Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Here are my notes from today’s 2015 Iowa STEM Summit … Welcome , Lt. STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Launching a STEM Council Seal of Approval for programs (e.g. Over 5,100 applications were submitted for STEM Scale-Up Grants. Numerous STEM externships are available for teachers.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 9, 2019

The 2019 event was held June 23-26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Building a Community of STEM Champions. He presented “Building a Community of STEM Champions for Your Students” alongside Katherine Clemens and Khadijah Crosby from Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Arizona State University. The Neuroscience of Edtech Learning.

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STEM EdTech Conference Meeting 73

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Esports is more than gaming–it helps students develop critical skills How esports can help students in the classroom (no, seriously!) 4 tips for creating an elementary esports program For more news on esports, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub I first started trying to get an esports program at my school in 2011.

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Industry Survey STEM Video 138

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

Once the spark is lit, they start to take harder classes, and they are more interested in STEM as a career. FIRST president and former tech executive Don Bossi spoke with EdSurge about why robotics are the ideal gateway sport for budding innovators and how educators can get their students involved. Can you elaborate on that?

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Robotics STEM Company Elementary 116

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Years ago when I discussed strategy with a Disney Cruise leader, they told me that people tend to remember how an experience starts and how it ends. Therefore, they designed events with intentionality, particularly on the first day and the last night. But Alana, we are talking about how to end the school year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Iditarod Teacher: How to Connect and Learn from the Iditarod Race. I do a STEM project where the kids have to come up with a little dog house that has a certain amount of volume in it, using crackers and frosting. And I love how this event has actually having a teacher to really engage teachers and students. Listen Now.

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How To Learning Company STEM 178

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Science – STEM Resources.

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STEM Resources Video Conference 113

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face-to-face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning. Dawn Stansbury. Instructional Designer @ Advancement Courses.

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Learning Course Elementary Secondary 318

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In the past, student work has ranged from the cutting edge to the routine, from creating a measuring tool that uses lasers to estimate the length of great white sharks to teaching officials in Longmont, the district’s main city, how to better use smartphones in their jobs. It’s made me realize how a small group can do such big things.”.

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STEM Report Robotics Company 101

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 2, 2018

This Thursday, December 6 from 1-3 pm Eastern Time, Edweek is hosting an event about personalized learning. I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room.

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Differentiated Instruction Twitter STEM Personalized Learning 300

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

­ - District Chooses Discovery Education’s STEM Connect to Bring STEM Lessons to Life for Students Districtwide - Silver Spring, Md. The introduction of this new resource into FUESD’s classrooms will continue the district’s cultural and instructional transformation as is fosters STEM teaching and learning across the school system.

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Elementary STEM Professional Learning Education 41

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 116

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.

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Robotics Survey STEM Elementary 161

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2017

How kids can explore and create in STEM with ease From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. These Wonder Workshop robots make it easy to learn to code in my STEM lab. He found out how to program Dot to play Hot Potato. STEM labs, STEAM labs, and FAB labs. Scroll down to enter!

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Robotics STEM Learning Smartphone 235

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. I was amazed how much is included, how differentiated the offerings for varied student learners, and how much of it ties into so many STEM lesson plans.

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Robotics STEM Android Digital Citizenship 208

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This Thursday, December 6 from 1-3 pm Eastern Time, Edweek is hosting an event about personalized learning. I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room.

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Game-Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Gamification Elementary 265

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. Learn how to share comments in a way that can transform how a child views him or herself. What is a surprise from a neuroscience perspective and how does it help children change their views?

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Guidelines Company STEM Study 164

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. Research-based DESSA assessments provide partners with an SEL foundation rooted in the promotion of assets, not deficits.

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EdTech Robotics Assessment STEM 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the camp in Benton, Illinois, students will learn about the plan and how to advocate for it, along with participating in typical camp activities like swimming and using the ropes course. Yet many of them receive little to no introduction to climate science in K-12 schools. This month, in Illinois, she’s part of the program’s art team.

