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Today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Those arranging and participating in “Girl’s Day” activities are helping us to close the science gap. SheHeroes (reviewed here) is an organization that believes young girls should be encouraged to pursue non-traditional STEM based careers. Be sure to check out their resources as you plan for participating … read more »
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The science specialists in my old school division were all about Project Based Learning. They went to special training and then gave workshops. They wanted everyone to convert to this great way of inspiring students through authentic learning. It was a real struggle for the specialists though. We had low performing schools in a number … read more »
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As teachers and schools gear up for The Hour of Code (December 4-10), I think it’s really important to remind our students that coding isn’t an end to itself. It is a means to solve a problem. One way to help students understand that that is to explain where coding would fit in the a … read more »
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It’s hard to believe that Google just turned 19. In that time, the name of the search engine has become a household term as well as an entry in the dictionary. There is a generation of students who have always had access to the search engine and don’t know what life was like before you could … read more »
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In the current political climate, we’ve learned a number of new expressions. New definitions have been applied to terms that many thought were well defined already. Since a number of concepts seem to be relative, it is even more important now to ensure that there is a common understanding of a phrase amongst those with … read more »