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How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields

Ask a Tech Teacher

The niche has grown in response to the needs of the laboratory industry. Apply for grants or funds to bring science stations and labs, iPads and computer systems into your classroom to keep students involved. The Maker Movement In Education. Today’s students are highly literate when it comes to consumer electronics.

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8 Epic Edtech Tools to Try This School Year

The CoolCatTeacher

In addition to his work in schools, Richard has been a consultant to some of the largest companies in the educational technology industry. He was a high school social studies teacher before becoming a full-time technology integration specialist.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. And Kirsten Winkler speculates about the economic effect of the Kahn Academy / College Board partnership on the test-prep industry.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Maker Movement.

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MakerBot Launches Hands-On Learning Guide For 3D Printing In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

MakerBot, a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, conducted in-depth research this spring to better understand how to help educators incorporate 3D printing in classrooms [2]. Nasdaq: SSYS), is leading the Next Industrial Revolution by setting the standards in reliable and affordable desktop 3D printing. BROOKLYN , N.Y.,

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). The Maker Movement. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. Learning to Code.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. The Maker Movement. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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