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The 2 stages of successful early STEM education revisited

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I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. Game-based learning programs like CodeMonkey, which focus on coding for kids , are usually their first experience with coding that introduces the problem-based learning mindset.

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The 2 stages of successful early STEM education

eSchool News

I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. Game-based learning programs like CodeMonkey are usually their first experience with coding that introduces the problem-based learning mindset.

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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

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His tech of choice: video games—specifically narrative-based digital games that engage students by engrossing them in a story. His guiding belief is that “modern video games have the potential to be taught as humanely and deeply as any traditional text.”

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There’s No Such Thing As Being Bad at Math: How Neuroscience Is Changing the Equation

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This belief is wrong. What’s more, it’s harmful to kids as they have their first experiences learning math; the attitude that “I can’t learn math” quickly becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Change the belief that mathematical ability is inborn, focusing on parents’ attitudes and how they are communicated to children.

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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

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We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. We should be ok with it. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. Another rising educational innovator is K-5 art teacher, Tricia Fuglested.

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

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Beyond race and gender, they’re young people, and so their beliefs, their values and their communities should be centered in the design process. Also there’s a game-based learning element to it. There’s a lot of scenario-based prompts, so it’s really playful. Everyone’s going online.