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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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My top 6 gaming resources for STEM teaching

eSchool News

At times it can seem we’re competing with smartphones and video games for students’ undivided attention. Perhaps the best strategy is to embrace the technology and harness it for learning. Then, students get a chance to play the game and really immerse themselves.

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Using Ultrasound to Feel Virtual Objects No Courses, No Classrooms, No Grades — Just Learning 7 rules for designing wearable devices As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate Discovery Tools A cheap, 3D-printed droplet lens turns smartphone into high-resolution microscope Conversations Classroom 2.0 Social Learning Goes Mobile.

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Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 3)

EdNews Daily

In my previous article, Learning for the Always-On Generation, readers were introduced to several learning attributes of the digital generations. This last element forms the F’s stem. . F-Patte rn. Learning Attribute #8 – Many of the digital generations are transfluent.

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7 Ways My Interactive Display is a Key Part of My Student-Centered Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

The interactive display is a digital workspace that can operate demonstration computers, display a copy of student screens or smartphones “thrown” to it for discussion, become a large multi-touch drawing and brainstorming space, or show video and other content. The students’ phones were turned into mini data collection devices.

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Five Ways Teachers Can Use—and Create—Augmented Reality Experiences

Edsurge

Digital puzzle boxes — breakouts Teachers can create activities similar to those in BreakoutEDU, but instead they configure a set of challenges on a computer, and students engage with these challenges via a smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook.

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