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A Montessori School’s Decade Long Quest to Engage its Diverse Students in Hands-On STEM

STEM for Kids

Two concurrent after-school programs are provided throughout the school year: STEM For Tots TM for ages 3-6 and Elementary STEM for ages 7-12. FCM students in Elementary STEM focus on the real-world application of STEM topics while practicing and strengthening their skills of resilience, collaboration, and self-confidence. [My

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Teaching Computer Science–Moving atoms not pixels

Computer Science Teacher

Beebots – cute little robots great with younger students Ozobot - I’ve seen these used from elementary school up through high school. I could, and probably should do a post just about robots and robotics. But here are a few places to get started. Cute and relatively inexpensive. VEX Robotics – middle to high school.

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What is Java? Java for School Students.

Ellipsis Education

In elementary school, students typically begin their programming journeys with block coding for kids. Giving students the necessary foundations in computer science starting in elementary and middle school helps them prepare for success on the AP exam. Technologies that Use Java. BMC Software | Blogs What does a back-end developer do?

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What is Python? Python Programming for Beginners.

Ellipsis Education

In elementary school, students typically begin their programming journeys with block coding languages like Scratch and Blockly. You likely interact with devices that use Python all the time, especially those included with the IoT or Internet of Things. Glad you asked… because there are a lot.

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In conversation with a (highly passionate) temporal logician

Futurum

This includes future aircraft, robots, rovers, satellites, spacecraft, medical devices, automated cars, even Internet of Things (IoT) devices like the video doorbells and smart appliances in every-day houses,” says Kristin.

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Understanding, detecting and combatting deepfakes in the real world

Futurum

Security, Trust and Privacy in Edge Computing and Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities. As a group, we focus on enhancing the IoT/edge computing devices with modern technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). FIELDS OF RESEARCH. Developing a means of understanding and detecting deepfakes in online video systems.