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Improving Student Outcomes Through Work-Based Learning Opportunities

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Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). They asked me to do a short keynote highlighting some possibilities for hands-on, active student learning. The integration of robots into day-to-day life. Book club with Solution Tree.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

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Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. We don't have to build a robot.

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Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

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As a result, performance has increased: standardized test scores, AP enrollment and achievement, graduation rates across all demographics, student attendance, and engagement, and post-secondary concurrent enrollment. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. South Pittsburg Elementary School, South Pittsburg, TN.

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Reinvigorate Creativity and Confidence with STEAM

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57% of students say they prefer hands-on experience and tools to master STEAM subjects; 87% tend to remember topics longer when engaged in this fashion; 89% say this learning approach encourages them to try new things. Kent’s students are experts at these tasks because of their work with LEGO® robots, starting in the first grade.

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Building Coding Skills Through Playful Learning

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Prior to joining LEGO® Education, she taught in the elementary grades and served as a district technology resource teacher for Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, KY. She has an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in elementary and special education. About the Host. Join the Community.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Docente infantil y primaria Stories from the Earth: teaching about changing landscapes using 28 years of satellite observations - Peder Nelson, MS Creating equitable STEM learning opportunities for K-12 girls - Brenda Britsch, Co-Principal Investigator Maps, Math, and Media: Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects in Teacher Education - Melda N.

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