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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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What Did SXSWedu Have to Say About Adult Learning?

Digital Promise

What did this year’s SXSWedu conference have to say about adult learning? SXSWedu is one of the country’s largest educational technology conferences and, as most of these conferences go, has tended to focus more on the K-12 segment than on adults who are in need of foundational skills to help them advance in the workforce.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. Careers with STEM. Attend the CSTA Annual Conference (July 7-10, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ). #csk8 Twitter chats (K-8 CS teachers chat about designated topics on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 5pm PT / 8pm ET). middle school curricula.

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March 2018

techlearning

Discovery STEM Connect WHAT’S NEW New Tools for Schools DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS EDITORS DESK: REALITY CHECK TRENDING ? Making the Most Of Edtech Conferences ? Americans Critical of Stem Education Quality ? Americans Critical of Stem Education Quality ? Free School Broadband Comparison Tool ? StudySync ?

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We Got It From Here. Thank You For Your Service. @ChrisEmdin at #SXSWEdu

The Innovative Educator

Project based, expeditionary, STEM (okay, so they digitized shop class), the arts. Will Richardson in his talk at the conference offered a similar refrain. Here's a comparison. Chris Emdin ( @chrisemdin ) who received a standing ovation from a packed house at South by Southwest Edu.

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An Assembly Line of Coding Students? Tough Questions for the Computer Science Movement

Edsurge

But in reality, you're not treating them or teaching them to engage fully in STEM or the world of computer science. I couldn’t necessarily tell you a blow-by-blow comparison with other industries because I specialize mostly in technology. This clip is from a speech at SXSWedu, a large education technology conference.

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Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.