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Break out the VR and the 3D printers for real-world relevance

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Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 12th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on using engaging technologies for real-world connections. Key points: Interactive technologies can engage students in real-world problems Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum For more on makerspaces, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub The era of COVID-19 brought about the largest

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U.S. 8th grade scores decline on critical computer and information literacy skills

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Key points: Digital literacy is a key skill–but it remains a challenge for U.S. students Enhancing media literacy skills in the age of AI 5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub U.S. eighth-graders scored at the international average for computer and information literacy but below the international average for computational thinking, according to the results of an international study focusing on how prepared

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Next Up NoVa Teaches the Next Generation of Creators with Blackmagic Design

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Fremont, CA, USA – Rob Giampapa created Next Up NoVa, anonprofit arts and athletics facility for the youth of Northern Virginia, combining his passion for creativity and filmmaking and his partner Travis Simoes passion forathletics. We wouldnt be where we are without those things in our lives, and we want to help more kids discover themselves, said Giampapa.

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