Innovative ways to get kids coding
Along with an increased call for more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) funding is a movement to boost computer science's visibility, due in part to the demand…
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Math products seek engagement with robotics, gaming
At the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference in Austin this month, several companies demonstrated products designed to help teach math. Two that stood out in particular were…
5 trends poised to rock education
Five technologies are reaching maximum impact and are about to transform education, changing just about everything, according to educational futurist Jason Ohler. Speaking during the International Society for…
App of the week: Math Arrow: Kyle Counts
Kids learn how to count by 2s, 5s, 10s and other combinations while helping Kangaroo Kyle to get around.
10 elements of great digital content for young learners
Young learners have certain preferences that digital content can target and engage Schools across the country are actively involved in ... Read more
10 next-generation science apps for education
The Next Generation Science Standards are a new set of standards that provide consistent science education through all grades, with an emphasis on technology and engineering. eSchool News…
zSpace takes 3D learning to a whole new level
Imagine being able to learn about the human heart by picking up a still-beating heart, turning it over, peering through its outer walls, and watching the various valves…
App of the week: Stephen Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe
Stephen Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe explains the principles that control our universe through simple and fun experiments.
STEM program gives Coney Island elementary school students a leg up with Lego
A scrappy Coney Island elementary school is creating opportunity for disadvantaged students, with innovative academic programs that have kids fired up about science, technology, engineering and math, the…
What to do with millions of dollars for education technology
In what could be considered a belated holiday gift to education, two of the biggest technology companies with well-documented commitments to education announced on Feb. 4th that not…