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How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields

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Apply for grants or funds to bring science stations and labs, iPads and computer systems into your classroom to keep students involved. The Maker Movement In Education. Often it is quite difficult to generate enthusiasm in young people regarding scientific disciplines when all you have is a textbook as a resource.

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5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

The CoolCatTeacher

When they have an audience, when it’s an actual book they can open on their iPad or they can print a PDF, it’s just such a powerful piece to have in your portfolio. My students did eBooks this semester. Some of them did it on Google Docs and then pulled it over to Book Creator. But also, it so great to know that THEY created it. Jacqui: Yes!

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

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Maker Movement. The relative shrinking marketshare of iPads, as well as some very visible failure of iPad rollouts. New demands for digital citizenship. Change in cultural perception of identity–gender, technology, science, faith, sexuality, etc. Relative “normalizing” of computer coding.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Daylight Time. Learn more here.

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7 Strategies I Use When Students Make Apps (or Do Any Genius Projects)

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki Davis on episode 307 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’m so excited! This is the time of year we are making apps.

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