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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. At Slackwood Elementary School in New Jersey, AI assistants helped bolster first-grade students, a majority of whom were struggling to achieve high test scores in science, technology, engineering and math courses.

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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Prior to teaching, he has worked in IT and marketing for [Procter & Gamble]( [link] ), Kaplan University (now [Purdue University Global]( [link] )), and [Diagnostic Centers of America]( [link] ). Sean is a dad, coder, teacher, geek, marketer, salmon enthusiast, Star Wars fan, and 3D-printing nut living in Florida.

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Check out the top 25 edWebinars of 2021

edWeb.net

Story Time STEM with Steve Spangler: Strategies for Connecting Amazing Science with Great Children’s Literature. Teaching Problem Solving in Math for Elementary Learners. Developmentally Appropriate, Play-Based Virtual Instruction for Preschool Children. 5 Essential Strategies to Effectively Teach Letters and Sounds.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

techlearning

And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. REPRESENTATION: SEEING PEOPLE LIKE ME SUCCEEDING IN STEM ChickTech January 2018 Kickoff, Java Workshop, Grades 9–12.

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From Advocating to Letting Your Nerd Flag Fly, Educators Are Grateful For Lessons From Students

Edsurge

Photo Credit: Marisa Kaplan This week I talked with other educators who shared their powerful stories: Elaine Mendez (an instructional coach from Belleville Public Schools) and AJ Bianco (a 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher from Harrington Park School)—who learned to make mistakes and show off their nerdy sides.

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7 ways schools can get creative with STEAM

eSchool News

For a while now, schools have been slowly merging science and math lessons with visual arts as a way to add a hands-on component, and perhaps a dash of culture, to ordinary STEM curriculum. It won’t always be possible for STEM and art links to occur at the same point during the school year, and that’s OK. Take time to build momentum.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Senate Education Committee began work this week sifting through the 800-some-odd-page reauthorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A newly released report from Georgetown University''s Center on Education and the Workforce looks at the future of STEM-related jobs. See PDF for more details.)