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How to Introduce Tech to Kids as a Parent

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Utilizing technology in the classroom also promotes collaboration and communication, preparing students for the increasingly interconnected and globalized world they will enter as adults. Luckily, there are plenty of reliable resources out there that can help your child learn more about STEM and technology.

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11 Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

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Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Have them work in teams and blog about their progress–problems they faced, how they solved them.This is a fun STEM activity that students will mistake for a game. Digital Citizenship. Khan Academy.

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10 Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

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Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Have them work in teams and blog about their progress–problems they faced, how they solved them.This is a fun STEM activity that students will mistake for a game. Digital Citizenship. Khan Academy.

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Best-in-Category Awards for 2016

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Weekly, we share favorite websites, apps, and pedagogy that make a difference in the classroom. To award this Best in Category badge, we looked for the uncommon resources (meaning: not the ones everyone knows about, like Khan Academy) most visited by our readers in each category. Classroom Management Tool.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. Khan Academy. Use the SAMR Model to Spearhead Technology in Your Classroom. But that has changed. This is a two-step process.

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Must-have Resources for Blended Learning

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She makes some great points about first, why blended learning is becoming so popular, and second, how to make that happen in your life: Blended learning is becoming increasingly popular as institutions transition from classroom style learning to mixed media and online learning. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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And they’re put out by recognized names in education — Khan Academy, BBC, Microsoft, Teacher Tube, as well as textbook providers like Origo. C-Span Classroom is free but requires registration to access materials. It has become the largest STEM video library of its kind. History Channel.

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