eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The value of learning how to code isn’t only in the skill itself; it’s in the way of thinking, and that transfers to many other subjects. Coding and robotics can help students develop critical skills for success after high school, highlighting the importance of coding in real life. How are student benefited by learning coding?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

STEM movements often miss one thing — the voices of today’s students. As a result, our generation’s relationship with technology and STEM education is distinct. And we have a few ideas about how to build a better, more inclusive future for women in STEM. Number one: More after-school and summer STEM programs.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. As STEM has risen in prominence over the past decade, arts education has yet to achieve the same recognition and integration. What is STEAM and STEM activity?

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

Moak’s goal is to ignite a similar passion in her students so that they can see the magic of STEM in their everyday lives—and thereby be motivated to pursue a job in a STEM field. In addition to time constraints, we’re limited in how much homework we can assign,” she recently told me. “We Why Care About STEM?

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Code.org ’s free online courses teach programming languages or how to create games, apps, and websites. Coding and robotics programs. KinderLab’s KIBO robot not only brings coding to life—it inspires creativity in a hands-on, playful way that doesn’t involve screens. The students are eager to and enjoy working with Milo.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2015

As someone who primarily taught math and science when I was a classroom teacher, I associated robots, robotics curriculum, and robot apps as things that were only used in those subjects. However, this past year my school received a robot grant that provided ten robots for us from the company Sphero.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Using technology, Jeremiah has taught himself how to grow and feed his passions: music, art, fashion, business development, and community leadership. After school, Jeremiah learns as much as possible on how to create, manage, and share positive messages to his community. Zaina: The Saturday Robotics Teacher.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. Technology – STEM Resources. This post is dedicated to Technology.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

In fact, 65% of Millennials in a study felt they are not confident in face-to-face interactions from a survey from One Poll. Examples are STEM, PBL, Inquiry-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary, and Base Learning. Figuring out how to do modern assessments. Choosing an education model wisely. Read more about the SAMR Model here.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 3, 2023

STEM education , which integrates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, has emerged as a critical framework for achieving this goal. In this blog, we will look into the benefits of STEM, its future, and why it is essential in 2023. Table of Contents What Is STEM Education?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Increased STEM funding from private companies comes as Americans raise concerns over the attention science, technology, engineering and math classes get in the U.S. Many science and engineering ideas come to life through the devices we hold in our hands, but cutting-edge technologies aren’t easily available to every young person.”.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools work to incorporate computer science into their curriculums. Grades K–4: Robotics Tools Teach Students Programming Basics. Sphero robots and littleBits encourage students to take a hands-on approach to STEM.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2020

An edWebinar sponsored by Unruly Splats , “Distance Learning: How to Support STEM and Physical Activity at Home,” models this alignment showcasing web-based programs and apps that offer stay-at-home learners with opportunities to strengthen STEM skills, remain physically active, and manage screen time.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. Building robots, sailboats and pulleys also helps students see how to apply their learning to real-world situations. They're laughing, chatting and (sometimes) getting a bit frustrated.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We work with robotics, because robotics are tools that allow them to learn coding and to learn abstract logic and thinking while not sitting in front of a computer screen. So robots have motors, they have sensors, they can move around. Each block represents a command for the robot. So same as with a robot.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Arts in Every Subject: How to Make It Happen. So, for example, if there’s a math concept and you can bring in geometry shapes, creating artwork that uses the concepts, fractions, all the time observing proportions, and point out how much math they’re using in art, just by making the art. They were studying magnets in science.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

He was speaking during a break in a city program for promising local high school students to study calculus for five hours a day throughout the summer at Northeastern University. Several largely overlooked reports, including from the Department of Defense, raise alarms about how Americans’ disdain for math is a threat to national security.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

A junior who is studying bioengineering, Amida Koroma has been a fixture on the dean’s list at the University of Maryland. When we’re working on group projects, they’ll say things like, ‘You can do the typing,’ as opposed to getting into the nitty-gritty of how to build this robot,” she said. Credit: Amida Koroma.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering, a school focused on STEM curriculum in Greenville, South Carolina.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. Credit: eLearn.fyi. When the coronavirus pandemic first struck and classes shifted online last spring, Sophia Joffe was in 11th grade.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Along the way, we learned a lot about how to teach coding skills and what types of professional development opportunities effectively supported our efforts. With this grant, we were able to purchase additional materials and create a lending library of STEM tools that all teachers in the district can check out and use in their classrooms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. 00:03:22 Speaker 1 So a lot of those computer science and robotics clubs are now taking it to the next level. There’s.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” The tech industry made a number of high profile donations and pledges this year, coinciding with the Trump administration’s announcement this fall that it would earmark $200 million in grants for computer science and STEM education.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 2, 2018

15,000 kids from nations all over the world gathered to show off their robotic and LEGO creations and compete for the title of World Champion. I heard multiple languages, adults reminding kids about how they got there and some of the craziest chants you’ve ever heard. Walking through the doors I was in awe. But it was war.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 27, 2022

Not the ideal way to immerse students in the excitement and possibilities STEM learning offers. A better approach to STEM education is project-based learning (PBL), emphasized by veteran teachers in the edLeader Panel, “ Impacting Student Achievement with Project-Based Learning and STEM.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Tahiv McGee, who graduated from North Star this spring and will attend Pomona College this fall, explains the research study he worked on at Rutgers-Newark. Tahiv McGee spent Fridays during his senior year of high school at Rutgers University-Newark, where he worked with faculty and a doctoral student on a psychology research study.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2018

Through this process, students are recognizing errors and determining how to fix them. Sample math applications: Calculate the wait time needed in the program for the robot to travel a specific distance. Determine the set score counters by evaluating how many times a loop will repeat.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

The recently-added content empowers educators to create dynamic digital learning environments that support social studies, life and earth sciences, social and emotional learning, and more. Content Exploring the Science of Happiness: Studies show that two out of three American teens are stressed and many don't know how to handle it.

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

One study found that children who participated in musical activities had higher overall academic grades than those who did not.[2]. A study at Northwestern Oklahoma State University found that children involved in their school’s music program felt better about their individual growth and had fewer feelings of alienation.[4].

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2018

The article goes on to posit that leisure-time is going to be an important component of the future, as more and more rote and repetitive jobs get given to AI and possibly robots. The site also has useful tips and hints for how to control those effects without necessarily embarking on a total redesign.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Smaller groups of students headed to the school’s gym, while others peeled off towards the cafeteria to play board games, get in some extra study time with their Chromebooks, or just chat with their friends. Middle school students in Robert Lane’s STEM class dig through a box of supplies for a class project. Lane the STEM Guy.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2015

Educators can take a number of steps to help girls retain an interest in STEM topics. After their first week of coding class, 20 high school girls taught their robots to dance to The Cupid Shuffle. Cupid chanted, “To the right to the right to the right,” and the little red robots turned right.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 14, 2020

Coding With Kids - A wonderful online summer camp that teaches kids of all ages how to code using Scratch, Minecraft, and more. CodeWizardsHQ - A great place to learn how to code in a 3 week online class. ID Tech - A fun online camp for students wanting to learn STEM skills such as: coding, game development, robotics, and more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Greg Beutler is the Director of Techscool.org , a school devoted to teaching kids this fundamental skill through the lens of robotics, coding, competitions, and more. Computer Science is an important subject for all students because it teaches you how to think. The school’s tagline is Learn to code; Code to learn. Pretty pithy.

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