Mentorship can be beneficial in all areas of life, including career mentors, spiritual advisors, and more. Many schools and educators have been implementing special types of mentoring programs in the classroom: cross-age peer mentoring (aka buddy programs!). Younger kids have always looked up to older kids. While adulthood may seem so far away, a student …
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The term “personalized learning” became prominent in the mid-2010s, particularly in the world of educational technology. Personalized learning has been embraced by a number of big names in technology, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, education writer Anya Kamenetz says. Yet it has taken a while for its various …
It’s no secret that education curriculum has undergone many changes in the last several years. Whether it’s common core math, the focus on STEM disciplines, or the amount of testing required for funding, schools are under more pressure than ever to achieve a certain standard of excellence. In 2000, George W. Bush enacted the No …
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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated since it’s original publishing date. We added up-to-date statistics and resources. You may also notice a change in some of the language we use. At Ozobot, we try to regularly assess how the vernacular and ideas we present affect people, especially under-represented communities. Students of all genders play with …
With robots, coding comes alive. You only need a few coding concepts under your belt to teach Evo and Bit how to see, play, and explore with OzoBlockly, our block-based code editor. But, for many educators and students, advanced coding looks daunting. In a recent Pew survey, over half of Americans cited difficulty as the …
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Hour of Code, the STEAM education community’s version of Christmas, is coming up December 4 through 10. This global movement, centered around one-hour coding activities, reaches tens of millions of students. This year, Ozobot is getting involved in a number of ways, all with the aim of making this the most creative Hour of Code …
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Recently the acronym STEM has expanded into STEAM to include art and even STREAM to include reading. Many teachers agree that learning concepts like science and engineering require students to tap into creativity and research. However, while many different instructors are starting to collaborate and create project-based learning plans that boost STEAM concepts, some physical …
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