LEGO and Amazon have announced a joint voice challenge. The two companies are hoping teachers will pick up on the contest as an in-class or after-school activity.
10/18/2019
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Riot Games has introduced a free game design curriculum for educators that meshes with well known learning standards. The course can be taught, according to the maker of esports favorite League of Legends, by "any teacher with access to the internet and a printer."
10/02/2019
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Ayah Bdeir is leaving littleBits, the company she founded in 2011 to put components into kids' hands that enabled them to create circuitry systems without wires, soldering or programming. Recently, littleBits was acquired by Sphero, a robotics and STEAM company.
09/26/2019
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A group of high schoolers has been named as "EngineerGirl Ambassadors," all intending to implement projects this school year to woo younger students to engineering. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) named 16 girls to the year-long EngineerGirl program, which is designed to help them develop their leadership skills and promote engineering to other students.
09/23/2019
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Instructors can now freely access "App Development with Swift" through the Canvas Commons. The course includes lessons, teacher guides and developer tools for use in the classroom.
09/12/2019
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A grant-funded program in a Georgia university is combining tuition, mentoring, professional development opportunities and extra pay to grow the number of STEM-certified teachers in the state.
09/10/2019
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Makeblock's $150 "mTiny" can help children learn basic programming and incorporates 300 sound effects, 10 emotions and multiple kinds of track movements.
09/03/2019
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LEGO Education is collaborating with FIRST to offer two challenges for students to gain skills in architecture, infrastructure and the sustainability of future cities
08/27/2019
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A Philadelphia art museum will soon be launching an online K-12 teacher training course, "Math in Art." This interactive course, being run by the Barnes Foundation, aims to promote experiential learning through the integration of math and art.
07/31/2019
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Education technology nonprofit Digital Promise has updated its guidance to help school leaders set up maker programs that are sustainable and serve all learners.
07/30/2019
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If you've wondered whether esports truly is an athletic endeavor, maybe this will convince you: The 2024 Summer Olympics, taking place in Paris, will include demonstration esports events.
07/30/2019
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