The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

In fact, a report by the U.S. 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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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. The gap between technology and pedagogy begins before technology gets to the classroom , according to CoSN’s report. That’s backwards,” notes the CoSN report.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. The gap between technology and pedagogy begins before technology gets to the classroom , according to CoSN’s report. That’s backwards,” notes the CoSN report.

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Robotics Report Training EdTech 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

In 2018, ISTE and General Motors launched a professional development course to train educators on how to use AI for teaching and learning. Once students had manually created the app, they had to figure out how to prompt an AI tool to duplicate it. Learning how to use this tool isn’t going to replace instructors.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

Makenzie, Mariah and Makayla are triplets who, by the age of 13, have created websites, programmed a handheld Raspberry Pi computer and given orders to a small, white robot called Sphero. Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology.

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How To Robotics Elementary Report 93

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. Credit: Tom Sandner for The Hechinger Report. The activities also give his students a chance to learn how to cooperate, accept failure when it happens, and solve problems as a team, he said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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?” Following a how-to-draw video and typing out the character’s day is another. I teach about 500 students, many of whom have experienced trauma.

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Robotics Differentiated Instruction Elementary Examples 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As the school year starts here at Dr. Pablo Perez Elementary school in McAllen — where I am the school librarian — we are enrolling 40 to 60 newcomers in Harvey’s aftermath. It isn’t only books that greet our students here, but also two friendly, coding-proficient robots named Dot and Dash. And suddenly, it all makes sense.

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Robotics Libraries Tablets Report 67

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

And we have a few ideas about how to build a better, more inclusive future for women in STEM. So many of us find our spark in STEM during programs that happen outside of school, whether it’s an after-school robotics program or a summer course with Girls Who Code. Unfortunately, we didn’t know how.

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STEM Advocacy Robotics iPhone 97

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

We spoke to Welcome about why he thinks students need to have more freedom to explore the technology available to them in their classroom, and how teachers can use technology to build relationships with their students. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how to orchestrate a digital transformation in your school. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. Credit: eLearn.fyi. When the coronavirus pandemic first struck and classes shifted online last spring, Sophia Joffe was in 11th grade.

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Online Learning Robotics Learning Instructional Materials 145

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

“It works well for giant projects like museum displays, science fair projects, but it also works well for weekly vocabulary assignments,” says Robyn Tanksley, third-grade teacher at the Sexton Mountain Elementary School in Beaverton, in a video about Adobe Spark. . EdTech Managing Editor Marquita Brown contributed to this report.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

Dollar-for-dollar match brings robots to classrooms teaching computational thinking. Wonder Workshop will match one dollar for every dollar donated towards funding projects that bring the Dash & Dot robots to schools in need. Dash & Dot are robots with personality and capability.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. Building robots, sailboats and pulleys also helps students see how to apply their learning to real-world situations. They're laughing, chatting and (sometimes) getting a bit frustrated.

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Robotics Learning STEM Trends 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

But now that ChatGPT is here to stay, experts like Levine are trying to figure how to teach writing to K-12 students in an age of AI. Related: How college educators are using AI in the classroom While the study is ongoing, the early findings revealed something surprising: Kids weren’t excited about ChatGPT’s writing.

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Trends Study Data Robotics 131

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Several largely overlooked reports, including from the Department of Defense, raise alarms about how Americans’ disdain for math is a threat to national security. It reports that there are now eight times as many college graduates in these disciplines in China and four times as many engineers in Russia than in the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report. This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class.

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Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Joanna Smith, founder of an ed-tech company that helps schools curb chronic absenteeism, was thinking about how to pivot her company to provide services in a remote learning setting as many brick and mortar schools transitioned online last year. The assembled group also discussed various new design concepts for how to apply AI in education.

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Education Company Robotics Report 145

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

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. Special Features include: ability to report position, velocity, and acceleration. How to get started. How to use PASCO devices in your classroom. STEM modules.

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iPhone Software Robotics iPad 223

EdTechTeacher

MAY 12, 2023

[INTRO: A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. ( Check out our first tip here!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. Students participate in a hands-on activity during summer school at Bethel Elementary School in Simpsonville, S.C. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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Elementary Report Groups Personalized Learning 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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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. Robots in the library. Students creating robot art Along with my new online curriculum, I also wanted to give the students real world opportunities to use their coding skills.

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Robotics STEM Libraries Software 112

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. For example, we use in my 8th-grade science class Book Creator for students to develop everything from science lab reports to personal studies that they do — like individual investigations — and even just topic research.

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EdTech Technology Robotics Classroom 187

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

Elementary science instruction often takes a back seat to math and reading and receives little time in the school day. In fact, the 2018 National Study of Science and Mathematics Education reported that many elementary school teachers do not even provide science instruction every week. What do you think they were experiencing?’”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

Students at Barwell Road Elementary School Photo: Alex Granados/EducationNC. Her school, Haw River Elementary in Alamance County, was offering students after-school clubs once a week. Her friends wanted to try robotics, so she tagged along. Walnut Creek Elementary (Wake County). Rollins Elementary (Vance County).

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Robotics Elementary Report Data 74

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Upper elementary students receive formal golf instruction by a PGA-certified golf pro at the country club, creating a great opportunity to learn etiquette and social graces in addition to a lifelong sport they might not otherwise have access to. They trained volunteers to access Lexia’s reports and use the data to adjust direct instruction.

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 108

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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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis. 00;03;53;23 – 00;04;16;21 Dan Fitzpatrick And teachers all over the world are reporting back right now that it's absolutely supercharged learning within their classrooms.

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My Paperless Classroom

MAY 29, 2014

We are in our second year of a 1:2 iPad program in the middle school, this is our first year of having a cart of iPads available for elementary, and this is our last year of having 2 labs of PC''s for the students to use, next year we will only have one lab. I am happy to report that, much to my own surprise, the first challenge has been met.

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Robotics iPad Tablets Groups 111

MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

This story about career readiness was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. PLEASANT, S.C. On a recent weekday, J.

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

Hack Education

JULY 5, 2019

“When you say ‘teaching machines from the 1960s’,” one person recently told me, “I picture the robot teacher in The Jetsons.” “You really know your elementary arithmetic.” They couldn’t roll around the classroom and hand out report cards. “Boink!”

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Robotics Course Blackboard Elementary 48

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In the afternoon she accompanies the group of primarily African-American and Latino kids for the return trip, while many of their classmates at Rooftop School in the San Francisco Unified School District stay behind for after-school activities like French, guitar and “Lego robotics.”. It’s enough to justify Google expanding the program.

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How To Learning Robotics Chromebook 34

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. Scientists first learning to drive a car with their minds in a project called the Brain Driver recount taking months to figure out how to focus the mind so the car could pick up simple directions like right, left and straight. Time to figure out who is boss.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In one survey, a large majority (80 percent) of math teachers reported that free instructional content from Khan Academy helped them challenge their most advanced students, and a smaller but still significant majority (66 percent) reported that it gave them extra capacity to help their most struggling students make the gains they needed.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

That could be giving social-studies students a tutorial on research skills; showing a French class how to make stop-action animation, short videos, or websites for presentations on Francophone countries; or helping a math teacher free up class time by creating sharable videos of introductory explanations and sample problems for students.

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