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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

MindShift

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” One teacher went to a “STEM/STEAM” session but was disappointed that the discussion was so “general and theoretical,” while he was looking for something more specific and practical.

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

Lachelle Brant) Creating Guidelines for Distance Education The Problem: Sometimes, the greatest solution stems from the greatest need. She has been both an elementary teacher, and currently serves as an education consultant in the Wyoming Department of Education. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. We can be the example.

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Wonderful Word Problem Breakthroughs

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Felicia Casto talk about her awesome elementary math classroom. Webb Elementary in Navasota, Texas and works with teachers in her school and educators across the nation on how to best to embrace digital learning across a variety of platforms. The excitement her students have about word problems. The 3×5 card trick.

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Can MakerSpaces Invent the Future? (Video)

Adjusting Course

Watch for our students next week as they present SpheroExo to teachers at EdCamp Eau Claire! Check out the 5 minute video below and prepare to be amazed at what kids can do. We are so proud of our students and all they are creating, engineering, and achieving.

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Math Teacher: 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Gerald Aungst is a “curiosity engineer” with more than 25 years of professional experience as an elementary teacher and curriculum specialist who empowers learners through inquiry and making. Gerald is currently a gifted support and makerspace teacher at Cheltenham Elementary School in suburban Philadelphia.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. He is an organizer for Oklahoma EdCamp and the PLAYDATE OKC professional development conferences. He is the Director of Technology for the Casady School in Oklahoma City.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The winners of this year’s Harold W McGraw Jr Prize in Education : Dr. Christine Cunningham, Founder and Director of Engineering is Elementary (EiE) at the Museum of Science; Dr. Sandy Shugart, President of Valencia College; and Chris Anderson, TED “curator.” Graduate students at American University have voted to unionize.