“Technology makes the world a new place.”
– Shoshana Zuboff
Yes . . . we’re celebrating another holiday. This one might be a little obscure, but it’s worth recognizing. October 3 is National Techies Day. Per Merriam-Webster, a “techie is a person who is very knowledgeable or enthusiastic about technology and especially high technology.” One would naturally assume that National Techies Day is all about those who love smartphones, smart watches, smart homes, and anything else deemed smart. And that’s true to some degree, but there’s also another aspect of it that is even cooler than the latest tech – promoting technology-based careers to today’s learners and future workforce.
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Topics:
IN THE CLASSROOM,
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM,
IDEAS & INSPIRATION,
ROBOTICS,
Teacher Resources,
Collaborations,
Technology,
Careers,
Coding,
Professional Development,
Future Ready,
TETRIX Robotics,
21st Century Skills
FIRST® just released the new game for the 2019-2020 FIRST Tech Challenge season, SKYSTONESM presented by Qualcomm, and excitement and good vibes are starting to RISESM all across the country!
Towering Skystones
On Saturday, September 7, hundreds of robotics teams attended kickoff events around the country or watched their social media news feeds feverishly as the game was formally announced. They learned the important aspects of the game and engineering challenges that make the competition fun. The basic construct:
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Topics:
Competitions,
ROBOTICS,
FIRST Tech Challenge,
Future Ready,
TETRIX Robotics,
21st Century Skills
Enrichment is the action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something.
Middle school can be a challenging time for many students. There are several factors that can influence the path students travel down. It only takes one teacher, one lesson, or one field trip to completely change the future of a student. Sometimes, students can slip through the cracks, but the leaders in our middle school realized something needed to be done to grab their attention.
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Topics:
IN THE CLASSROOM,
Middle School,
IDEAS & INSPIRATION,
STEM,
Future Ready,
Grants,
Hands-on Learning
Flavio Tello graduated from Texas State Technical College in Harlingen last spring where he studied Mechatronics, which includes electrical and mechanical engineering as well as programming. He now works for Koenig & Bauer and will soon be visiting their home base in Germany to learn how to troubleshoot and repair printing presses located across the United States.
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Topics:
Middle School,
High School,
ROBOTICS,
Technology,
Careers,
Coding,
USAR,
Future Ready,
TETRIX Robotics,
21st Century Skills,
Hands-on Learning,
innovate,
Workforce Development
Sometimes video games get a bum rap. I’m guessing you’ve heard about some of the negative effects that video games can have on developing brains, but what about the positives? In my career as a web developer, I use skills I’ve gained from playing video games every day!
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Topics:
IDEAS & INSPIRATION,
Culture,
Technology,
STEM,
Social and emotional learning,
Future Ready,
21st Century Skills,
Workforce Development
