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Summer can be a challenging time not just for parents but kids. They are accustomed to cerebral challenges that keep them motivated and summer arrives with its sports, naps, and vacations. If your kids miss the thrill of problem-solving or if you worry about them sliding backward without the mental exercise that is integral to school, ORIGO has come up with seven fun math activities that use a blend of popular math apps and everyday activities (like cooking) to fill the summer break with the exc
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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
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Hopster is a free new iOS app for kids learning the basics of programming/coding. Hopster is a fun game designed for young kids that have them guiding animals around to complete tasks (i.e. guide a penguin to it's home). This is done by selecting different commands and learning/solving puzzles through computational thinking. As a student progress further in the game they can advance to command line mode which is even closer to "real" coding.
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When you enter Dr. Lou Lahana's Tech Cafe at PS/MS 188, you aren't entering a classroom with a teacher preparing students for the future. Instead, you enter a space where social activists are working hard doing the real work of making the world a better place today addressing causes about which they are passionate. Lahana is a self-described passionate educator in search of technology to support talent development and social action in teens.
In my Physics 10 update/upgrades, I built a new paradigm investigation for the Constant Acceleration Particle Model. The activity described here gets at the same things as my older activity , but it allows groups to do the investigation rather than the entire class together, and it gives more structure and space to the discussion. The students do more of the talking (and more of the students do talk) in this version, too.
May 31, 2018, in Anaheim, California – El Rancho Charter School is celebrating four of its students, the first middle school students in the U.S. to receive the Certified Web Designer Novice International Industry Certificate from the Web Professionals Association. Middle School Certificates are also available for Web Development and Design , Web Technologies with Apps, Sites, Games and VR , Web and Mobile App Development New Professional Industry Certificate to engage STEM Middle School Lear
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"i Know it just keeps getting bigger and better! Currently, there are more than 22,000 interactive math questions live on the site! Sign up for a free account, and you'll see why iKnowit.com is the next best thing for your classroom!" I Know it is running an online contest where any person over 18 yrs of age can win a collection of 6 Math Board Games.
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Have you ever noticed a post on Facebook where rather than seeing responses to the post, instead the thread is cluttered with folks indicating "following" or "f." Stop doing that. Instead, just turn on notifications. This way the content stays rich and clean and you get straight to the information you were trying to learn. Here's how. So, if you don't want to come off as the bad guy, just share this post in a group where this is an issue and help all those passionate group members get to the hea
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I am honored to be selected as one of TutorFair’s Top Ten Education Blogs for 2018 ! Without a doubt, the credit goes to my readers. I am proud that the resources, reviews, and materials I curate for you resonate with your teaching needs. Do check out their full article to see all ten selected blogs. It includes names of edtech experts you already follow and a few you’ll want to add to your list.
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