Top Tips for Great Cross-Curricular Coding
Originally Published:eSchoolNews How and where our students learn has radically changed over the last 10 months. Students are in a multitude of educational environments that have challenged the entire school community. As educators, we cannot predict what the future holds,…
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Coding
Students exposed to coding and programming at an early age are well equipped to take on higher-level computer science courses in high school—and they also build essential skills for future opportunities in the technology world. When Rob van Nood was…
FETC 2020: A Focus on Stem and Underrepresented Students
FETC recognizes the challenges and roadblocks school districts and educators face when providing equitable access to STEM education for all students. According to the National Science Foundation, students need in-depth, high-quality educational STEM experiences to succeed in the “information-based and highly technological…
Getting Started with AR in the Classroom
Jaime Donally describes augmented reality (AR) in a recent edWebinar as a “digital layer in our real world that gives an illusion that it exists in our space.” As she highlights, it is exciting, as emerging technologies associated with AR are…
How STEAM Prepares Students for the Global Economy
“We have students who are passionate, engaged, and comfortable with technology, yet students are living in silos and not equipped with the 21st-century skills which they genuinely need to be part of the global workforce of tomorrow.” This statement by…
Here’s How to Put Coding and Robotics Programs in K-8 Classrooms
Coding and robotics programs in classrooms reflect how integral technology is in our lives. Educators like Angie Kalthoff, a technology integrationist in St. Cloud, MN, and Ann Bartel, an instructional technology specialist in Chilton, WI, teach K-8 students about technology…