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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom. It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by Thinkfun that’s being used at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, Ill., Within HWS and District 36’s other four schools, this is the first step of a journey that will touch on coding and robotics at each grade level.

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How a Stereotype-Smashing Teen Founded the First All-Girl Muslim Robotics Team

Edsurge

Zaina Siyed answered that question by creating the FemSTEM Robotics Scholarship Program , a free STEM program for Muslim girls aged 10 to 14. Siyed was fed up with never seeing girls—especially Muslim girls like herself—competing in the robotics challenges she loved so much. I joined FIRST LEGO League in 2011 when I was 10.

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CES 2016: Lego’s New Classroom Robot Brings STEM Lessons to Life

EdTech Magazine

Frank Smith Lego’s WeDo 2.0 has a knack for making students smile as they take their first steps into the world of programming.

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Best-in-Category Awards for 2016

Ask a Tech Teacher

Winner: C-STEM — tools to learn math through robotics ( see my review ). Lesson Planning. Winner: Frolyc aka Activity Circle ( see my review ). Honorable Mention: Office Mix — a free add-on for PowerPoint. Honorable Mention: Zap Zap Math — math app with games and drills ( see my review ). Professional Development.

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In Washington’s Most Diverse District, STEM Opportunities Provide New Paths to Success

Edsurge

Current statistics show that scholars of color and females are underrepresented in STEM fields across the country, and so FWPS is actively taking steps to provide STEM and STEAM (STEM with an emphasis on the arts) opportunities for each scholar from kindergarten through high school graduation. Career pathways.

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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

It’s a prime event to draw attention to black talent in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Investment in black STEM workers and entrepreneurs is not only an investment in the black workforce, it’s an investment in the growth of the economy. Photo: Andre Perry forThe Hechinger Report.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

Yes, the robots are definitely coming for the jobs of America’s 3.5 Robots may also be coming for radiologists, whose expertise diagnosing diseases through X-rays and MRIs is facing stiff competition from artificial intelligence. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2016. million cashiers.

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