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Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

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Each project brings them closer to understanding programming concepts, building resilience, and developing critical thinking skills that go beyond the screen. Kids can build games, animate stories, and even learn robotics or Minecraft modding. What if coding could be that fun? Well, it absolutely can be!

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

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STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding. The STEM+CS team develops every opportunity from a lens of inclusion and accessibility for all.

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3 Fun Tech Classroom Projects for Summer

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Interactive learning apps are perfect for captivating the minds of these little ones while making education enjoyable and accessible. Meanwhile, DragonBox focuses on fostering critical thinking skills through a series of entertaining logic games rooted in mathematics. Another fantastic example is Lightbot.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

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” We'll uncover practical, engaging strategies for integrating the four Cs — Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication — into your teaching. So, shall we start with critical thinking? Speaker 3 (Billy Krakower): Let's start with critical thinking.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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In Finland, we have had coding in the curriculum starting in the first grade; it is not taught separately, but through the thinking of various subjects.” –Anneli Rautiainen, Head of Innovation Unit at Finnish National Agency for Education. They are a toolkit of life skills such as problem-solving, coding and thinking.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

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The New York Post reported in 2018 that as many as 5 million schoolage children have no Internet access. Those unafraid to engage their brains in critical thinking excel at it. Those who think “it’s just too complicated” — well, it fulfills the prophecy. Math is like that.

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Empowering Teachers and Inspiring Students for a STEM-Driven Future

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I wouldn’t have learned robotics. Additionally, students hone employability skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration in their PLTW classroom. At Project Lead The Way , our goal is for all students to have access to STEM experiences and thrive in school, career and beyond.

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