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What Works: Design class gives students the power of choice
06/24/2020
Topics: Coding & robotics
Students in Gina Baragone’s design class may never be expected to code a robot, engineer a 3D-printed roller-coaster or make a stop-motion animated movie in a professional setting. In fact, by the time they…
4 tips for teaching with tech: Online learning edition
06/24/2020
Topics: Coding & robotics, Online learning
Two weeks before school started, the iPads arrived. Sixth-grade English teacher Laurie Guyon, who had never touched the device before, suddenly found herself in the midst of an exploratory 1:1 pilot. Her…
Teach kindergartners to code
10/29/2019
Topics: Coding & robotics
For today’s pre-kindergartners, learning computer coding is taking its place alongside learning their ABCs.
“We can agree that coding is important, but for children today, it will likely be…
How to incorporate music and dance into lessons
09/03/2019
Topics: Coding & robotics, dance, music
Many students love music and dance, and research indicates that learning through music and structured movement is good educational…
Building AI: When student creators meet artificial intelligence, sparks fly
06/17/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Coding & robotics
Gati Aher already has some ideas about how artificial intelligence could improve her after-school job.
It’s a small business with a heavy focus on marketing, where some employees spend hours each day…
No device needed to teach kids to code
01/29/2019
Topics: Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking
Leka DeGroot can relate to teachers who would like to bring coding to their classrooms but just can’t fathom fitting it in.
“Teachers often tell me, ‘It sounds great but I don’t have time, or I don’t have the skills,’ but you don’t have to be a computer scientist to teach coding,”…
The 10 best edtech posts of 2018
12/31/2018
Topics: Coding & robotics, Digital Citizenship, Tools
What do educators love to read about? Judging from the most popular posts that appeared on the ISTE Blog in 2018, they are looking for ideas and strategies for…
Use Coding to Engage Students in Reading, Writing Lessons
02/26/2021
Topics: Coding & robotics, Literacies
It’s easy to think of coding as a skill that applies only to math or science, or to think coding is something not easily taught to the youngest learners. Heidi Williams is busting those myths, proving coding can be applied to reading and writing,…
Educators Should Make Computer Science a Reality for Girls
02/18/2021
Topics: Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, STEM & STEAM
Not long ago, I was a high school student sitting in a classroom wondering how taking a particular class would help me in life.
Luckily, most of the courses I was taking actually complemented what I planned to study in college – computer science.
Even as a child, I was intrigued…
How a 'wildly stupid creative decision' turned this teen into an animator
12/11/2018
Topics: Coding & robotics
Six years ago, a 12-year-old sat frustrated in front of her laptop and decided that she could not animate.
Three years later, she stopped caring and did it anyway.
Hi, that’s me – 18 years old now and fresh out of my final high school exams. Time for me to enter…