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What's In Your Elementary STEM Lab?

Tech Helpful

Often when people come to visit our lower school STEM lab they ask "how did you know what to put it in?" The first thing I would suggest to a school system wanting to create a STEM lab is not to try to buy everything in the beginning. These are our "go to" robotics for elementary students. 5 Lenovo Laptops.

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How esports can help students in the classroom (no, seriously!)

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Supporting esports in education gives students a leg up, empowering them to foster a passion for technology and innovation while allowing schools to integrate powerful hardware into their STEM and STEAM curricula. At schools where space is at a premium, laptops are an effective way to prioritize flexibility. They enrich it.

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

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The State of STEM Classrooms. Science, technology, engineering and math initiatives are helping students nationwide prepare for STEM-track careers, but they’re also gaining traction as fundamental aspects of the K–12 curriculum. BECOME AN INSIDER: Sign up access to exclusive EdTech videos, whitepapers and articles.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

What is STEM? The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More recently, arts were added to this educational model, as educators believed that art and creativity play an important role in the understanding of the former subjects in the STEM Curriculum , thus changing the acronym from STEM to STEAM.

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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

eSchool News

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Springfield Public Schools is fortunate enough to be a 1:1 district that provides Microsoft student laptops for everyone, giving all students access to Office 365.

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5 Reasons Why School Computer Labs Still Matter

ViewSonic Education

Laptops sit much lower on a work surface. Does your school issue laptops or Chromebooks to all students? Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. Try this recommendation for elementary school computer labs: Put 25-30 computers together adjacent to the library. Learning lab.

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