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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

Examples of microaggression can be scheduling major deadlines on important cultural event dates or making inappropriate and insensitive jokes about a particular group of students. If we are going to be gatekeepers, we have to be aware of the microaggressions we perpetuate.

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Game Education: It’s in Their DNA – Guest Post from Courtney Pepe

EdTechTeacher

empathy and role-play) bring authentic meaning to past events.”. At Dayton Hall Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, Kristi Meeuwse, chose to pilot Tangible Play by Osmo because it is hands on and manipulative in nature. Game #4 – Sphero the Robot.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

Examples of microaggression can be scheduling major deadlines on important cultural event dates or making inappropriate and insensitive jokes about a particular group of students. If we are going to be gatekeepers, we have to be aware of the microaggressions we perpetuate.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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