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Top Ten Articles, Tips, and Reviews for 2023

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She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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5 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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With this relatively inexpensive kit, a wide age range of students learn about seemingly complicated topics such as insulators, conductors, resistance, and parallel and series circuits. The second student (called a robot) takes those directions and follows them exactly to see if they can do what is asked. Here’s a quick video.

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6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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With this relatively inexpensive kit, a wide age range of students learn about seemingly complicated topics such as insulators, conductors, resistance, and parallel and series circuits. These projects variously include a lesson plan, instructions, assessments, a video on understanding the topic and the activity, and more. Ages 12-17.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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All lessons include self-reflection from students to see if they can transfer what they learned to both classes and life.” Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. . This also includes stand-alone programs for specialized topics such as robotics, 3D printing, and drones.

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6 Unplugged Activities for Hour of Code

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With this relatively inexpensive kit, a wide age range of students learn about seemingly complicated topics such as insulators, conductors, resistance, and parallel and series circuits. These projects variously include a lesson plan, instructions, assessments, a video on understanding the topic and the activity, and more. Ages 12-17.

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15 Unusual Projects for Hour of Code

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Human robot. Here are some of my favorite unplugged activities: Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’.

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Here’s How to Motivate Summer School Students

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Let’s today cover how to get students through the summer learning experience: Make the class interesting. Teach class in a park, in a museum’s group learning room, at a restaurant over a meal, in someone’s home, or in the school auditorium. Shake things up with outside the box assessments. Use disruptive tools.

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