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Connecting Voices through Robotics: An EdCamp Global Event

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

This year, our library is fortunate to have a robotics loan from Birdbrain Technologies. We have 12 Finch robots that we are using throughout the year for coding experiences for our students. Currently, a group of 2nd-5th graders are meeting every Friday for one hour to learn to code these robots and create projects with them.

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Coming This Summer: Powerful, Peer-Led Professional Development That Won’t Bore

Edsurge

Organized around three keynote speakers who will frame each day’s ideas (making, innovating, and learning), the Perspectives conference will feature dozens of local teachers leading interactive breakout groups focused on translating theory to practice.

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How One Teacher Let Go of Control To Focus On Student-Centered Approaches

MindShift

She shared her findings at a recent EdCamp gathering in New Jersey. When Riley introduced programmable robots to the students, for example, each work group sought to develop a different robot capability. And while some groups followed Riley’s instructions on programming, others turned to online tutorials to learn more.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “ Edcamps : The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “ Steam , After Pulling School Shooter Game , Says It Will Sell Nearly Everything.”