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10 edtech experts you should follow

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Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Facebook: [link]. Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Instagram: [link] Facebook: [link]. Additionally, she works as a keynote and featured speaker at events around the world, including ISTE, SXSWedu and EdTechXEurope. Lindy Hockenbary. Dr. Monica Burns. Kasey Bell.

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How a Stereotype-Smashing Teen Founded the First All-Girl Muslim Robotics Team

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Zaina Siyed answered that question by creating the FemSTEM Robotics Scholarship Program , a free STEM program for Muslim girls aged 10 to 14. Siyed was fed up with never seeing girls—especially Muslim girls like herself—competing in the robotics challenges she loved so much. How did you become interested in STEM learning and robotics?

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How Robotics Competitions Close the STEM Skills Gap and Build a Diverse Workforce

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For nearly 30 years, the global non-profit FIRST has been getting kids hooked on science and technology through hands-on robotics competitions for grades K-12—complete with cheering crowds, adrenaline rushes and teams snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Robotics competitions have the same thrills and excitement every other sport has.

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The Coronavirus’ Chilling Effect Hits Edtech Industry Conferences

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spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? education or edtech event organizer has canceled or postponed their upcoming conferences.

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5 Ways to Prepare Every Student for the STEM Economy

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However, many schools struggle to offer hands-on learning opportunities, such as robotics programs, because they lack funding, coaches and other forms of support. Bring engaging robotics programs to your school. In-person and virtual learning experiences give teachers confidence to coach STEM and robotics programs.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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I’ve also written a separate article listing some of the various events that happened in the for-profit college industry this year – closures, lawsuits, sales, and the like. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Guest post: 15 EdTech Resources to Use in Classroom

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It’s easy to connect with other educators through Facebook or LinkedIn. How are the events from today connected with events from the history? They will get access to history lessons, but they will also get informed on current events. Who doesn’t like robots and cartoons that teach us something? Google Hangouts.

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