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Tech Spotlight – Robotics

Christine Richmond is a Robotics teacher at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School. Through a program facilitated by Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Richmond’s eighth-grade students are constructing and programming Lego Mindstorm robots to navigate various courses and perform specific functions. Students work in teams to complete “challenge tasks” and demonstrate an understanding of … [Read more...]

Educating Digital Citizens

In education, we require our students to take classes in civics and government, so they are prepared to be productive citizens. In the past decade, we have reached a near critical mass with the explosion of social media in our student’s lives. As a result, digital citizenship has become a consistent buzz word in our schools. We are tasked with the responsibility of cultivating … [Read more...]

Minecraft Monday

The first Monday of every month is Minecraft Monday. It happens at 8 PM Eastern time, in Maine USA. Unless that Monday is a holiday in the USA; then it’s the second Monday (like the Monday after Memorial Day in September, for example). So on the second Monday in September 2019, at 8 in the evening on the eastern seaboard, USA, a group of miners, all educators from the looks … [Read more...]

Implementing a Robotics Competition in Your Classroom

Robotics competitions are currently at the forefront of our ever-changing technological world. In the modern day, it is important to learn skills that will help your students navigate the shift from traditional, old-school technology to newer and more advanced tech. Robotics competitions can wake up the leader that each student has inside and can strengthen various abilities … [Read more...]

Back to School with the 6Cs

As you think about getting this school year off the ground, take a moment to think about the resources you have that reinforce an instructional framework that you use.  One framework that I like is Michael Fullan’s Deep Learning or the 6 Cs. With the goal of enabling educated people to be able to solve problems and “deal with life”, these six skills are crucial to education. … [Read more...]

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