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GoldieBlox and Discovery Education Partner to Bring Chemistry to High School Classrooms Nationwide with New Immersive Learning Experience on Roblox 

eSchool News

Maker High empowers students to understand and master STEM concepts. Maker High makes learning fun by meeting students where they already are: on Roblox. We hope teachers and students come back to play again and again to build upon their STEM skills.” GoldieBlox is a Roblox Community Fund (RCF) grantee.

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Virtual Reality: Coming Soon to a School Near You

EdTech Magazine

By Frank DiMaria Soon students will sense movement, explore the human body in 3D and mix chemicals virtually thanks to companies like Oculus, Facebook and Nearpod.

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9 Ideas for Ending the School Year Well

The CoolCatTeacher

And so I also just try to find things to do that they love and projects STEM activities with Legos or maybe making fidget or fidget spinners, things like that. If you wish to see more content by Vicki Davis, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter under @coolcatteacher Thank you for listening.

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5 technologies to avoid in the classroom-and what to use instead

eSchool News

Though social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are great for informal, personal use, most of education still has problems implementing these larger social media platforms for meaningful teaching and learning without running into privacy, security and cyberbullying headaches. 5 Technologies to Avoid in the Classroom.

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Join the ST Math Fall Break Challenge

MIND Research Institute

We also have several Thanksgiving math activities on our blog, in addition to the extensive list of fall STEM activities on our Pinterest page, whether your student is in the classroom or at home. Be sure to share your success and learning on social media ( Twitter, Facebook , or Instagram ) and JiJi will respond with congratulations.

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AI in VR and AR with Rachelle Dené Poth

The CoolCatTeacher

Rachelle is a columnist for Getting Smart, Edutopia, Defined Learning and NEO LMS. Rachelle is also a host of ThriveinEDU Live and leads a community of educators on Facebook. So maybe that's where it stems from. She has a podcast ThriveinEDU. Vicki Davis (10:11.298) Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. Vicki Davis (10:30.306) Mm-hmm.

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MIND Research launches K-12 math game-a-thon

eSchool News

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.