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Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

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As schools, districts, and policymakers grapple with the realities of a rapidly evolving workforce that requires discipline-specific knowledge, high-tech know-how, and hands-on skills, there is a growing recognition that the traditional approaches to preparing students for the real world no longer suffice.

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KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

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Waltham, MA – KinderLab Robotics , a leader in educational STEAM robotics for grades pre-K–5, has launched Thinking with KIBO: Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Grades , a free curriculum designed to help students understand how AI tools work and think critically about how these tools can improve lives in their communities.

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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

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I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. When I'm helping teachers design games, I always ask, "What do you want the kids to know and be able to do at the end of this game?" So, I joined her team.

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

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Students will be entering classrooms with varied experiences during the pandemic, entering classrooms with uneven skill sets and knowledge levels. That said, spending too much time in whole-group instruction creates a culture of dependent learning, leveraging outdated practices like lecturing or rote memorization.

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

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Students need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to navigate what’s being called “the new electricity.” Our learning objectives focus on the social, political, economical and cultural aspects of AI. We really focused on culturally relevant pedagogy as one of the foundational theoretical frameworks.

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Do Virtual Schools Flatten Cultural Identity? Or Expand It?

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Rethinking Cultural Identity in the Era of K12 online education In a traditional classroom, culture is everywhere. But what happens to that rich cultural backdrop when school moves online? The Cultural Ecosystem of Traditional Schools Physical schools have always served dual purposes. Lessons are compressed.

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This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

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We decided to build our work on a solid foundation that started in 2012, when we created a school culture framework around mindsets. While we gradually help our teachers understand its importance, we know that our students are already benefiting from the use of MBE built in to the curriculum design and materials.

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