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TEACHER VOICE: As the pandemic rages, more students are struggling with trauma

The Hechinger Report

The 9 Traits of Critical Thinking and trauma-informed instruction go hand in hand. I know you love robots, so would you like to build a robot out of cardboard boxes?” Choice-based instruction is particularly important during remote learning, when it is hard to predict what materials students might have at hand.

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No Student Is Unreachable

TeachThought - Learn better.

All he wants to do is work with Mr. B, the teacher in the robotics lab.”. The contact wouldn’t have to be earned, because kids shouldn’t have to earn something that they really need; Garrett needed time with Mr. B and robotics as much as a typical student needed to be in social studies. It’s hard to see him fail each day.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - Future of Museums Conference Announcement - #EdTechMonth Events Today and Thursday - The Fallacy of Linearity

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tuesday, May 20th at 1pm CoSN Webinar Series - Over the Horizon: Results from the2014 Horizon K-12 Report , Join us for a sneak preview of the much-anticipated “2014 Horizon Report K-12 Edition,” being released this summer. Learn how to use the Horizon Report Toolkit for your own strategic planning and professional development.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps for Game Based Learning

Technology Tidbits

Arcademic Skill Builders - Amazing site w/ educational games and portal to allow for student tracking and progress reports in Math, Reading, and more. Also, this game is aligned to Common Core Standard and can send progress reports to pareants/teachers via email. PhyFun - A nice site for Physics based games.

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TEACHER VOICE: How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding

The Hechinger Report

Related: COLUMN: Kids teaching robots: Is this the future of education? We are now building on this enthusiasm by investing in programs and partnerships that capitalize on students’ varied interests, including popular robots like Bee Bots and Robot Mouse. The hands-on experience authentically engages every single student.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Achieve3000 will apply its online differentiated instruction to the content, helping students to digest critical material so they can read, discuss, and debate core U.S. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. announced the U.S.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

Almost all of the participating companies reported at least a couple former educators in high-level leadership positions. At the other end, one company reported their director is still teaching. The creators of an educational robot, for instance, recently decided that they needed to rethink its training regimen.

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