Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding The Makeblock mBot2 is a delightful and educational AI robot designed to captivate the interest of children aged 8-12 in the fields of STEM. This robot toy not only provides an engaging visual learning experience but also teaches essential skills in programming, electronics, robotics, and computer science.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. Just look on popular Facebook groups and Reddit threads for tips on getting into selective colleges, and you’ll likely find posts recommending that students participate in intensive research or compete in science competitions as a way to stand out on college applications.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Roald Dahl Day celebrates and commemorates the wonderful work of Roald Dahl, his writing, characters and stories. To help you get involved we have a list of activities as marvellous as George’s medicine! Take a look below for science-themed resources, literacy, art and more. Fun Facts: – Roald Dahl invented over 500 new words including scrumdiddlyumptious and snozzcumbers!

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“When I present myself in front of students in a positive emotional state, I can increase student cognition, effort and long-term retention of information, Dr. Timothy Kanold excitedly shares. “The brain research on emotional intelligence as it relates to student learning is clear.” Timothy Kanold Co-Creator and Author, Wellness Solutions for Educators As Kanold explains, teacher and administrator mental and emotional well-being is an essential component of student learning.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The UK Bebras Challenge is organised by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivered in partnership with the University of Oxford. “The Bebras Challenge introduces computational thinking to students worldwide. This exciting challenge takes place in schools, under the supervision of teachers, over a two-week period every November.

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Basic-Mathematics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Use this simple subtraction calculator to strenghten your subtraction skill.

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CoderZ

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Thousands of STEM educators chose the gamified coding platform as a top STEM education solution DERRY, N.H. –Sept. x, 2024 – CoderZ, the gamified coding platform and curriculum that introduces students to technology, computer science and robotics, has been named the Best CTE Champions: IT & Coding: Real-World Learning in the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2024 Awards , the only awards program judged by STEM educators.

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