The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

While West-MEC provides career training programs to high school students, it also supports elementary school district members through innovative career literacy initiatives. Each year, West-MEC allocates a significant amount of money to our two elementary school districts.

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Elementary Industry Robotics Report 114

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I was fortunate to work with numerous educators this summer on how to teach and lead for higher student engagement – even during a pandemic. I modeled how to adopt an approach that focused on ideation, not judgment, and pointed out some key considerations and ‘think abouts’ for each section of the protocol. Related Posts.

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Student Engagement Elementary Strategy Secondary 355

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. I decided I was well-positioned to help make a change.

Robotics 163

Robotics Survey STEM Elementary 163

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff. AVer Information Inc.,

EdTech 133

EdTech Robotics Assessment STEM 133

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

When Ayanna met Cozmo the robot, both she and the robot lit up. “it elementary and secondary schools teach the subject, maybe because there are so few curricula available for students. AI-in-a-Box retails at $2,999, according to ReadyAI’s website, and includes several Cozmo robots, tablets, laptops and game controllers.

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Robotics Secondary Laptops STEM 152

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Trauma is often linked to adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and other events that happen to people under the age of 18. As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., I know you love robots, so would you like to build a robot out of cardboard boxes?”

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Robotics Differentiated Instruction Elementary Examples 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening.

Elementary 145

Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve come along way since then, moving from traditional library programming into the 21st century, with coding and robotics to match. During the event, my kids were challenged and totally engaged. Robots in the library. My first purchase was a class set of Spheros , ball shaped robots. My hunch was right.

Robotics 112

Robotics STEM Libraries Software 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

STEM 101

STEM Report Robotics Company 101

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar. Location of event: Provide a large QR Code at the entrance to the school or event location with a map and directions to the room where it is located.

Mobility 150

Mobility Data Digital Citizenship Examples 150

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX.

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2021

We’re going to finish up our robotics badge by making a toothbrush robot,” she announced to four fellow members of Mobile, Alabama’s Girl Scout Troop 8274 in June. MacKenzie Brackett demonstrates a toothbrush robot wiring technique to three troop members attending via Zoom Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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Robotics STEM Report Mobility 109

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

I chose what to work on and how to create it. Our event organizers included Neil Andruschak (Little Falls Community Schools), Paul Schlangen (Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School), Mark Krueger and John Gerads (North Junior High School) and Amanda Holstrom and Brad Scherer (Sartell Middle School). I was driving my project.

Conference 117

Conference Schoology Meeting Groups 117

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. Equity is not that everyone knows how to write a loop but that they understand why it matters and how a loop can help people,” says Wybrant. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J.

Accessibility 89

Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 89

EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

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.

Robotics 60

Robotics Gamification STEM iPad 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

Robot Basketball – This lesson comes from Try Engineering. Math Basketball Games – Are you looking for a way to bring a little basketball into your elementary of middle school math class? Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect. This site does require free registration for educators.

Resources 94

Resources STEM Conference Flipped Classroom 94

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. Our thought was to use the robot to create recycling videos for our school. It was amazing how swiftly my students learned the basics of coding.

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Robotics Social Media Study Twitter 73

Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Over two hundred Vermont schools signed up to participate in Code.org's Hour of Code event. Some schools participated in making the Robot Rodeo Announcement as an opportunity to continue coding beyond and hour of code. Hundreds of kids from around Vermont built their awareness (and confidence) with computer science!

Robotics 40

Robotics Elementary Video Training 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2018

A high school librarian collaborating with a local music mentorship program to teach youth in special education classes how to code music with assistive technology. Public librarians in a rural community teaching coding languages to help youth engineer and operate a FarmBot robotic gardener. Over 100 showed up.

Libraries 42

Libraries Assistive Technology Robotics Elementary 42

EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Each week I post a new question that our connected teachers have posted on a shared Google Doc and the students record a video explaining how to solve the problem. Our fifth grade used the Wonder Workshop robots for a variety of lessons across the curriculum. Join an EdTechTeam event near you or online!

