Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Motivate students with digital badges. The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. ” A digital badge looks similar to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout patch.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Not surprisingly, Forbes reported that the highest paid YouTube star of 2018 was 7 year-old Ryan of the Ryan Toyreviews Channel. Students of all ages enjoy producing their own videos. Each year I meet younger and younger learners who have their own YouTube Channels.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Not surprisingly, Forbes reported that the highest paid YouTube star of 2018 was 7 year-old Ryan of the Ryan Toyreviews Channel. Students of all ages enjoy producing their own videos. Each year I meet younger and younger learners who have their own YouTube Channels.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

The collaboration produced the Reclaiming Digital Futures toolkit , a free web-based guide designed to help educators at out-of-school youth organizations integrate technology and digital learning into their programming and practices. Kolos’s Go-To Digital Learning Resources. Connected Learning Lab at UC Irvine.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Here’s what we learned. North Carolina has been supporting digital learning longer than many other states. It was among the first in the nation to draft a Digital Learning Plan , published in 2015. “We A Vision for Digital Learning. Melissa Thibault is all about collaborative learning.

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Digital Learning Learning Broadband STEM 87

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

According to a 2017 study by Blackboard and Project Tomorrow , a majority of school principals (51 percent) and technology leaders (67 percent) say that the greatest challenge they face in implementing digital learning or expanding technology use is motivating teachers to change their traditional instructional practices.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This all-in-one solution for middle school, high school, and advanced science levels helps educators support digital and hands-on learning, facilitate inquiry-based exploration, and differentiate instruction using labs, embedded safety resources, test prep, formative and summative assessments, and multi-level reporting tools. . “We

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 14, 2017

Students carry these powerful learning tools in their pockets and can capture the learning all around them. Educators can help students experience learning all around them by sending students on learning missions. Discover more about this idea in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

My blog , a part of the Robo Wunderkind educational platform, focuses on the value that robotics and programming––two fundamental areas of STEM––bring to early education. Both design thinking and computational thinking are easy to learn with the help of robotics. . First, the gender gap in STEM. About the Author.

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Robotics Education STEM Digital Citizenship 166

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet. The post OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

STEM classes and those that used open interactive learning systems were the costliest to develop, while non-STEM courses that adopted existing OER materials cost the least. Faculty reported that creating OER courses took them 1.5 The biggest expense came from developing courses.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 13, 2022

However, once you have your students thinking about these subject areas this project takes on a life of its own based on projects that might stem from its completion. See below for more information) In this project, students will learn: What is a biography & autobiography?

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TeacherCast

JUNE 13, 2022

However, once you have your students thinking about these subject areas this project takes on a life of its own based on projects that might stem from its completion. In this project, students will learn: What is a biography & autobiography? Digital Learning Skills. See below for more information). Lesson Resources.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

Common Sense Graphite search and ratings tool connects educators with STEM and STEAM apps, websites aligned to NGSS. A new search tool aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aims to help educators identify digital STEM and STEAM resources to use in their science and math instruction.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Educators also can explore Avanti’s World , an educational VR experience split into two lands with learning zones and scenes for students to explore independently. Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And they point to a recent Educause Horizon Report that listed HyFlex as an emerging practice in part because of an increasing demand from students for greater flexibility in accessing higher education. Will their efforts succeed? I do not believe that.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Almost 90 percent of teachers reported that Amplify Science supported them in engaging students in science discourse. The program blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools to empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

Last-minute decision-making is the new normal, as schools and districts vet a multiplicity of strategies and applications to support their reliance on digital learning in a pandemic. It’s an ongoing process we intend to continue in the fall — regardless of where learning takes place. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

The need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is critical, especially because there will be more than 3 million job openings in STEM-related fields by 2018. But administrators and policy makers now recognize the benefits of integrating arts education into STEM subjects. About STEAM.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

We’re excited for the opportunity to share our work and highlight possibilities for the future of education, covering topics such as educational equity, the power of digital learning, workforce development, Challenge Based Learning, and inclusive innovation. Connected: The Power of Digital Learning Every Day.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2019

In fact, according to EdTech Magazine , 63% of K-12 teachers report using technology in their classrooms daily. According to the American University School of Education , among 13-to-17-year-old students, only 24% of boys and 11% of girls claim they would like to pursue a degree in STEM. Is all this technology ultimately beneficial?

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is launching two new solutions – 360Science and Science2Go – to support hands-on learning this coming school year. To learn more about Flinn’s solutions, visit www.flinnsci.com. About Flinn Scientific.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

Since launching our digital learning initiative three years ago, we have realized that the traditional style of evaluative observations we’ve used for decades doesn't work for our teachers anymore. We’re still learning how to best support the growth of our teachers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Book: Engaging STEM Students from Rural Areas: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Report: Why Rural Matters 2018-2019. Recommended Rural Education Resources. Journal Article: Ready, set, grow! Preparing and equipping the rural school leader for success. Journal: The Rural Educator.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students and spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content, according to Education Week.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

America’s thirst for a highly-skilled workforce is driving the expansion of digital learning. Luckily, college students who graduate without STEM degrees, have a chance at finding a job in the new economy if they can demonstrate other in-demand “soft skills”—creativity, collaboration, adaptability, time management, leadership.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.” Others are building language-learning apps and toys that teach kids STEM concepts. For its second fund, “the biggest opportunity continues to be new digital learning solutions enabling acquisition of professional skills,” says Wirz. “We

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Education Specialist, Digital Teaching & Learning, Utah State Board of Education; Nancy Mangum, Director of Learning Partnerships, Leading EDge Learning; Theresa Gibson, Director of Operations, Leading EDge Learning; and Darren Hudgins, Founder and CEO, Think Do Thrive.

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Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 79

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students and 2.6

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Images credit: EVERFI Lessons on The State of Financial Capability The FutureSmart Digital program has an ambitious goal of reaching 2 million students by 2020. We recently released an interactive report that examined financial literacy data across the country, on a state by state basis.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Kids CoLab helps students target areas of need, build 21st-century skills with hands-on and digital learning. Nine New Jersey elementary middle school students are joining forces with Pearson designers and developers to help the company design features for digital learning solutions. million STEM jobs in the U.S.

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Industry needs qualified candidates which according to multiple reports by Bain and Company; many, many companies are not finding qualified candidates with whom to fill these important positions. STEMpath is a yearlong STEM and Computer Science certificate program, offering any K-12 educator 24-credit graduate level credits.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

An astounding 32 percent of adults report being online “almost constantly” and 93 percent of all adults report going online on a daily basis , according to Pew Research. Cybersecurity can be introduced through the educational system in innovative ways that will inevitably lead to a rise in STEM-related passion.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”. The customer service team would pass along this request to the digital learning team, which would make a decision about whether the website should be unblocked.

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