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Students discover the power of coding

eSchool News

The District has launched an entire website devoted to the Hour of Code — www.RUSDcodes.com — so that families can participate in activities at home and students can use it as a resource for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) education opportunities throughout the year.

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Who Wants a Job

Adam Welcome

What are we doing in our schools to help kids grow their Android/IOS development skills? In his recent blog post “An unknown future? Team STEM design challenges are fun for kids AND adults! Makerspaces & STEM Labs are popping up everywhere and they SHOULD be! Check it out, it is most DEFINITELY worth the read!

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.