Once only available in a minute number of districts, the evolution of the modern STEM teacher certainly unfolded quickly. Nowadays, however, the STEM subjects and student STEM experiences have become increasingly important. So, this had led to a number of educators finding new roles as the STEM specialist or innovation leader. For some of them, this is a fairly natural transition whether that's due to their teaching backgrounds or their innate interest in science and technology along with helping prepare their students for their future. For others, however, they may have had to transition from a longtime role into something brand-new. In any case, no matter what level of education they're at, many STEM teacher requirements aren't always clearly defined. Sometimes, they'll use high-tech equipment, other times they'll be out in nature, or maybe they'll even lead some art projects.
Being a STEM teacher holds numerous different possibilities in terms of lesson experiences, hands-on experiments, and creating real-world connections. Of course, most instructional experiences will be very different for an elementary STEM teacher as opposed to any high school STEM teachers. Overall, however, all these educators should strive to attain similar goals. It's incredibly important for children to have opportunities to enjoy various inquiry-based experiences, create connections to real-world problem solving, and build up some of the hard and soft skills that will serve them well. And, with so many classroom STEM tools available, there's something for all students—even if teachers need guidance at first. So, we'd suggest exploring this content for helpful information on classroom strategies, key STEM concepts, and finding the right tools.
Today’s educators, as we know, are facing plenty of challenges, including, believe it or not, grappling with how to expose students to STEM learning. STEM remains a huge part of the economy and, consequently, it is a large focus in many classrooms but that doesn’t always mean that it’s easy for educators to make it accessible, equitable, and effective for
In large part, we created this grant program to help educators boost equity and access for any of their underserved students and we’ve loved how it’s evolved into one of the easiest technology grants for teachers to apply for. The program is open to all educators from classroom teachers and district administrators to technology directors, librarians, and makerspace leaders.
Since tech experts believe that artificial intelligence will continue evolving and come to play an even larger role in the lives of today’s children, it’s important for them to understand as much as possible about it—without overwhelming them or making things too complicated. And, that’s one of the ways in which Microsoft’s Seeing AI can help.
To kick off the start of the summer months, we’re offering educators access to some of our best deals ever. While supplies last, you can enjoy 50 percent off select EdTech tools on our store. So, if you’re looking to get your summer classroom shopping done early and prepare all your EdTech tools for the start of the upcoming school
We’re just a few days away from one of our most exciting EdTech events of the year! For the first time, we’ll be attending and exhibiting at the FETC in Orlando starting this Monday. The Eduporium team will be at Booth 1451 on both Monday and Tuesday with plenty of EdTech tools for attendees to learn about and try, including
As personal drones become more popular, innovators have been working hard on developing new ways to use drone technology. One of the most popular uses for a drone today? A sophisticated, flying camera! That’s just one of the features that the subject of this week’s Eduporium Experiment, the Micro Drone, comes fully equipped with.
Thames and Kosmos makes and distributes over 100 hands-on science kits designed to engage students in high-quliaty STEM learning with real-life experiemnts. For today’s Eduporium Experiment, I looked at one kit in particular: The Robotics Smart Machines set—a 230-piece toolbox designed to teach the basics of engineering and robotics to kids.
With the obvious shift to jobs centering on STEM-rich areas, schools are gearing up to educate their students on science, technology, engineering and math in earlier grades and in more rigorous ways than in the past. The presence of and necessity for STEM skills in the 21st century is showing to be truer than ever.
