The line of LulzBot 3D printers are some of the most affordable 3D printers for CTE and STEM learning largely because they don’t sacrifice any of that necessary power and precision students need. Check out this recording of our webinar with the LulzBot team as we partnered with their executives to dive into the uses and benefits of these machines in STEAM education.
With SEL in the classroom, ensuring that every student feels heard, valued, respected, and advocated for are each among the biggest drivers as we all aim to collectively increase equity in education. When teachers meet these conditions, kids often feel more comfortable in their learning environments, which can spark added achievement when their emotional state is strong.
KidCitizen is an online resource that students can use to watch informative videos and episodes about political events, news, and also history. It helps them become more informed and interested in crucial political happenings as well as helping to spark ideas for how they can share their voices. Keep reading to learn more about using KidCitizen in the classroom.
Representation in STEAM fields remains invaluable, especially considering that lack of visibility among AAPI individuals. For this AAPI Heritage Month, we’re excited to recognize major accomplishments of these STEM leaders, who have made great strides in areas like computer science, public health, treating illness, or tracking storms all while continuing to improve our lives.
The SKETCH 3D printing system from MakerBot provides curious students with numerous helpful features for jumping into 3D printing. It’s compact in size and comes with access to MakerBot Cloud, the MakerBot certification licenses, and STEAM lesson plan ideas for teachers. The robust MakerBot Cloud platform, however, is what helps make this printer extra valuable.
Now a phenomenon that’s reached global levels, the Maker Movement has brought so many creative people together. Now, as that spirit has found its way into countless schools, classrooms, and libraries, it is also helping out educators with finding fresh ways to excite students and empower them to learn and express themselves through perseverance and project design.
After it launched, it did not take long for the Do Ink app to generate interest among creative teenagers, who loved using it for creating all sorts of digital artwork. From there, it permeated the education space when many of them introduced it to their teachers. The rest is history as these Do Ink animation and drawing apps quickly grew into tools that kids now use all the time.
Classified as a desktop 3D vacuum former, the Mayku FormBox serves as an easy-to-use and affordable machine that helps enable your students to create 3D objects safely and quickly. The FormBox comes with the getting started manual, a casting guide, and a forming guide and the Mayku Teach portal contains helpful project ideas for students and insights for teachers.
With information and communications technology (ICT) generally regarded as one of the top sectors across the current workforce, the need for digital literacy proficiencies are now much more urgent across education and that starts with improving digital inclusion and equity in every classroom. We all can help slim the digital divide so digital inclusion is a right not a privilege.
The Tello EDU drones are incredibly compact and the extensive classroom packs from DJI include accessories for launching aerial lessons in different learning environments. With the Tello EDU app, students can also program the drone’s entire flight path, experiencing an extremely relevant real-world connection between drones and coding or they can simply learn to fly it.
