Category Archives: Teaching Technology

Free Textbook Platform OpenStax Reducing College Costs.

Posted on August 19, 2018 by dkohn96

Diverse Education (8/6) runs an article describing the Rice University nonprofit initiative OpenStax, launched in 2012 “to provide free textbooks and digital resources.” The program “is growing and helping to impact the cost of a college education.” Rice “recently announced … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Coding School Training Young Adults As Software Engineers.

Posted on August 19, 2018 by dkohn96

The Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal (8/4, Lopez) reports Code Crew Code School in Memphis, Tennessee “is training 16 young adults to become entry-level software engineers, earning $60,000 a year, for free.” The paper says that four years of training are … Continue reading →

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Getting low-income kids into jobs by getting them into career-themed high schools

Posted on August 3, 2018 by dkohn96

https://hechingerreport.org/supply-and-demand-getting-low-income-kids-into-better-jobs-by-getting-them-into-better-schools/

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Girl Scouts Roll Out 30 New Badges, Including Cybersecurity and Robotics | Inside Edition

Posted on July 18, 2018 by dkohn96

https://www.insideedition.com/girl-scouts-roll-out-30-new-badges-including-cybersecurity-and-robotics-45181

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STEM Websites for kids

Posted on June 27, 2018 by dkohn96

http://facthound.com/ http://www.stemedcoalition.org/ https://www.stemconnector.com/ https://www.howtosmile.org/

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Tennessee updates science standards for first time in 10 years | TSDMemphis.com

Posted on June 27, 2018 by dkohn96

https://tri-statedefender.com/tennessee-updates-science-standards-for-first-time-in-10-years/06/25/ Direct Link to NEW State Science Standards

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Barbie’s latest career path is robotics engineering

Posted on June 26, 2018 by dkohn96

From: https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/26/mattel-barbie-robotics-engineer/ Earlier this year, Mattel announced that it was partnering with Tynker to bring Barbie-themed coding lessons to young kids. As of today, six free coding experiences are now available as is a new STEM-themed doll — Robotics Engineer … Continue reading →

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The History of Robots: From the 400 BC Archytas to the Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dkohn96

from: Interesting Engineering by: Saoirse Kerrigan The History of Robots: From the 400 BC Archytas to the Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Take a journey through the long history of robots, from the 4th Century BC to today. Robots have fascinated … Continue reading →

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Summer Camps

Posted on April 17, 2018 by dkohn96

Looking for summer camps. Here are some you might be interested in: CodeCrew has a number of programming and robotics summer camps at various times and locations for grades 1-12. See there website: https://www.code-crew.org/events/ for more information. Programs include coding, … Continue reading →

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Teachers Try Science

Posted on April 2, 2018 by dkohn96

Here is a neat page with lesson plans to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). It is done by IBM and it is call TEACHERSTRYSCIENCE.ORG

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