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First Look—Discovery Education Back To School ’23

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These experiences are accompanied by standards-aligned lessons, all available on Discovery Education Experience, smartphone app stores, and the Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. STEM career explorations. The STEM Careers Coalition offers a collection of resources spotlighting careers in STEM.

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Tips for Designing a Future-Focused EdTech Mindset

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Aglio points out that school districts must implement the same collaborative process for the acquisition of educational programs and curricula no matter whether stakeholders are meeting in person in a school conference room or online in a Zoom or Google meeting room. The New August. Join the Community.

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How to use Sphero the Robot in STEM and Beyond – From Courtney Pepe

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They also have a number of STEM challenges in the form pre-designed engineering projects designed for collaborative group work with students and are helpful for teachers using the robots in their classes.

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Better Representation in Artificial Intelligence Starts Early

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This was a topic of conversation this April at the ASU GSV conference, an event that brings together education investors and entrepreneurs from all around the world and it's hosted by Arizona State University and GSV, a venture capital firm. We have it in our pockets and our smartphones. It's going to reshape almost every industry.

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PBS Show Will Teach Preschoolers How To Think Like Computers

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Author Heidi Williams can attest to its popularity after her book on the subject, No Fear Coding Computational Thinking Across the K-5 Curriculum , sold out at the International Society for Technology in Education conference. She says this allows them to easily upload the videos on other platforms such as tablets and smartphones. “In

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Georgia State Professor—and Student Success Innovator—Awarded McGraw Prize in Education

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In the past, for example, a STEM student would get a low grade in a math course. Now when a student is taking that first quiz, if they didn’t do well on it and especially if they are a STEM major, there’s an alert that goes off. Chris Anderson, Curator, TED. Sal Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy.

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COVID-19 Forces Science Labs Online and in Homes

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So department chairwoman Sandra Gibbons and the faculty members at Moraine Valley used video conferences to plan out how to take curriculum online by the time classes resumed March 23. Illinois suspended in-person classes in March, potentially disrupting everything from graduations to financial aid disbursements.

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