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How do you build a Learning Space for All? Low Floor, High Ceiling

CoderZ

From Minecraft to Fortnight, the gamification of coding skills has inspired students in underrepresented groups to dive into what was once a more complex and inaccessible field. A method to achieve solutions that benefit diverse groups of people could be training and equipping students from all backgrounds. The “STEM Gap”.

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Is Cue Robot In Education The Next Big Thing? Superb Tips to Use Coding Robot

STEM Education Shopping

Cue robots are created by Wonder Workshop and designed for use in computer science classes. Using cue robots in education has become increasingly popular due to their advanced Bluetooth capabilities that allow them to connect directly to computers or tablets. Cue robots can also be used in classroom discussions and debates.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

His father ’s university engineering studies had been cut short by the Russian Revolution, and he now had a one-man wholesale electronic parts business. And the person he saw there was their “vice president of engineering psychology”—a certain J. His parents were both (Jewish) Russian immigrants (his father was born in St.