Computers in School

UPDATE: After CBC Kids News and CBC News published articles, organizers decided to reverse the decision to cancel the swim meet. It has been rescheduled for Feb. 23, thanks to the help of organizers and teachers. Others walking the picket lines in support of teachers For months, 15-year-old Chiara Alcantara…

Adults who took high school biology might remember a lecture on cell structure, then a test asking to identify its parts, plus an assignment to build a cell, perhaps with papier mâché and dry macaroni. Today, California students are supposed to learn about science in a whole new way.A teacher…

Artificial intelligence—code that learns—is likely to be humankind’s most important invention. It’s a 60-year-old idea that took off five years ago when fast chips enabled massive computing and sensors, cameras, and robots fed data-hungry algorithms.  We’re a couple of years into a new age where machine learning (a functional subset…

As it is Safer Internet Day it's a good time share the following excerpt from my free Practical Ed Tech Handbook. Common Sense Education (often referred to as Common Sense Media) offers an extensive set of free lesson plans for teaching digital citizenship to all K-12 students. The lesson plans…

Today, February 11, is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, created by the United Nations as a way to advance gender equality for women and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). What better day for me to pick a fight with LEGO? I know, I…

Last Updated on March 2, 2020Tech has proven to be the healing power for many challenges in life. Commonly, people make use of tech daily. One could be using a mobile phone to communicate. Or, they could be accessing the internet from their personal computer in search of information. These…

Chad Daybell and Lori VallowCourtesy of Rexburg Police DepartmentPolice have been looking for doomsday couple Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow to question them about Vallow's two missing children.A local police department's investigation into Vallow's missing children in November has unraveled a series of suspicious events surrounding the couple, including the…

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors Peralta and Rainsville students with $1,000, medallions and trip to nation's capitalFinalists also named in Artesia and Los LunasSANTA FE, N.M., Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Makayla Gates, 18, of Peralta and Sheree Anderson, 14, of Rainsville today were named New Mexico's top two…

Erik Newland St. Cloud Times Published 10:42 PM EST Feb 2, 2020 ST. CLOUD — A Minneapolis-based nonprofit is rebuilding their program to clean, refurbish and wipe computer hardware to be reused at schools and other organizations.  In the St. Cloud area, Minnesota Computers for Schools has provided equipment to STRIDE…

Meaghan Edwards had just finished reading children’s books to her son’s third-grade class when the teacher announced that students could have free time before lunch. Instead of playing cards, talking with friends or reading more, the students pulled out their iPads. © Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post Arlington, Va.,…