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How To Advocacy Learning Policies 74

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

I had the privilege of being one of the advance readers and I see this as the missing link which will help teachers learn the in’s and outs of how to actually impelment a mastery/competency-based curriculum one lesson at a time. It is working in classrooms around the world.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

For instance, Indian Prairie School District held a four-hour Maker Day to garner community support for computational thinking and maker learning in elementary schools. After the events, parents had a better understanding of why the district was implementing maker learning and coding as early as kindergarten.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 211

User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have the privilege of working with gifted kids at two elementary schools with over 80% Hispanic students. See Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus for more about this. The directions for how to make these can be found at [link] , Edible Slime. Tissue Paper Marigolds.

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 202

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. I will be keynoting this EdTechTeacher event along with other experts in the mastery learning movement, offering strands specific for STEM teachers, humanities teachers, elementary teachers, administrators & coaches. But is there another way?

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom. And you really do have to teach someone how to use technology to communicate, don’t you? Vicki: Cool. Michelle: Yes. Vicki: Cool!

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2022

The contest enables communities to vote for their elementary school to win $10,000 that can be used for critical educator resources that teach kids how to earn, save, spend, and donate. The contest is open through June 17, 2022, and communities can find more resources for elementary students at cha-chingusa.org. .

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Resources Education Professional Learning Elementary 102

techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

-- #TheSTEMEquation: Parents, Educators, Students and Communities Engage in Day-Long Online Conversation about the Power of STEM to Shape the Future -- -- Possibility Grant Sweepstakes Winner to be Announced and Awarded $10,000 to fund School STEM Initiative -- Silver Spring, Md.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Taking on a lens starting with the historical refugee experience to the modern-day experience, students learn how refugees adjust to their new homes and cultures and celebrate the strength people can have in times of great change. This experience is suitable for upper elementary and middle school students. Financial Literacy Lessons.

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STEM Education EdTech Equity of Access 104

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. I will be keynoting this EdTechTeacher event along with other experts in the mastery learning movement, offering strands specific for STEM teachers, humanities teachers, elementary teachers, administrators & coaches. But is there another way?

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

techlearning

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Students, educators, parents, school communities are invited to register for the event at learntoconserve.com. Through immersive experiences that engage young learners in the spirit of innovation, this program supports educators in their work to ignite students’ understanding of how to use STEM to build a better world.”

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STEM Technology Education Learning 45

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Brian Bushart is an elementary math curriculum coordinator. Yesterday, I was asked how to insert (vertical) fractions in @AppleEDU iWork files. this is how I do it. The Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics Twitter feed is the place we turn to when seeking new and upcoming education events. October 21, 2019.

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Twitter Education STEM Policies 80

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 21, 2016

This week, I’ve invited Gillian King-Cargile, Director of Northern Illinois University’s STEM Read program, to share her observations with a fifth grade class. We were in an elementary school library. Then he asked me if he could take some craft supplies home to show his little brother how to make a snake-repelling helmet, too.

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STEM Libraries Elementary Video 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? One of their leaders held a Science of Math event in Pennsylvania in 2022 and is planning another in 2023. Timed tests?

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 2, 2019

Our research, approach to STEM and other thought leadership can be found through our website , social media and blog. Education community building, managing edtech usage, STEM innovation in schools, and the neuroscience behind math learning are just some of the topics they have to offer.

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STEM Conference Secondary Social Media 75

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

During the event, my kids were challenged and totally engaged. After a search of the web, I found a site called mama.codes that gave very clear directions for young children on how to create interactive nursery rhymes and animations to simple songs using the free app Scratch Jr. My hunch was right. I knew I was onto something.

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Robotics STEM Libraries Software 104

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, Makers, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. You see… we really must learn to put into practice some of the best lessons never taught! Best of all, students learn how to make sense of the data they collect. Please follow and sign up.

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Resources STEM Conference Flipped Classroom 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans. Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event. Why use QR Codes? The Fun of IFTTT.

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Mobility Data Digital Citizenship Examples 150

Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

They also don’t automatically know how to cope with emotions and stress, view different perspectives with empathy and solve problems socially. How can you help them manage day-to-day life in healthy ways? How can their time in school help them become adults who are ready for jobs in a 21st-century world?

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