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Best Academic Research Tools for Researchers and Educators

Educators Technology

While my academic background is in the social sciences and more specifically educational studies, I believe that regardless of your discipline, social sciences or natural sciences, the research process, structurally speaking, is more or less the same. What you need is access to academic search engines.

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CS doesn’t have a monopoly on computing education: Programming is for everyone

Computing Education Research Blog

My talk was about what were accessing non-CS majors on. Natural Sciences (chemistry, biology, physics) is increasingly using R for statistics and visualizations, even if they use Python for data management, modeling and simulation. My claim is this: Computing education for non-CS majors is different than what we teach CS majors.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

Topics include earth sciences, nature, science, technology, history, space, the human body, sports, politics, philosophy, and more. C-Span Classroom is free but requires registration to access materials. Explore.org is the world’s leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel.

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Best STEM Summer Camps In Des Moines (2024)

The Maker Mom

These STEM programs introduce students to technology concepts from an early age and show them how fun science and tech can be. Whether based on the nature sciences or focused on engineering and coding, Des Moines has opportunities for every future scientist or techie.

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Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities

Futurum

And yet, many small farmers have limited access to resources and find themselves at a social disadvantage due to bias and prejudice. With less access to technology and fertiliser, small farms are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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Published: Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. These systems can securely store and share patient information, ensuring that healthcare professionals have access to comprehensive and up-to-date data, regardless of geographical location,” says Narges. How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

Projects like 15th Street Farm NEP can help towards tackling food security by providing knowledge, skills and agency to young people so that they will have a role in developing a food system where nutritionally adequate, safe and socially acceptable food is available and accessible. Take a look at GrowVeg.