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Utah STEM Action Center Releases Exemplar Statewide Program Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation. The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. What can other states take from this analysis?

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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

Blogging has its own unique benefits as Sylvia Duckworth’s Sketchnote summarizes: Experiential, STEM, STEAM, and maker education are the focus of my gifted education classes. For example, for a design challenge, I asked learners to include the following vocabulary: design thinking. communicate.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

Evidence-based Investments There is a long-standing interest in spending academic intervention funds on programs with a record of success. To date, these requirements have been more of a compliance exercise than practical guides to good investments. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

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Lachelle Brant) Creating Guidelines for Distance Education The Problem: Sometimes, the greatest solution stems from the greatest need. The journey in Wyoming began with new legislation and funding for the development and implementation of grassroots, K-12 and postsecondary distance education courses and programs. We can be the example.

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Over 25 Ideas for eLearning… Inclement Weather and Snow Day Make Up

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a timely post that gives us a quick break from the 70 STEM links series. In the next post I will continue the STEM Series. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Evaluate, revise, and reflect on the program on a consistent basis.

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

Edsurge

For example, if students tell me they want to go into the medical field, they need to understand that science is important, and if they don't like science or if they're not good at science, that provides their advisory teacher a great opportunity to have a heart-to-heart conversation about how they need to work on those science skills.

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Bring Science to Life: The Impact of Video Game Simulations

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They should understand science concepts and draw on them to answer questions and solve problems as well as connect them to other STEM concepts. For example: Mule deer have a 66% chance of finding food. The NGSS are performance standards that delineate what students need to know and be able to do to demonstrate science proficiency.

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