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Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement

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For example, if teachers bring in one-to-one Chromebooks , but use them only for typing class, the technology could quickly become stale, Welcome explains. . Now we have smartboards and Chromebooks, and things are evolving so rapidly that teachers have to get over what they do not understand and go along for the ride with the students.

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Students Step up to Lead Tech Implementation at Their Elementary School

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Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. Finally, she made it to the charging station and her shift at the learning resource center (LRC) officially started.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

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Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. They work on any project they want, such as robotics. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. For its part, St.

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Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool

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It regularly participates in several different competitions, including ones for robotics and solar cars. For the girls, the big takeaway was the teamwork it took — working in groups, collaborating on ideas and coming up with a solution ,” says Flores. “We The students use Chromebooks to do block coding with the Tynker platform.

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46 edtech innovations at ISTELive 22

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Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

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In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. We decided to invest in teachers and make this happen.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

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Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. All of the ISTE groups have phenomenal educators. One of the things that the Facebook group shared was MIT's new AI and CS community for educators. My team supported me a lot.

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