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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

The study emphasizes a critical equity issue: our most vulnerable students are those most impacted by a declining numbers of school librarians. I recently chatted with project director, Deb Kachel to dig a little deeper into what the study means and her hopes for its impact and use. or SLIDE research project. It was never documented.

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KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

eSchool News

The curriculum is ideal for a 5–6 week unit in computer science or technology/media classes, as well as afterschool programs, enrichment centers, libraries, makerspaces, and more. “We KIBO provides a research-proven method to explore computer science, engineering, and now AI concepts in early childhood STEM education.”

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Is AI a Pathway to Better Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

Indeed, premium private schools have a lot more scope to harness the potential of AI than the vast majority of public or state schools, many of which are underfunded and struggling to ensure that their students have equitable access to the subjects they want to study and their desired career paths.

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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. These last parts stem from my classroom democracy belief, as does our opening class assignment of collaboratively determining class norms. Open Textbook Library. use images found from this library page . UDL guidelines .

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Makerspace Starter Kit Updated

The Daring Librarian

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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Infuse Middle School Science with Project-Based Learning

Graphite Blog

Need an engineer to solve a STEM-related design problem? Students are "hired" to design bridges to learn about physical forces, roller coaster rides, and trapeze shows to study energy and motion and to design toy prototypes for a focus on electricity and magnetism. What are the criteria or constraints of this project?

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How a Sword and Sorcery Camp Uses Immersive Role Play to Teach STEAM

MindShift

Today, campers can choose to survive a post-apocalyptic adventure in the Zombie STEM Summer Camp or journey to the fantasy world of Sidleterra in Wizards & Warriors STEM Camp. Within minutes of discovering the source he was out the door and on his way to check out a copy of the novel from the local library.

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