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Success Story: Parkside Middle School, NH
New Hampshire School Uses CoderZ to Stem Learning Loss and Engage Students in Learning When funding is tight, schools have to get creative when they want to introduce new programs and adopt new technology. That’s what the Middle School at Parkside in Manchester, NH did when it wanted to dev...
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Success Story: Hutchinson Technical High School
The Challenge When the pandemic shut schools down, Hutchinson Technical High School needed a way to continue building its students’ coding and robotics skills remotely. The Solution Hutch Tech qualified for the Amazon Future Engineer Title 1 Grant and had the CoderZ licenses for Cyber Rob...
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Knowledge is Power Program: Kipp Schools
Overview Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is the largest network of public charter schools in the U.S.KIPP serves predominantly Black and Latino students across the country, as well as other students of color.The traditional approach to robotics teams (i.e., 10 students per team per school) woul...
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FREE STEM Resources with Chris Woods
This article is based on the CoderZ podcast, EdTech MixTape and has been edited for clarity STEM can seem like such a big challenge for teachers and school leaders alike. We all want students engaged in meaningful, hands-on learning. But where do we begin? Start with Daily STEM. ...
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Engineers of the Future! See Yourself in Tomorrow with Amazon Future Engineer!
In order for the future of the technology industry to adapt to the ever-growing and complex job market, the industry needs to focus on capturing a more diverse employee base. Right now, most science and tech fields are overwhelmingly led and operated by white and Asian males. The disparity of repres...
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Top 10 Free Coding Resources for Students that will Change Your Classroom
When today’s students enter the future workforce, there will be significantly more technology jobs than ever before, and a vast majority of students will need to be equipped with computer science skills to be successful in their careers. Coding and programming have become essential skills that stu...
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The ULTIMATE LIST of STEM PROJECTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Chaos, mischief, mayhem, commotion, madness! Well, we're not just putting random words together- it looks like STEM activities in a middle school classroom! But can we even blame them? They are, of course, the little trucks of energy. What if you can put this energy to good use without losing your p...
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I Taught My Elementary Kids Coding and it CHANGED Their WORLD
Coding is considered a foundational literacy skill for the digital age.It isjust like learning about reading and writing, but instead of reading and writing paragraphs of a story, children are reading and writing in computer code. It is comparable to learning awhole newlanguage! When children lea...
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“I Didn’t Want to Let It Go”: STEM Access Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jacqueline Moreno knows a thing or two about the impact of access. As the Director for Math and Science at Galena Park Independent School District (I.S.D) in Houston, Texas, Jaqueline spends her time finding ways to break down barriers for students and families. 69% of students at Galena I.S.D. a...
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*FREE RESOURCE* 5 Critical Components of Equity-Focused Teaching
5 Critical Components of Establishing a Foundation for Equity-Focused Teaching In need of ways to bring equity to your classroom? Check out the FREE RESOURCE at the bottom of the page! The importance of Computer Science education continues to be on the rise across the globe, especially in the ...
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