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Vernier hosting 34 data-collection workshops

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Workshops provide educators with hands-on experience as they learn about new ways to integrate data-collection technologies into their curriculum. Workshop attendees have the option of earning two (quarter) graduate science credit hours through the Portland State University Center for Science Education.

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Vernier Kicks Off Its Spring 2018 Data-Collection Workshop Series

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, February 23, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 free hands-on workshops to help science and STEM educators learn how to integrate Vernier data-collection technology—including the new Vernier Go Direct wireless sensors—into their curriculum.

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Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

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Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?

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Infographic: Why mobile technology is hurting some students

eSchool News

” Ninety-four percent of families surveyed by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop , have some kind of internet access and most have at least one device connecting to the internet, but the quality or consistency of their internet access is lower than they would like it to be.

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How an Aquaponics Facility Became Ground Zero for Lessons in Business and Data Analytics

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The course is meant to give students a deep dive into data-gathering and analysis, and it’s offered as a special topics course in the university’s major for Management Information Systems, which draws on both business and technology courses. To some degree, the aquaponics course itself was born out of one of those workshops, Moore says.

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A Guide to Choosing an Interactive Learning Platform

ViewSonic Education

This has fueled trends like gamification , nano-learning , education ecosystems , and mobile-first learning , while futuristic developments like Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and metaverse learning are on the horizon. This helps to preserve teachers’ existing materials for a smooth migration process.

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15 edtech startups selected for the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator

eSchool News

As education continues to evolve, data-driven decision making is a powerful strategy to transform teaching and learning practices and unlock new opportunities for student success. Lessonbee’s whole-school wellness solution provides data to help teachers improve student self-efficacy and well-being.

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