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7 Online Resources About Creating a #MakerSpace

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These spaces empower students to develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaborative skills while working on real-world projects. Learning Opportunities : Workshops or guided projects on topics like robotics, coding, 3D modeling, and engineering principles. Software : Tools for design, coding, and 3D modeling (e.g.,

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Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

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Game development teaches kids valuable skills like creativity, problem-solving, and persistence—skills they’ll use for life! Building Problem-Solving Skills Through Game Development Game development naturally encourages kids to think critically and solve problems. What if coding could be that fun?

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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One of the most difficult skills to teach in school is problem solving. We talk about what that means–problem solving, critical analysis, logical thinking–but often, that sounds hard to them–too hard. .” –Anneli Rautiainen, Head of Innovation Unit at Finnish National Agency for Education.

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Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? A Teacher’s Perspective

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Greg Beutler is the Director of Techscool.org , a school devoted to teaching kids this fundamental skill through the lens of robotics, coding, competitions, and more. gives them a wide arena of problems and problem-solving skills. … Problem-solving skills. Problem-solving skills.

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How Purposeful Play Opens the Door to Lifelong Learning

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In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. They're also coding, measuring and problem-solving. Building robots, sailboats and pulleys also helps students see how to apply their learning to real-world situations. Why Teachers ??

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Halloween Coding Activity Robot Trick or Treating

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The Robot Trick-or-Treating STEM Challenge combines the excitement of the holiday with foundational coding skills, making it an ideal classroom activity for elementary students. What is the Robot Trick-or-Treating Challenge? This helps develop problem-solving skills.

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CSTA New England Regional Conference #cstaNE2022

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Swanier showed this video Girls in Tech for Web Summit - Ruthe Farmer – YouTube We’ve been taking about this problem for a while but we really need to take our actions up a notch. Dr. Swanier also talked about explicitly teach problem solving. These robots are programmed with blocks. The case is pretty clear.

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