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Exploring the Engineering Design Process for Kids

Accelerate Learning

Introducing the Engineering Design Process for kids can sound like an intimidating concept. As with any other framework applied to education, it’s less important to follow its steps to the letter and more important to adapt the process to your students’ needs. This is true project-based learning.

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Engineering in Elementary School

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Integrating engineering concepts into elementary education is a crucial topic in this day and age. It's about preparing students for a future where technology and engineering are central. Engineering makes the world of technology clear and interesting to young learners.

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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? There you can get advice and solve various mathematical problems in college.

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The Cycle of Experimentation: A New Approach to Educational Innovation

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today's episode, we're joined by Justin Reich, an associate professor at MIT and the author of ‘Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools.' We dive deep into teachers' crucial role in driving innovation and improvement in education.

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Connecting Literacy and Engineering: Empowering Students in K-12 Education

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As educators strive to offer students a comprehensive learning experience, combining diverse subjects is a compelling choice such as integrating literacy and engineering. Let's explore some benefits and examples of combining literacy and engineering, offering educators and students opportunities to venture into these domains.

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Powerful Learning With Artificial Intelligence For Educators

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The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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Robotics in STEM Education: Building the Innovators of Tomorrow

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By Katie Brenneman The power of a STEM-based education will never be understated. As a society, we have a growing dependence upon advanced technologies, even in industries that don’t initially appear directly related to STEM, which makes this type of education absolutely critical.