Forty-three percent of principals and other district leaders say that digital content is an effective tool for enabling equity, according to a recent report from Project Tomorrow. Here are the most used forms by district type and platform. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: K12 summer tech tracks
Startable Pittsburgh fosters local teenagers’ entrepreneurial and maker skills in a free, eight-week summer program that offers two makerspace tracks. The 2018 tracks were fashion and music, while past tracks have included metalworking, woodworking and textiles. Founded by the Innovation Works seed stage investor and its AlphaLab Gear hardware accelerator program, the program maintains a […]
Environmental science, STEM, youth development and service stand as the pillars of Green Girls, which is run by New York City’s City Parks Foundation. The five-week course runs year-round in five underserved communities in the city. During the school year, the curriculum focuses on water quality and drinking water, and shifts to the urban forest […]
School districts use data dashboards for student performance, student information system administration view, IT systems and services, break/fix support, mid-course assessments, and financials/budgeting. LINK TO MAIN CIO NEWS ARTICLE: Teachers teaching teachers
With $20 million in voter-approved “innovation” funds as part of a $576.5 million bond issue, the Boulder Valley School District’s schools were tasked with integrating technology in curricula and rethinking innovative spaces. Examples include a makerspace, digital music studio and even mobile technology stations. Each school in the Colorado district received a stipend—from $200,000 for […]
A group of researchers and computer scientists is building an artificial intelligence system that can analyze instruction via speech recognition and natural language processing, says Sean Kelly, a sociologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Developers want to replicate, as closely as possible, the feedback that a content expert might give to a […]
From taking inventory of edtech and software licenses to weighing long-term and upfront product costs, here are five tips to consider when managing edtech. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: Out-of-this-world STEM for middle schoolers
On July 2, 2018, at 10:35 a.m., 25 middle school students in the Peoria, Illinois area had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to speak to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The conversation took place during the weeklong summertime STEM Academy, which was launched three years ago by the Peoria Heights School District, the University of […]
With 22 of the 26 school districts in Northcentral Technical College’s area of Wisconsin expressing a need for middle school and high school technology teachers, the college has partnered with Marian University to train more educators. The teacher candidates will be drawn from NTC’s technology programs, including architectural design, automotive, diesel, electromechanical, graphic communications, mechanical […]
To start creating K12 makerspaces, educators can follow the seven recommendations in the accompanying infographic. Link to main story: High schoolers design games, learn programming skills Drexel Universitys ExCITe Center garnered the information from its recent nationwide study.
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