Gamification is the use of game design and mechanics to enhance non-game contexts and it’s a big buzzword in education these days. It seems like everywhere we look people are advocating making learning more “game-like” in the hopes that students wil... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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Science. Technology. Engineering. Math. As our digital world evolves, STEM is becoming increasingly important to innovation. According to the U.S. Department of Education, experts are predicting a steady rise in STEM careers.
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Familiarity with STEM continues to increase as we progress further into the 21st century and transformational learning and teaching.
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We know our world and culture is changing rapidly. There is a new invention and new innovation introduced to us daily that changes the way we live our lives. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills and jobs are the backbone of... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics.
Just hearing these words individually can cause concern in many students. However, bring the subjects together under the STEM umbrella, and students’ ears begin to perk in curiosity.
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I love acronyms. TESOL, OT, PTA, SPED, AP, ELL, SEI, RTI and the list goes on.
As a teacher, my love for acronyms may be rooted in a deep desire to help make things easy to remember, simple to understand and clearly applicable. My favorite acro... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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Parents around the country say the math their children are bringing looks vastly different from what they themselves learned as students, but they are starting to see the benefits.
In Freeport, Ill., parent Ron Halter recently put it this way i... More >> Relevant Tags: CHOOSING CURRICULUM
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Purchasing Quality Instructional Materials
Selecting the right curriculum is a high-stakes, legacy decision. Some districts adopt as often as every few years while others wait decades before making new procurement decisions. Too often we at ... More >> Relevant Tags: CHOOSING CURRICULUM
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It’s amazing what digital tools can learn about us by simply watching what we do —whether that is shopping for books or music on Amazon, searching Expedia for hotel rooms or checking out at the local supermarket. Those observations are often used to... More >> Relevant Tags: CHOOSING CURRICULUM
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How do we get more highly-qualified STEM teachers? Research shows that even for teachers with years of experience, it is important to continually seek more professional development, either in the form of an advanced degree or through relevant work... More >> Relevant Tags:
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Internships, research experiences and science exposure programs are pivotal to student success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Many high school students first affirm their career interests in STEM and many college student... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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When one thinks of game development today as a career field, a typical first image is that of someone who will be sitting at a robust machine kicking out the next Halo, FIFA, Angry Birds or any of the thousands of entertainment-oriented games on the... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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“Seeing is believing” as the saying goes. But maybe more importantly, seeing is often understanding. In addition to using words and numbers, science teachers often find it useful to communicate ideas and information to students with visual presentat... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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(This is part one of a two part series.)
The Southern Regional Education Board’s Commission on Career and Technical Education (CTE) spent a year grappling with a problem that is not unique to the SREB region, but is shared by states across th... More >> Relevant Tags: STEM
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Jobs in the field of information technology are readily available. Indeed, tech is a growth industry in the United States, with employers recently reporting they had more than 850,000 IT job vacancies.
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