with corporations unable to hire and hold on to enough workers to fill jobs in IT, cyber security and software development, a shift may be underway. Prime Minister—reported in January raising $44 million to bring apprenticeships in data, software engineering, digital marketing and project management to the U.S.

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Can Virtual Reality Improve Education?

EdTech4Beginners

For example, Sony Playstation VR software and designs have evolved dramatically over the past few years, seeking to create a more comfortable and natural experience for users. Unlike traditional education, in a classroom setting with teachers and students, VR connects the user to software without any actual personal interaction.

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IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB Dual Mode 8MP Document Camera

Kathy Schrock

IPEVO offers two free software programs to support this: Visualizer and Visualizer LTSE (accessibility software to use with the document camera). This document camera includes easy-to-access adjustment buttons to use in any mode, too! Full product manuals and information may be found here. x 4.25” x 11.85” (11.6

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

We have staff, we have a computer-based monolingual English program that parents can log in and access. We believe if we provide for our students—give them the tools that are necessary, give them access and opportunity—they will be successful and rise to the occasion. MobyMax —Digital personalized learning software ?

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

Edsurge

As a former video game designer for Sony Playstation, I’m pretty sure this is going to be easy. This time, we validate ideas with our end users before developing the software. February 2015 We bootstrap software development and curriculum production by selling camps and weekend coding sessions at our brick-and-mortar academy.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, for example, is in the market for five or six new faculty hires per year in data, business analytics and other fast-growing disciplines, said Ash Soni, executive associate dean of academic programs. It usually manages to fill just two or three of those positions, Soni said.

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