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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits. -
New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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Some teachers say school districts should view computer science not simply as a precursor to specific college degrees, but as a foundation for thinking critically, creatively and confidently.
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Federal agencies and the technology industry are banding together in an effort to expand computer science education.
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Teams of students from different disciplines collaborate on an electric car.
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Micro schools give parents an alternative to more traditional private schools.
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Grant funding allowed schools to buy more technology for students and offer professional development for teachers.
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A Tennessee tech leader receives recognition for his efforts to teach computer science to young students at a coding school.
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A district educator played the age discrimination card in a lawsuit over a technology director position.
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The state's large virtual school program could be expanded next year.
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Through a local school's Environmental Sustainability Course, seniors work with a mentor from a local organization or business to develop projects that can increase the town’s environmental sustainability.
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The program comes at no cost to the school district, as Beaufort County is paying about $7,000 for Kajeet MiFi devices and Internet access through its library budget.
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Hal Friedlander helped the Education Department support classroom technology, and plans to start a nonprofit organization that will tackle a major problem facing his field.
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Raytheon is donating $37,000 to implement the Engineering is Elementary program in a Colorado Springs school.
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The computers provide a way to introduce kids to a technology that combines a cutting-edge look with something they can play with.
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No Child Left Behind's replacement focuses as never before on investing in what works.
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While the non-profit organization designed to engage children in science and technology ceased operations last fall, officials were hopeful the effort could continue.
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The Discovery Museum’s lab will travel to pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms in Marin and the Bay Area starting in January 2017.
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Several apps have been designed for students to maximize learning outcomes; some allow access to online homework, while others carefully track and measure performance depending on subject.
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The pace at which teachers jump on board with new technology can be detrimental to students, but sometimes the delay is budgetary as available resources must continually be shifted.
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The Diction Defender app teaches word choice and grammar through a beach survival game.
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