Category: EdTech / Coding / STEM /STEAM
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Getting started with the Sphero Edu app
Sphero YouTube Channel – 4.16.20 Michelle from Sphero walks through how to get started with the Sphero Edu app so you can work on activities with your kids while they are learning from home. Source: Getting started with the Sphero Edu app
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Advice for educators learning to teach from home
Google Blog – 4.15.20 It can be difficult enough to keep dozens of students engaged in a classroom; imagine doing it from your kitchen-turned office when your students are scattered across the city, dialing in from their homes. Full Post: Advice for educators learning to teach from home
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A Teacher’s Guide to Remote Learning During COVID-19
Western Digital Blog – 4.3.20 As schools across the world temporarily close their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are turning to remote learning[1] as a way to keep their students engaged. It’s a “new normal” for education: one that technology is playing a key role to facilitate. Teachers and students are staying connected through…
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Homeschooling resources on YouTube and helpful homeschooling tech
NewEgg Blog – 3.30.20 (3.26.20) With the ongoing lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders, kids and parents all over the country are having to learn about homeschooling in a hurry. It isn’t easy putting together lessons, making them educational and entertaining, all while juggling daily life, but we’re here to help. Full Post: Homeschooling resources on YouTube and helpful homeschooling…
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Making Digital Learning Impactful for Students
Piper Blog – 3.27.20 (3.26.20) The Piper Team has been so humbled and impressed by the work of educators around the world to continue supporting student learning despite school closures. It’s inspiring to see former colleagues, teacher friends, and Piper educators tackle this challenge head-on. Many of you are searching for ideas to manage the…
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Making STEAM Dreams Come True, One Kit at a Time
Western Digital Blog – 3.13.20 (3.10.20) At Western Digital, we’re helping make STEAM dreams come true for the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers, artists and mathematicians by partnering with the San Jose Sharks Foundation and Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT). RAFT is a Bay Area-based non-profit that provides teachers with fun and engaging supplemental…
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Learning expert Scott Young on memory, self-control and engineering environments for success
Jabra Blog – 2.27.20 (2.26.20) Have you ever wanted to learn a language? How about four in one year? For many people, learning slows down or stops when they leave formal education. Not so for Scott Young, whose achievements include teaching himself a four-year MIT degree course in just one and travelling the world…
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Misa is a true character with purposeful design and powerful technology
Misa Robot YouTube Channel – 2.27.20 (2.26.20) Misa is the next generation social family robot. Smart, interactive, and uniquely mobile – Misa can play with your kids, handle your schedule, and keep your home safe. Source: Misa is a true character with purposeful design and powerful technology
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What’s New in EDU: Free tools to enhance collaboration, STEM lear
Microsoft Blogs – 2.24.20 (2.20.20) We hope you caught all the news we brought you from the Bett education technology conference in London, but – there was a lot to take in ?. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered in this month’s What’s New in EDU as we recap the can’t-miss Bett highlights and news…
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Where Accessibility Meets STEAM
Modular Robotics Blog – 2.17.20 (2.14.20) The goal at Governor Morehead School in Raleigh, North Carolina is to have all students “strive for the highest levels of educational excellence and integrity in all of life’s endeavors.” As a residential school for students who are blind or have limited vision, this goal presents unique challenges to…