Digital Divide 58

Digital Divide Robotics Social Media Conference 58

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 9, 2019

Bonner Elementary in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. 27:39] – Kasey explains how to apply to be a student guest on the podcast in a future episode: fill out the application here ! [28:02] Bonner Elementary. I would love to learn different languages, dance, and how to build things like an architect. Dash Robots.

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Adobe Google Course Robotics 66

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

However, innovating schools and actually putting those calls to practice can get messy, and it appeared that one theme throughout the event was about facing and learning from those failures. Knowing how to program is not what makes someone a great programmer,” she said. “We We need to build a society of explorers.”

EdTech 99

EdTech Microsoft Conference Outcomes 99

Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

We create a list of creative writing prompts for kids to improve different writing styles and multiple topics that will resonate with a child in elementary school to a teen in high school. Describe an event that changed your life. Write a story about spending a day with a robot, a dog, and a cow.

Social Media 95

Social Media Smartphone Robotics Elementary 95

EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

The purists feel that students are too deeply rooted in technology and do not know how to use or read results on a basic tool, such as a thermometer or pH paper. The belief is that students must learn how to master the basic tools before they can move on to the digital tools, which theoretically do most of the work for the user.

Technology 69

Technology Classroom Chromebook Data 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. The great majority of these events are free to attend. Thank you, in advance, for your contribution to this great event!

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

An example of this coaching model is when a parent of a kindergarten student is struggling with how to teach reading fluency or book handling or decoding and phonics, the educational coach would provide support and instructional strategies. As an educator, she has taught elementary school, high school English, and special education.

Learning 40

Learning Pearson Robotics Examples 40

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 3, 2015

We are on a field trip with @plemmonsa and his students from Barrow Elementary School. Most of them wanted the students to demonstrate for them how each piece of technology worked. It made me wonder if there is less of a culture of risk-taking in this age bracket than with our elementary students. pic.twitter.com/9HOoz5tms2.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary STEM iPad 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

More than 100,000 Hour of Code events have taken place this year, with most of them occurring during Computer Science Education Week earlier this month. Thousands of students in Plymouth public elementary schools participate in Hour of Code, a lynchpin in our technology curriculum for the past three years.

Robotics 79

Robotics Epson Differentiated Instruction Learning 79

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots.

Industry 140

Industry STEM Education Survey 140

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2017

If you have another platform, try Draw a Stickman (well-suited for elementary school ages). Robotics integrates all STEAM fields in a way no other subject can. Students get to play with robots, program them to do whatever (well, not quite ‘whatever’) they want, and call it classwork. critical thinking. engineering.

Robotics 182

Robotics STEM Software Google 182

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

“What we realized in the classrooms was that there were a lot of things being done by the gut—it looked good and felt good, but there was no science behind choices teachers were making,” Kolb tells EdSurge, rifling off robots, flexible seating and Chromebooks as among the trends and tools that aren’t being used to their full advantage.

Technology 110

Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

They hear original phrasing, emphasis, and often reactions to dramatic events that — without recordings — would be simply words on paper to most of them, devoid of passion, emotion, and motivation. How Stuff Works. How do I teach Inquiry and Research in Middle School. How to Research. World Almanac for Kids.

Facebook 150

Facebook Social Media Edmodo Twitter 150

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When the pandemic started, Upchurch knew this would permanently change how students learn. The challenge was how to quickly adapt to the circumstances and make sure all students in the district had easy, affordable, and quick access to the technologies needed to succeed throughout the school year and in years to come.

Education 128

Education Learning EdTech Data 128

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2019

In Seattle, preschool teachers in the city program can qualify for higher pay at the same rate as elementary teachers, but they must first get their bachelor’s degrees, unless they have many years of experience and demonstrated success. It’s an investment in children as they enter elementary.”. What would come next?”.

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Report Elementary Training Robotics 110

EdTechTeam

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaching coding with robotics allows for that perception; toys in the classroom. While students are using iPads to program robots like the Wonder Workshop Dash , they do not recognize they are learning things like sequencing, problem solving, collaboration, and maybe even the robo-boogie. How am I perfect for this topic, you ask?

Robotics 49

Robotics Adobe Digital Citizenship Training 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 See you online! Shaheen, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) Please join us!

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59