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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

Edsurge

We engage in several research-practice partnerships to learn what works and how to overcome barriers to spread and scale techniques and innovate when needed. Research formality ranges from classroom-based informal needs assessment and feedback regarding professional learning to high-level National Science Foundation-funded studies.

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

Neo LMS

This framework focuses on turning students from consumers to content creators through game-based learning and computational thinking (CT) skills while developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students learn to read, modify and write scripts in JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Java, and more.

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Can Designing Video Games Help Kids Gain Hard and Soft Skills?

Edsurge

And when he’s not spending time with some of his favorites—StarCraft and Hearthstone—he’s teaching middle school students how to build their own. Why video games? Looking at video games critically, he says, helps students understand what goes into game design, and what makes one game different from the next.

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A Fun Game and Mission to Teach Students About Giving Good Instructions

Teacher Reboot Camp

I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions. For the next few weeks, we will focus on process writing and how to write good instructions.

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A Fun Game and Mission to Teach Students About Giving Good Instructions

Teacher Reboot Camp

I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions. For the next few weeks, we will focus on process writing and how to write good instructions.

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Coding and Computer Science during CSEdWeek

edWeb.net

This year, CSEdWeek took place from December 5th to 11th, and two of edWeb.net ’s professional learning communities (PLC) presented webinars that highlighted the importance of coding and computer science in education. ®, presented on how to continue coding in the classroom after holding an Hour of Code. In the year 2020 we’ll have 1.4

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College Prep: The Often Winding Road for Parents, Students and High Schools

EdNews Daily

Over the course of five years with the university, I noticed a common thread of concerns that kept bubbling to the surface during many conversations; unfortunately, most of the discussions focused on the following three areas: lack of research, student loan debt and poor career decisions. How to apply to college. Learn more at [link].