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Cyberpatriot - national youth cyber education program

Educational Technology Guy

CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future. ?At Through a series of online competition ?rounds,

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Global STEM Alliance is Encouraging Students to be a New Kind of Billionaire

Edsurge

A popular sketch, first shown in a New York Times article , reflects this bleak reality. I think is important for all of our students to not only think about the potential of their technology to disrupt companies, but also the humanitarian impact.”. Social Impact Challenge winners. “We GSA’s Junior Academy students. Nicholas M.

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Remaking the Future of Learning, One Community at a Time

Digital Promise

Across town the next day at the Citizen Science Lab, I met children and parents who were similarly enthralled as they looked through microscopes—and a new pathway into STEM. Follow and promote the action on social media using the hashtags #RemakeLearningDays and #RemakeDays. Articles and media coverage of RLDAA.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. If you want to dig more into the research, the Edutopia article Project-Based Learning Research Review gives a fantastic insight into projects worth sharing.

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Is All the Technology in Modern Classrooms a Good Thing?

EdNews Daily

Companies are creating technology-based products specifically for the classroom, and many schools and institutions are requiring students to use tablets or computers for their assignments. Technology Is Creating New Social Problems. Many view technology as a mask of anonymity, especially when people use social media.

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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

Edsurge

At issue is whether “ambassador” programs and other branding efforts, wherein companies give teachers T-shirts, gift cards and other perks, constitute ethical violations. Clearly, the article has touched a nerve in the education community about the fault lines between preaching and pitching products.

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Florida’s Franklin County School District and Discovery Education Team Up on New Effort to Engage Students in STEM Education

techlearning

- Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Digital Resources and Innovative Professional Learning System to Support the Creation of a Culture of STEM Teaching and Learning Districtwide- Silver Spring, Md. Among the resources the school system will use to create stimulating STEM learning environments is Discovery Education Streaming Plus.

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