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How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics

EdTech Magazine

This is especially critical in K–12 environments as millennials age out of the school system and are replaced by Generation Z. McKinsey & Company notes that Gen Z is composed of digital natives who prioritize unique identity and are rooted in the “search for the truth.” . New Learning Styles Offer Different Types of Learning.

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The history of training in US companies

Connecting 2 the World

The need for educated managers created a system in which college educated employees who had skills in reading, writing, computation, critical thinking, problem solving, technology, synthesizing information, and communication were trained throughout the manufacturing process. This was fine when companies were looking for specialists.

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Hemet Unified School District Adopts LETRS for New Two-Year Professional Learning Program

eSchool News

Offered by Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, LETRS provides educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading. We’re pleased to be providing a knowledge base that Hemet educators will be able to reference for years to come.”. About Lexia Learning.

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SCORM – Why does it matter and why do you need it?

Kitaboo on EdTech

You want to do this cost-effectively without too much fuss over content development, and deliver the course from your existing Learning Management System in an efficient, easy manner. Most eLearning companies use the standard to develop SCORM- compliant content because it is interoperable.

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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

Then of course, the curriculum is gamified, so they have different levels of challenges that they have to engage in — which are knowledge based — in order to learn the curriculum, but also succeed in the virtual world. We overloaded our system. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Connecting Computer Science to Today's World

Tech Helpful

I think it is fair to say that many school systems are looking deeply at the scope and sequence of computer science for our students. Some school systems have adopted a curriculum called "Project Lead the Way" that embeds coding skills into the science curriculum. How do we tap into this? Adjunct faculty? CCS is blessed by Cathy Smith.

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THE HOW: Tricks for Digital Testing

Tech Helpful

Educational technology companies know this is an issue and they have created solutions to give educators a little more piece of mind. Basically you are telling the Question Group how many questions you want on the quiz and it will randomly select questions from your bank. Question groups also allow you to randomize question order as well.

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