Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? Heres what we believe meaningful computer science education should do to foster a generation of technologically literate learners: 1.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

There’s a lack of collaboration between school educators, administrators, IT staff and students, and this affects decisions about purchasing and implementation. MORE FROM EDTECH : How Educational AI is Making the Grade. Tech for Tech’s Sake Doesn’t Work. Teachers, School Leaders Should be Continuously Trained.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

It’s really a mindset and a philosophy of education.”. Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. Why not offer robotics in the makerspace to the entire student population ?

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Hour of Code takes place annually during Computer Science Education Week. Possibilities might include lack of resources, student schedules are already full, or perhaps a perceived lack of knowledge by educators when it comes to bringing coding into our classrooms. CoderZ is a cloud-based option where students can code 3D robots.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Who : Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State University researching the development of STEM identities within elementary aged students and the benefits of play-based, exploratory learning. Lighting Up Your Classroom with Electrical Engineering

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Introducing STEM education at an early age fosters curiosity and the ability to tackle real-world challenges. One way to engage students in STEM education is with hands-on, project-based learning. Heres a list of 10 lesser-known STEM education resources specifically tailored for K-12 learners: 1.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. They work on any project they want, such as robotics. jena.passut_7651.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement. In order to use technology properly in the classroom, teachers need to take a back seat and allow students to spend more time as the drivers of their own education, says educational consultant and public speaker Adam Welcome. .

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Pioneering districts in the League of Innovative Schools are at the forefront of incorporating computer science education in K-12, leading large-scale initiatives to integrate coding and computational thinking into their curricula. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The annual report comes from Code.org , the Computer Science Teachers Association , and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance and offers a comprehensive analysis of national progress in providing computer science education. We need every state to require a computer science graduation requirement.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Let’s dive in!

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User Generated Education

JUNE 18, 2017

This post discusses my Cardboard Creations Maker Education Camp that was taught to fifteen 5 to 12 year old learners for five days, 2.5 Summer Maker Education Camp Project. Cardboard Creations Maker Education Camp utilized no technology (except for projecting images of example projects on the whiteboard) and low/no cost materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2017

We have 3d printing, robot making, and all kinds of building going on. These Wonder Workshop robots make it easy to learn to code in my STEM lab. I said, “Here are two robots, Dash and Dot, there are apps on the store you can use and there are a lot of attachments and cool things, go for it. Any elementary classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Educators have found a solution to this problem: gamification. Through the CoderZ Robotics curriculum, kids learn to create, manage, and communicate with cyber robots in a virtual setting by inputting code. Learning is more accessible because virtual robots do not require hardware, space, or other associated costs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. That, by the way, is one of my favorite parts of this fun little robot.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

Not every kindergartner can boast that she helped build a robot with high school students. Not every kindergartner can boast that she helped build a robot with high school students. Not every kindergartner can boast that she helped build a robot with high school students. Robotics Competition team.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 22, 2017

Children with ASD require us, as educators, to reassess simple classroom procedures: move colorful displays out of the eye-line of ASD students, seat them away from air conditioners or the PA to limit audio inputs, seat them at the head of a table to limit touching elbows with other students. How AI is changing special education.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 27, 2019

As I have since transitioned from school principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education ( ICLE ), my work now focuses on helping schools transform teaching, learning, and leadership to create vibrant cultures that kids want to be a part of. Marine robotics lab (M.A.T.E. Then, changes were made.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Why is that?

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

It stands to reason that the more exposure children have to computer technology, coding, and robotics, the more prepared they will be for the future. Computational Skills and Collaboration One phrase we often use in our district is, “It’s not about the robot.” Our computer science program has two goals. This is mine!” he shouted.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Most people don’t consider education technology to be such an important industry, but it’s actually gigantic. Traditional education has always been based on the power of storytelling. This is why gamification plays such a major role in contemporary education.”. Robot teachers. Let’s take a look! 3D learning.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2021

So much so that the ultimate frisbee champion and class valedictorian mentioned it while delivering his graduation speech to the students of Amelia Earhart Options for Knowledge Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, last month. When our team learned about Earhart's need for these robotics kits, we wanted to help.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

KinderLab Robotics, creator of the award-winning KIBO robot , is expanding its curriculum offerings to serve students in grades 35 with Exploring with KIBO. The new curriculum includes 60 hours of standards-aligned lessons and activities specifically designed for upper elementary grades, with 20 hours of instruction per grade level.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. why bother. Why Bother.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But it wasn’t indoor recess — play is one of the ways students learn every day in O’Brien’s science and social studies class at Shidler Elementary School. Crystal O’Brien, center, plays with her third grade students during free play time in her classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. This is a chain reaction.’”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A few years ago, toward the beginning of my journey into robotics, I mentored a team for a local competition. We were on our way to building a Tetrix Prime robot from a kit, when the unimaginable happened—our team’s laptops went missing—and with them, all of our code and design work. Ones that aren’t toys?”

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User Generated Education

MARCH 6, 2017

Yes, there are mounds of curricula students must master in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a textbook or test. I meet with two groups of gifted elementary students, grades 2nd through 6th, for a full day each week. Robot Drawing. I begin our days together with a team building activity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From coding to robotics and augmented reality and his favorite (which he saved for last), learn how a leading-edge K-8 program is using technology to teach all students the skills and thinking capacities they need to be successful in the modern era. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours. Never stop learning!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This understanding has deepened through my collaboration with Kathy Renfrew, whose journey from a self-proclaimed science-phobic classroom teacher to renowned STEM educator and leader illustrates the transformation that happens when educators break down traditional subject-area barriers and create truly interdisciplinary units.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

Educators face the challenge of engaging students in STEM amidst limited resources. STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As elementary STEAM educators, we have both learned that the best way to teach science is through hands-on exploration where lessons are both rigorous and relative to all of the students in the classroom. Here are two tech-infused lessons that have increased student engagement and brought elementary earth and life sciences to life.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The New Media Consortium , which publishes its annual “Horizon Report for K-12” previewing the technologies likely to impact education in the coming five years, forecast back in 2015 that by 2019, we would see drones playing a role in education. . It’s what they will see as they move forward in their education and careers.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 13, 2020

Jorge Valenzuela, the author of Rev Up Robotics, discusses the three things schools should be teaching so students are ready. Hear an overview of computational thinking, algorithms, and robotics with Jorge Valenzuela. He says schools should focus less on bright and shiny things and should dig into the basics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

From small programmable robots to programming languages at the upper level, Computer Science is an essential 21st Century skill and method of thinking and creating that is applicable to many fields besides Computer Science. I recommend this handy, useful encyclopedia of education technology tools.

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techlearning

JUNE 9, 2025

Best robots 13. With the huge wealth of code teaching tools out there specifically designed for education, the main problem is finding the right one for your needs as an educator and for the students that are going to learn. Tech & Learning Newsletter Tools and ideas to transform education. Best fun 14. Best reach 15.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

This AI, VR, and AR exploration zone is where innovation meets education in a dynamic virtual learning environment. Here’s a sampling of the dynamic live and virtual ISTE and ASCD sessions educators can attend: 1. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

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