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Four Picture Books You’ll Love
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The Intersection of Design and Motherhood. Four Picture Books You’ll Love. July 27, 2015. Photos and text by Gabrielle. I think you’ll love this month’s round up of books! There are knock out illustrations, really good stories, and a non-fiction selection as well. First up, let’s talk about The Tree House. By Marije and Ronald Tolman. This is a wordless book which means the images have to work even harder. But they totally do! Remember Iggy Peck, Architect. Next up is The Great Brain. My son Oscar basica...
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CSEducation | edcrunch
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Show Me the Money. Exploring the world of edtech. All posts tagged CSEducation. Addressing the STEM Teacher Drought. Embark Labs Teachers getting a VIP tour of the Computer History Museum. Recently, there are two topics circulating within the edtech community that I find interestingly at odds with each other. The first is the announcement from the Mayor of New York City. While this report focused on CA, we know this is a problem facing many districts and states. Program we are able to train pre-service t...
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Learning to Code | edcrunch
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Show Me the Money. Exploring the world of edtech. All posts in category Learning to Code. Taking Educators Beyond HourOfCode. As many of you probably know, this week (Dec 7-13th) is Computer Science Education Week. Fueled by Code.org, students and teachers around the world are encouraged to participate in various HourOfCode. Given our passion for empowering educators, we chose to commemorate HourOfCode by hosting a workshop for teachers and the feedback we received was inspiring. 8211; 3rd grade teacher.
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JArora | edcrunch
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Show Me the Money. Exploring the world of edtech. All posts by JArora. The State of STEM Education in Silicon Valley. Under the warm sun shining through the San Jose City Hall Rotunda, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation convened a group of policy makers, educators, and business & community leaders to explore the “ #StateOfSTEM. How to Fill Tomorrow’s Jobs.” The forum focused on advancing STEM education, to help our schools catch up to the innovation happening all around us. Mike Kirst, President of ...
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K8 Computer Science | edcrunch
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Show Me the Money. Exploring the world of edtech. All posts in category K8 Computer Science. Embark Labs is on a mission to inspire more K8 educators to bring computer science and computational thinking to their students. Back in December, we hosted a short workshop to show educators how they can take their students beyond the #HourOfCode. One of our participants, Jenna Clarke, did just that by taking her kindergarten class on a coding adventure. January 24, 2016. Posted in K8 Computer Science. In order ...
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Meet the Instructor: Brian Van Dyck — Scratch Foundation Blog — Medium
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Sign in / Sign up. The Scratch Foundation promotes creative coding for everyone by supporting the Scratch ecosystem. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Jun 3, 2015. Meet the Instructor: Brian Van Dyck. Embark Labs teaches kids to code by creating real projects and solving real problems. Embark Labs challenges students to create original projects of their own. Brian Van Dyck is on a mission to empower young people to become creative problem solvers. Has to teaching computer science and coding.
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Power to the Teacher | edcrunch
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Show Me the Money. Exploring the world of edtech. Power to the Teacher. Amidst our current obsession with online learning it is important to remember that a good teacher can have a tremendous impact on student learning outcomes. Renowned education economist Eric Hanushek. Puts it best that,. We are lucky to have not only a good teacher, but arguably one of the best K12 computer science teachers in the state, Brian Van Dyck, on our founding team at Embark Labs. Brian in action at our Google Spring Academy.
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Picture Books
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The Intersection of Design and Motherhood. From the category archives:. Four Picture Books You’ll Love. July 20, 2016. Photos and text by Gabrielle. I’ve got some gorgeous books for you and your kids to check out this summer. First up? What Can I Be. Written by Ann Rand and illustrated by Ingrid Fiksdahl King. All of the above? My next recommendation is The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer. By Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud. (You may recognize the names. From an earlier post.). I always love a chance t...
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Brian Van Dyck directs curriculum at Embark Labs summer program for kids and teens — InMenlo
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By his count, middle school teacher Brian Van Dyck has taught 5,000 students about computer science over the past 20 years. He’s currently doing so at La Entrada Middle School in Menlo Park where he offers Innovative Computing Experience as an after school academic credited course. This summer he’ll be offering classes through Embark Labs […]. Menlo Park, California 94025 and Atherton, California 94027. Brian Van Dyck directs curriculum at Embark Labs summer program for kids and teens. May 22, 2015.
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April 2015 – Jason Innes Consulting
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Improving software, systems, and processes in healthcare I.T. exploring Ed.Tech. and STEAM. PV and Clinical Consulting. Ed Tech. Blog. Ed Tech. Blog. Generative Art Experiment-a-Day in Scratch. Fifth grade Scratch unit is up and running (and pre-assessment findings…). Embark Labs: pop-up STEM classes in SF Bay. KIBO: programming with wooden blocks. Embark Labs: pop-up STEM classes in SF Bay. I just came across the website of Embark Labs. Proudly powered by WordPress.
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