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Best-in-Category Awards for 2016

Ask a Tech Teacher

Winner: C-STEM — tools to learn math through robotics ( see my review ). Honorable Mention: CanaryFlow ( see my review ). Lesson Planning. Winner: Frolyc aka Activity Circle ( see my review ). Honorable Mention: Office Mix — a free add-on for PowerPoint. Professional Development.

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Pennsylvania District Wins NEF STEM Leadership Award

The Journal

Lehighton Schools has won the National Education Foundation's 2016 STEM Leadership Award.

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TCEA 2016: Samsung’s Mission to Close the STEM Gap

EdTech Magazine

Frank Smith Samsung's two new products for classrooms take aim on STEM solutions.

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How Do We Get More Girls Into STEM? Build Confidence (and Robots)

Edsurge

With careers of the future heavily concentrated in STEM fields, it’s unacceptable for women to be left out of the space. Not only do employers need to have the largest possible pool of qualified STEM workers to succeed, business outcomes improve with a diverse workforce. We need more female STEM mentors and role models!

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Is calculus an addiction that college admissions officers can’t shake?

The Hechinger Report

University professors in non-STEM fields think high school students would be better off learning more useful math, such as statistics, data analysis, accounting and spreadsheets. Concentrate instead on making sure your graduating students have a rock-solid foundation, one math professor complained to researchers in a 2016 study.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

The report reflects the activity already taking place in many schools — the building of robotics programs and development of curriculum that will prepare students for a future that is increasingly focused on science, technology, math and engineering (STEM). Fixing the STEM Gap from the Bottom Up. Schools Get Started in Robotics.

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Teen Genius Says “I Learned Nothing from Lecture”

The CoolCatTeacher

Gitanjali Rao- Bio as submitted Gitanjali Rao Gitanjali Rao is 13 years old and is an 8th grader at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, CO. She is an active STEM promoter and is involved in promoting STEM-based activities in schools, clubs and the community. She has been playing classical music for almost 8 years.

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