We’re starting to learn more about the plans in the country’s largest school districts, which include remote learning, hybrid reopenings, and an attempt at full in-person education. But, there are still those educators who feel like it remains too unsafe to fully return to normal and probably plenty of others who aren’t completely comfortable with going back part-time either.
Despite so much uncertainty, there’s one thing we know for sure: We don’t want students to veer off course in terms of STEM and real-world skills development, so we’ve been working on creating custom STEAM kits that can be used to help educators teach key topics, allow students to work independently, and are conducive to different environments.
Reopening our school buildings will likely involve one of three action plans: in-person learning, hybrid learning, and remote learning. Once schools first physically closed doors in March, we did not think that things would still be in such a state of uncertainty come August, but the reality is that almost all school leaders are preparing for a back-to-school season unlike
We’re big fans of the potential that comes with using VR and AR tools in all levels of education and, for this week’s Rising Resources blog, we’re going to try out the Google Tour Creator platform! It’s built to use with the Google Expeditions VR systems, which are among our best sellers, and it’s easy to see why kids love
Not only is the Skoog 2.0 awesome for amplifying student voice and helping them produce their own creative sounds, it also works with a couple of our favorite robotics tools so kids can use it in coding education as well! Keep reading to learn more about the Skoog 2.0, its compatible devices, and where to get yours!
Jonathan Long is a middle school STEM teacher in the Eastern Lancaster County (PA) School District and a huge fan of using technology in instruction. He’s used some different EdTech tools in the past and we’re excited to be able to provide him with a new one to try—the databot. Read on to learn more about him and his STEM
Finding some engaging and academically stimulating solutions for children regardless of where they are learning has become the top priority for some and that’s certainly something we can support. In this week’s Tips & Tricks blog, we are taking a look at two Tech Will Save Us kits that also work well for hybrid learning in the Electro Dough and
Some schools will not be reopening on the first day of classes but, in other districts, it’s yet to be decided what the approach will involve. Throw in this political pressure and you have a pretty volatile, potentially dangerous, and likely fluid situation for the rest of this summer and into the first few weeks of the year as everyone
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.
As we continue to make new guesses as to what education could look like come fall, it’s looking more and more likely that hybrid learning will be a big part of it. Despite calls from some of our nation’s top leaders for children to return to school as coronavirus cases continue to build, it definitely doesn’t seem like a risk
