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How can we ease tensions around book choice and school libraries?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

My experience with the school library and book choice tension I have over 1,000 books in my American international Christian school classroom in southern Taiwan where I teach English Language Arts (8th), Yearbook (10th-12th), US History (11th), and British Literature (12th). Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students.

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Here Is What the Right Tools for Mixed Reality in the Classroom Look Like

EdTech Magazine

Through their devices, students can transform the cube into the Earth, to study weather patterns; the human body, to explore anatomy; a customizable aquarium, to study marine life; and even the solar system. . They enthusiastically placed dinosaurs, robots, animals and other 3D objects around the library. by Jaime Donally.

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The Education of an Android Teacher

Edsurge

She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” The instructor’s strategy for training Maria Bot’s AI system mimics the three wise monkeys from the Japanese proverb: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. I am told I am a robot for good every day. Maria was evil.

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Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School

EdTech Magazine

At Loess Hills Elementary in Iowa, students use robotic toys, digital apps and other tools to learn to code — part of an emphasis on computer science and infusing the curriculum with lessons on coding — that began a few years ago and is now seen as a model for the rest of the state. . Experiment with new tech too.

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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

EdTechTeam

As I met with my students, many who volunteered to come in at recess, we reworked our classroom library and opened up new areas for the students to work. Visited several local libraries and InfOhio : I tapped into these resources which gave me over 300 books, magazines, and articles at various reading and interest levels.

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Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students

Educator Innovator

Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country. Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

We encourage folks to still look at the data but kind of flip the look so you’re not criticizing students but [asking] how is our system and where is our system failing to set up students for success.”. Prior to this, Dr. Howard was a senior robotics researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She received her B.S.

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