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Exploring new ideas: Student-driven remote learning

Neo LMS

Using concepts such as design thinking, challenge, or project-based learning (PBL), STEM curriculum , or even fostering entrepreneurial explorations , we can offer our students the opportunity to drive their learning. Google Tour Creator. Google Tour Creator is an option for taking students on a trip while learning from home.

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K-12 Blueprint site updated - resources for planning and implementing EdTech

Educational Technology Guy

The site has resources about one-to-one programs, BYOD, digital content, reviews about technology, success stories and case studies, tips and ideas, webinars, educational technology news, and much more. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. The site has resources for educators about planning and implementing technology initiatives.

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Personalizing Learning for All Students With OpenCourseWare

A Principal's Reflections

The Academies @ NMHS is a program of concentrated studies in three well-defined, career-focused areas directly connected to university majors and workforce need: the Academy of Arts & Letters, the STEM Academy, and the Academy for Global Leadership. An example of one standout student project can be found here.

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

Edsurge

This includes girls, who were already underrepresented in STEM fields before the pandemic added new caretaking responsibilities for many of them that sidelined their education. We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. And these are not just STEM jobs. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.”

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23 Earth Day Activities, Resources, Web Sites, & Apps

Teacher Reboot Camp

Find Google Earth Lesson Plans and Projects here. The American Museum of Natural History’s Ecology Disrupted section has lesson plans and resources, including a database of teacher created case studies. Take a virtual reality field trip with Google Cardboard ! Lessons, Projects & Classroom Resources.

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U.S. Dept. of Ed. Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products

Edsurge

The RCE Coach takes users through the following steps: First, a school or district selects an edtech tool—from Google Apps to DreamBox to a completely new tool that’s fresh on the market—that they want to evaluate. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Day One!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sunday, November 13th ( US-Eastern Time ) 12:30pm Welcome 1:00pm KEYNOTE: Jonathan Rochelle (Google) 2:00pm iEARN Welcome Classrooms without Borders: A Teacher's Guide to International Collaborative Projects - Philip J. It's a ton of fun, you'll be doing some good, and you'll have the undying gratitude of the conference organizers!