Educational technology has, of course, completely transformed how today's K-12 students learn. From basic 3D printers and virtual reality systems to simple coding robots and screen-free building tools, countless numbers of educators have been able to affect education for the better and help children develop transferrable skills for the real world. Since EdTech now covers so many areas, however, there often remains a lot for teachers to learn about and explore. Not every technology tool will impact your students in the same ways, nor will they enhance every single lesson. It's more about finding the right solutions for the right situations and building high-quality instruction from there. In this section, we cover everything from specific classroom STEM kits to insights on integrating EdTech tools in teaching. And, we'll continue adding new resources with thoughts on the many branches of the EdTech tree.
EdTech resources are constantly impacting student development and redefining how educators can engage them. Besides those hands-on technologies, digital tools and platforms also play a huge role in learning. From coding or artificial intelligence to social-emotional learning, the instant availability of EdTech resources generates many revolutionary opportunities all throughout the world of K-12 and higher education. When it comes down to it, however, equitable access to technology can be a complete game changer. With these opportunities, students can build the hard and soft skills to navigate our increasingly complex world. And, no matter how complex or simplistic EdTech activities are, they can help catalyze that development. We encourage you to browse the content below and reach out to our team with any questions.
For this week’s Rising Resources post, we took a deeper look at Hatch—an online platform that just about anybody can use to start building or fine tuning their programming skills. The Hatch platform helps make discovering coding concepts easy for kids as young as eight years old and includes various projects and challenges that help them progress.
Tricia has worked with a number of EdTech tools and given the students she coaches a ton of positive experiences. We’re excited to share Tricia’s story and hopefully inspire more educators to take chances with new tech in the classroom and unlock new learning opportunities with technology! Keep reading to learn more!
Replacing face-to-face interactions and social experiences is essentially impossible. Video conferencing, however, has been used in an attempt to make learning feel more normal and, while we hope that the days of distance learning are behind us, there definitely remains a possibility that it’s staying. So, this week’s Rising Resources post is on CrossBraining.
The GiggleBot is the main piece of this micro:bit-powered robot and construction kit. It boasts a variety of programmable features, including a brightness sensor, LEDs, motors, and a line following device. It can be assembled in as little as five minutes and includes everything you need—you just connect the batteries, micro:bit, and wheels to get started!
We’re uncertain about the long-term academic and social effects that this distance learning experiment will have on students and, of course, the emotional effects it’s had on teachers. Even more so, in many states, they’re even uncertain about whether or not schools will be able to reopen in the fall.
Jasmine teaches all subjects, so this allows her to create some pretty fun, cross-curricular lessons. These types of lessons make it possible for her to teach her students all about interesting and relevant subject area content while also introducing them to the world of computer science and coding—and some of her favorite tools to use are the Dash, Dot, and
We’re putting together this running collection of remote learning resources for educators to explore during school closures caused by the coronavirus. We will make updates to this page regularly as new resources are provided from reputable education providers and we wish everybody lots of success in remote teaching and learning. You’ve got this!
Ashley is a K-5 STEM teacher at the Oak Grove Primary School in Prairieville, Louisiana. Using tech tools, like the Makey Makey among others, Ashley has helped create some amazing STEM and real-world learning experiences for her students over the last couple of years and truly empowered them to create some amazing projects!
Writers from the educational publication, EdTech Digest, announced last week the finalists and winners for all sorts of various categories in EdTech excellence. Eduporium was selected as one of five finalists in the exciting Maker/DIY Tools Solution category, underscoring their commitment to providing K-12 educators with hands-on STEAM solutions.
It didn’t take long for all of us to remember that equitable access to technology is not always a guarantee. While equity is the topic of this week’s Rising Resources blog, we’re stepping a bit back from talking about it in the sense that it’s been talked about over the last couple of months and introducing you to a tool
