Our longest running current blog series, the Eduporium Weekly is your source for relevant education topics. Whether it's related to EdTech, STEM, SEL, makerspaces, soft skills, equity, CTE, or any number of other things, you are sure to find some relevant content here. Our team remains committed to providing intriguing and up-to-date opinions and perspectives on the most important topics—whether they're technology-based or not. Every week, we share our thoughts about those key topics in education. Giving educators a Saturday morning read, many of our Eduporium Weekly posts reflect recent happenings, important updates, or, sometimes, some fun revelations. We're also very fortunate to serve a community of such committed educators. For that reason, we strive to keep our thoughts and content fresh. And, this section of our blog is a great place to go for just that.
Whatever is happening in education, we believe our committed team members help educators adjust. As we've seen, technology has a place in all types of learning—as long as educators integrate it strategically. As debates and discussions in STEAM and general education evolve, we adapt this content to continually educate, inform, and entertain. Our perspective may be a bit unique but our collective expertise on these topics is always improving. We also encourage you to browse the pages or search for a topic of your interest on the left of your screen. We certainly take pride in being up to date with what teachers are experiencing. From our entire team, we hope this content truly provides you with guidance and inspiration. Check back every weekend, as well, for the latest edition of the Eduporium Weekly.
With the official kickoff of CS Ed Week just two days away, we thought we should discuss some exciting ways that students can practice programming in the upcoming week and throughout the rest of the year. The number of coding tools is constantly growing, so there are a lot of options that teachers could try in the classroom or after
We try to keep adding new items for educators regularly, opening up as many avenues as possible for teaching with new technologies. We know that STEM instruction is important to just about everyone today, so we try to make EdTech shopping easier. Anyway, we have some new products from big-name STEM brands and some all-new models as well.
EdTech has evolved to encompass so many areas of both education and technology. So many different types of technology have become valuable pieces of classroom instruction and taken on new characteristics in a lot of cases. At the moment, there are some important topics dominating the most talked about areas of EdTech. Here are some of them.
One of the areas that looks likely to gain the most from the power of AI, however, is education. AI has become such a phenomenon in the technology world that colleges, universities, and other institutions have established educational programs surrounding it so that people can learn about it and how to use it to better their lives.
As EdTech tools evolve, their defining characteristics are often changing as well and, as we get further into the 21st century with a better understanding of how to prepare students for the future, those features keep improving. This week, we’re breaking down some of the best things to look for in an educational technology!
School leaders are always looking for ways to get members of their community—most commonly the parents of their students—involved with what kids are doing in the classroom. Today’s students are accomplishing so much especially when it comes to innovative learning and, too often, parents don’t get to truly see what they’re working on.
It’s not just seasoned scientists and computer programmers who invent world-changing and human-focused solutions, however. There are plenty of inventive kids and teenagers out there who have made a mark on the world through invention. Kids have actually contributed to key inventions throughout history. So, this week, we’ll discuss some of them.
With classes getting underway this past week in a lot of the country and other students really getting into the swing of things, we thought we’d take some time to reinforce how learning with technology can spur development and help them build some of the skills they’ll need most. This week, we’re taking a look at some of the best
Coding tools, makerspace materials, and many other STEAM solutions are awesome at getting them to work with their hands and also activating their brains. When special education students see that they can use technology to accomplish a lot of the same things as all the rest of the students in the school, they gain a greater sense of inclusion, learn
Why would district leaderss create brand-new positions for people or re-assign existing employees to very different roles? Well, technology has a lot to do with that and the effectiveness with which it’s woven into each school’s curriculum and everyday projects can do a lot for a child’s future, helping to equip them with both hard and soft skills.
