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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

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With the support of a teacher or parent as facilitator, students research, design, plan, implement, and reflect on their learning. With the various platforms to house and share digital work, technology is an integral part of this learning process, especially for grades 4-8. Students decide what they want to learn and/or do.

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Twig Science Nevada Approved for Statewide Use

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Twig Science is my pixie dust,” said Julie, a 4th grade teacher. “It Twig comprises a team of teachers, filmmakers, writers, researchers, designers, academics, and students, all working together to create exciting and effective student learning experiences. It keeps the students excited about learning something new.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

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I didn’t know that word when I was in the third grade.”. There are six games currently available, such as Energy Lab, which challenges students to design renewable energy systems for major cities based on realistic data models. My students’ vocabulary is changing,” one teacher said. They’re using words like ‘prototype.’

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

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Nevertheless, in the year following its founding, Lexia won a major grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund product research, design, and development. It was out on the fringes,” said Lexia President, Nick Gaehde who joined the company as its head in 2005.

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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But it also means that they are similar in other important characteristics, such as grade, class size, gender, English language ability and special education services. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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Engineers Week — A Must for High School

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Future City challenges middle-school students to take four months to imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future using the free platform SimCity. These include Coding with computers , Make a teepee , Design a wind turbine , and more. Each details appropriate grades, time required, and step-by-step activities.

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VR, PBL, and OERs: Four High Hopes for Learning with Edtech in the New School Year

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Consider encouraging students to research, curate, and design their own lessons with OERs. Note that all of these high hopes focus on empowering students to research, design, serve, build, and publish. Kerry Gallagher ( @KerryHawk02 ) is a Digital Learning Specialist at a 1:1 iPad school serving 1500 students grades 6-12.

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