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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

After winning the $500 prize last year, I purchased an XYZ 3D printer to integrate STEM into my classroom. My students since then have created iPhone cases, key chains, tie clips and more. Even though the survey data is an invaluable tool at our school, getting the opportunity to purchase the latest in technology was icing on the cake!”

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Five Classroom Dimensions That Show Deep Math Learning Is Happening

MindShift

She was filming a student working on a math problem with her iPhone (something she does regularly so she can review her strategies and plan next steps). “At So now she just gives sentence stems like, “I noticed,” to help model how students can have an academic conversation. COACHING FOR TRU.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This event is brought to you by GlobalEd Events and TakingITGlobal. URL/LINK TO JOIN: [link] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: HOST SCHOOL: Ste Genevieve High School and Middle School - Central Standard Time ORGANIZED BY: Rhett Oldham, An educator or educators at a non-profit school - more contact information in calendar event Alert!

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

Nevertheless, computer science education, along with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) continued to be promoted this year, often framed as something students should pursue instead of “ liberal arts.” “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February.

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Why History Matters

Hack Education

Some of this is a matter of confusing upgrades for breakthroughs – Google updating Docs more regularly than Microsoft updates Office or Apple releasing a new iPhone every year might not be the best rationale for insisting we are experiencing rapid technological change. …Which brings us back to the blackboard.