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5 Strategies for Inspiring an Inclusive STEM Culture in Your School

CoderZ

Diversity and inclusion are particularly important in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines, where minority groups are systemically underrepresented. In order to support a diverse educational community, it’s crucial that schools find ways to foster inclusivity across the curriculum.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

And all I’ll be able to do here is give a snapshot of my current thinking—which will inevitably be incomplete—not least because, as I’ll discuss, trying to predict how history in an area like this will unfold is something that runs straight into an issue of basic science: the phenomenon of computational irreducibility. So what is ChatGPT ?

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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You allow different approaches as long as students achieve the Big Idea or answer the Essential Question. Every time the lesson plan calls for an online tool or research using a search engine or a YouTube video, teachers review/remind/teach how to visit the online neighborhood safely. Differentiation is the norm.

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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. This requires them to communicate and work together to achieve a common goal.

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

Stephen Wolfram

And there was one way in which Ed and I were very much aligned: both of our lives were deeply influenced by computers and computing. Ed had started with computers in 1956—as part of one of the very first cohorts of programmers. Finally I felt as if there might be a plausible computational foundation for fundamental physics.