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Google Classroom: Top New Features to Learn Over the Summer #gafe

The CoolCatTeacher

To celebrate the end of the first season of the Ten-minute Teacher podcast on June 16 th , we’re running a giveaway – the Dash and Dot Robot Wonder Pack from Wonder Workshop. So to celebrate, we’ve partnered with one of my favorite robots for teaching coding – Dash and Dot from Wonder Workshop. [00:10:00]. Recording starts 0:00:00].

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Getting Girls into STEM: The Power of Blended (and All-Female) Instruction

Edsurge

Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. Mary's Academy building robots Using blended learning to personalize instruction Five years ago, SMA launched a 1:1 iPad initiative designed to put technology in the hands of every student so she could have greater control over her own learning.

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Should Colleges Rethink Final Exams in the COVID Era? Some Profs Try 'Epic Finales'

Edsurge

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. There are giant monoliths, trained chickens and robotic talking trash cans.

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Using Neuroscience to Launch a Research-Informed School Schedule

Edsurge

Finally settling in at her desk, she checks Schoology, her school’s learning management system, to see what homework she has for the six classes she will attend tomorrow. Andrew's students building robots; Image credit: St. It is 8 p.m. After leaving school at 5 p.m.,

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Slooh Launches Its Next-Gen Platform to Engage Students in Space Exploration

eSchool News

Additional improvements allow educators to easily assign these learning activities and monitor student progress, as well as integrate Slooh with popular learning management systems including Schoology, Brightspace, and Google Education.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

Companies that aim to provide student data in a usable fashion, like Schoology , still provide value. The sense that they had all the answers to create a robotic teaching model where the system does it all distanced teachers from students’ actual needs. Alongside that, privacy and data responsibility are still a problem we must solve.

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How Middle School Obsessions Can Shape Career Paths.

Edsurge

Other students wanted to tackle creating worlds in Minecraft and figure out how to build their own robots and computers. Using a Schoology group we were able to support students in building the presentations they would eventually share with their peers.