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What Is Your Why?: The Importance of Computer Science Education

Digital Promise

VPS students have access to diverse courses such as coding, Python, robotics, and electronic applications, to name a few. Elizabeth Forward, for example, implemented middle school-level robotics to engage students in maker learning and activate their imaginations before they begin advanced computer science coursework in high school.

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

Educational Conferences and Events: Attend educational conferences and events, both locally and nationally. These events provide exposure to new ideas and foster collaboration. This approach encourages self-reflection, self-advocacy, and a sense of ownership over one’s education.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

Edsurge

From those, event organizers and the public decided on the roughly 400 sessions that made the agenda. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Department of Education, privacy advocacy groups and a school district explore how to find the right balance between the two ideals.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

techlearning

He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. As girls who built robots, LED bracelets and tote bags, mobile apps, and websites said, “This is so much cooler than we thought.” Amesse Elementary.

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The 2015 Global Education Conference Starts Today - All Online - Full Session Listing - Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). And there's still time to join this illustrious group and help support our event!

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

Edsurge

Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots. In 2009, at the subway station, local transit police shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant, an event many consider to have started the Black Lives Matter movement. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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