Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Breaking Down Barriers To STEM/STEAM Dr. Faith Freeman is the former director of STEM for Guilford County Schools, a Title I district in North Carolina, where students of color are the majority. Purposeful play with LEGO Education supports her efforts to change that dynamic. It's a way of problem-solving.

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Robotics Learning STEM Trends 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Students take a weekly sustainability class and participate in monthly field study days that send them into the community to conduct research on topics like land use, pollution and food equity. At some STEM-themed schools in New York City, students score below the citywide average on the state standardized math test.

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Survey STEM Study Report 127

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Now a soon-to-be released study from Vanderbilt University demonstrates the impact of rigorous, peer reviewed research into curricular tools, in this case showing that students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Minecraft —Teaches kids how to code through play. This is how knowledge progresses.

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Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 147

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Working in tech and media for the past 20 years, I’ve seen some of these changes firsthand, and one thing has proven consistently true: Engagement is critical when learning new information and mastering new skills. You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Some learning engineers believe they can help students reach mastery of complex subject matter as much as 10 times faster than with traditional approaches. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

She’s careful to stress that when choosing technology, educators need to consider whether a tool is a fad or something that can prepare students for the future. “In In this case, I do think virtual reality is the future—they are using VR in the automotive industry, and to teach medical students,” says Gierasch.

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Future Ready STEM Technology Twitter 99

The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

Work hard, study hard, go to college, and climb the corporate ladder. Some students will be engineers or artists or accountants. But no matter how diverse their industries will be, our students will all someday face a common reality. Isn’t that what we want for our students? The Old Formula is Failing.

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Maker Movement Course System Robotics 84

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

At first, he used Minecraft to gamify his lessons and increase student engagement. Eventually, he discovered multimodal learning—which incorporates visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile learning styles—helping him bridge the gap between his own classroom and the digitized world in which students live.

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Learning Robotics Course Training 104

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about how investments can improve equity in STEM education. Alignment with Student Learning Goals and Standards. Technology should be used to support learning in the classroom, enhance instructional methods and positively impact student achievement. . The interactive whiteboard is a great example.

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Technology Classroom Student Data Privacy Outcomes 413

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

In this past week’s EdSurge Post , I highlighted a handful of statistics that show our education system’s previous inability to meet the needs of many of our nation’s girls and students of color. Just this week at TCEA, Samsung partnered with STEM Fuse to be able to provide districts with a digital STEM learning solution.

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STEM Learning Tools Industry 185

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 4, 2015

Students today are more industrious and connected than ever. They engage other students and professors in online forums; they autonomously seek and use personalized learning applications; and they leverage textbook supplements all in service of getting an edge, and trying to make the grade. by TeachThought Staff.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Through virtual labs and field trips, simulations, and scenario-based learning, Colene presents complex concepts to her students in ways they find easier to understand and connect to real-world applications. Students today are deeply ingrained in the “creator culture,” with one-third of children ages 8-12 aspiring to be a YouTuber or vlogger.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Merge, the leader in mixed reality for K-12 education, announced today their new hand-held digital teaching aids are now available for teachers and students worldwide. Setting a new standard, the digital teaching aids will alter the way millions of students learn in 150,000 U.S. schools as well as over a billion students worldwide.

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Microsoft Differentiated Instruction STEM Guidelines 124

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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STEM Robotics Company Outcomes 52

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

In a December 2016 letter by Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to Kelly about the pilot program, Skorkowsky noted that students enjoyed lessons about data literacy from the product’s visualizations and about science from real-world case studies. Students also liked the avatar-based 3-D games. “I

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Moving beyond the tradition of looking for employees at university graduation days may provide a glimpse into how we can simplify job transfers between private industry and public education and provide more opportunities for non-traditional paths into education careers. Parents will step up to address the student mental health crisis.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

With edtech usage higher than ever, the edtech industry will use this as an opportunity to evolve. Educators will use the data from the past two years to determine what works and where to go “all-in” to support student learning and classroom efficiencies. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Our students are wonderfully, beautifully diverse in every way – race, culture, sexual orientation, brain wiring, physical ability and lived experiences. Yet the publishing industry, our library collections, our library spaces, and our library staff are just now starting to catch up to the needs of the students we serve.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

As I noted in the previous article in this series , the technology industry has continued this year to advocate for changes to both policy and curriculum to expand computer science education. billion ) – but that didn’t stop some industry folks from crooning about what they saw as a windfall. Saturday’s Child.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2018

At Manchester School of Technology, students may study a wide range of sought-after careers, from game design and aeronautical engineering to HVAC and nursing. This type of engagement, said Strout, is one way she and fellow MST teachers hope to keep students engaged in school and anchored in New Hampshire.

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Education Industry Report Meeting 81

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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