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How Project-Based Learning Is Helping Students Build 21st Century Skills

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He notes that the “project” in project-based learning isn’t just a robot or computer program that students show off at the science fair; rather, projects are analogous to “units of the curriculum that teach both content and skills.”. This requires significant teacher-student interaction at a group level. by Doug Bonderud.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad). a wide variety of sensors and probes.

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Roombas, Refrigerators and Other Unexpected Tech That Teachers Actually Ask For

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It turns out the disc-shaped vacuum cleaner, which uses sensors to autonomously zip around homes is also a great tool to teach students about robotics and empathy. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. He knew there was a disconnect for his 4-year-old students between what robots do in cartoons and in the real world.

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Enabling schools to fight COVID-19 with 3D printable respirator masks

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Schools around the world use pi-top to teach core STEAM skills in coding, robotics and AI. Founders Jesse Lozano and Ryan Dunwoody created the first 3D printable laptop in 2014, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017. Teaming with Maker Mask , pi-top has released a video content series that teaches 3D printing.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? " Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Let Robots Teach American Schoolkids | Bloomberg → This is not a work of satire. Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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inch Full HD touch displays, all Spin 5 models have a 360-degree hinge that allows four usage modes (laptop, tablet, display, and tent). Judges liked that its online platform helps educators avoid the typically prohibitive costs of robots by providing virtual robots that are equally engaging when teaching students to code.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. Photo Credit: Frank Catalano 2.

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