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Game Design as a Catalyst For Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Over the course of this school year, I have been fortunate enough to share ideas on technology integration with Judy Wilson , my children’s principal at P.S. 3 in Staten Island, NY. This was where I finally learned about VR Quest™ developed by Warren Black. It was so exciting to see what my son and his classmates had created.

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OPINION: Starting earlier will create better student pipelines into STEM fields

The Hechinger Report

A student in an elementary school drops an egg wrapped tightly in paper straws and tape to test whether it can survive a high fall. These and similar scenes from public schools around the country are more than just young learners having fun with recycled materials. Adopt a curriculum that exposes students to STEM early on.

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TEACHER VOICE: Here’s why teachers should help students develop logic and reasoning skills early on

The Hechinger Report

Today, elementary school teachers share similar struggles with their students. Unfortunately, most elementary schools teach math and English language arts separately. To help, I introduced keywords like “all together” for addition and “difference” for subtraction.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

Digital Promise

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. They’re creative spaces where students can gather to explore, tinker, discover and create, and they’re making students more enthusiastic about school. This article was originally published on The Conversation.

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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

Day 3: Problem- and Inquiry-Based Learning – Review of last session’s evaluations and our rules of play – Crowdsourcing – Understanding how Wikipedia really works – Crowdsourcing ideas for students and teachers – Essential elements of project-based learning – PBL v.