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106K free teacher-created digital textbooks hit the web

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The move to digital textbooks and resources is spreading as more companies partner with open education efforts. More than 100,000 teacher-created digital textbooks are now available online through the CK-12 Foundation’s free STEM content and tools platform. Digital Learning and Tools News STEM Top News'

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Preparing students for Industry 5.0: Rethinking STEM to shape the future workforce

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As we prepare the workforce of the future, it becomes clear that we must rethink our approach to STEM education. Instead, we must create learning environments that foster creativity and adaptability–key traits that will help students thrive in an increasingly complex and tech-driven world. Key points: Industry 5.0 Why drones?

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Indeed, good teachers are really the factor that motivates students and imparts the value of math, says Julie Grove, vice president of product management for core curriculum at HMH, one of the largest textbook publishers in the country. As for Hatch Valley High School, Goins reports, students there saw improvement in test scores.

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Friday 5: Virtual field trips

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When COVID mandated at-home and hybrid learning, many educators turned once again to virtual trips to keep students engaged in learning during pandemic-related instructional challenges. These trips can help students get a front-row look at STEM outside of the classroom. Is it possible to be creative in a STEM career?

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A new teacher’s perspective: Today’s best edtech resources

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In just a few months, I transitioned from being a student at the University of Montana’s College of Education to leading the instruction of a room of rambunctious middle school students interested in STEM. Then, I moved into a new role as a K-8 STEM Director at my school.

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5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction

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As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.

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Our research shows that when students work on projects, they learn more

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These are skills students rarely learn straight out of a textbook. One way we have taught these skills is through project-based learning (PBL), where students apply what they’ve learned during a hands-on project that is relevant to the real world — and their lives. Effectively implementing PBL.

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