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Women in STEM and Inspiring Female Role Models in the Classroom
As educators, it is crucial we work to improve female representation in STEM related careers. There are plenty of ways to bring female role models into your classroom. Here are some ideas.
Encouraging Students To Study Technology
We know with technology, especially computer science or coding, that students can often be put off by some commonly held misconceptions. We have put a few points together below that can help you demystify or debunk these, and drive more participation in your school’s technology programme.
Catching up with EdTech: Our Favorite Article Sources
The Education Team at BSD understands how precious your time is as a teacher… To help you stay ahead, we have scoured the internet for the most insightful and interesting edtech content (blogs, articles, and podcasts) to help you stay afloat in the rapid changes and tides (driven by tech) in education.
Advantages of Real-World Technology Camp for Kids: Game Development Camp
Developing games is an intense, engaging, collaborative and multidisciplinary activity which takes the developer through stages of planning, designing, coding and testing. This means budding gamers will spend a lot of time practising communication and collaboration! Here is a bit more detail on some of the ways we see campers honing their abilities!
Opinion: Why Work Experience Needs to be Bite Sized
One of the best possible ways for a young person to fit into a working environment, which is new and often alien to them, is not to seek an immediate result, but to allow relationships to develop over time. Weekly work experience over a period of time will allow credibility and trust to build between the student and the company as weekly tasks are consistently accomplished, communication is learned and the individual is simply proven reliable and convivial.
Why Mobile Phones Are a Powerful Learning Tool
Benefits include understanding of the multitude of different ways to communicate we now use in the present day, the importance of the phone as part of authenticity of real world context in learning, as well as the flexibility of learning available to students where they can use their phone to progress at their own pace. Benefits include understanding of the multitude of different ways to communicate we now use in the present day, the importance of the phone as part of authenticity of real world context in learning, as well as the flexibility of learning available to students where they can use their phone to progress at their own pace.
Inspire Students: Bring the Real World into your Classroom
By building something real that can be shared with the outside world, students learn new skills and see the impact those skills can have. This increases engagement, inspires creativity and develops student ownership.
Who You Should Follow On Twitter for EdTech Updates, Tips and Tricks
As the world of tech is rapidly evolving, it can be difficult to keep up with all the changes, and come up with teaching ideas that use the most up to date and relevant technology. Here are way to expand your EdTech Community!
Real World Subject Learning Can Increase Engagement in STEM for All
“To promote STEM, we believe educators, schools and teachers should consider making math or science-related subjects more relevant to students’ real life.” Making subject learning real world takes away the need for rote memorisation, this is something students have expressed their frustrations over.
3 Ways You Can Encourage Reflective Learning In Your Classrooms
Frequent reflection brings greater awareness of the skills learned, and helps solidify learning experiences. This is also a great time for teachers to identify areas where students need more support. Try the following tools and suggestions to help students document, verbalize and share their reflection responsibly:
How to Bring Creativity into Coding
Coding has historically been seen in isolation as purely a ‘tech’ skill, focused on logic and reasoning rather than creativity. This is changing as it becomes increasingly clear that technology needs to be part of every solution.
Launch Into Your New School Year With a Real-World Tech Project
Back to school is both exciting and, if we’re honest, exhausting for teachers! BSD is here to help you get your students motivated and ready to learn with a simple and versatile project. For the next month, you can try out one of our most popular projects – Online Poster – for free!
Set Your Students Challenges – You’ll Be Impressed!
Shelly was teaching a unit on the basics of HTML when she found herself in front of a class that had surpassed her knowledge with 45 minutes of class time left. She reflects that ‘the realization that the students knew as much, or more, than I did about that topic made me feel very anxious inside’. So, what did she do?
Setting Up Your Own Makerspace
Whether your school has already set up its Makerspace and wants to develop it further or is considering setting one up, this article in EdSurge by Parker Thomas a school consultant is a helpful guide.
Teacher Interview: Shasta Quilala from The Philippines
Since the Summer 2017 started, we have been working with an amazing school that decided to fully integrate technology education into their subjects and classrooms. We spoke to Shasta Quilala, a teacher from Good Samaritan Colleges who felt empowered learning technology education with BSD.
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BSD News
BSD Education partners with Hong Kong Jockey Club and Young Founders School for Virtual Internship Program
New partnership with the Elementary Institute of Science and BSD Education to address the rising importance of delivering coding and other digital skills to San Diego students.
BSD Professional Development is now accredited to CPD Standards
With accredited providers in over 40 countries, CPDSO has worked with hundreds of training providers, educational organizations, and employers.
Faizaa, from Chittagong, Wins International Award
BSD CARE Award winner Faizaa Fariya Hridi at Upskill featured in Bangladesh’s Dainik Azadi – দৈনিক আজাদী!
PRESS RELEASE: EIS and BSD Partner to Bring 21st Century Skills to San Diego Youth
New partnership with the Elementary Institute of Science and BSD Education to address the rising importance of delivering coding and other digital skills to San Diego students.
PRESS RELEASE: BSD Education Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification
Product Certification serves as a rigorous, reliable signal for district and school administrators, educators, and families looking for evidence of research-based products grounded in research about learning.
Hong Kong-Based BSD Education Plans To Raise $4m In Its Ongoing Series A Round
Hong Kong-based edtech firm BSD Education said it is currently in the process of raising US$4 million from undisclosed investors in its series A financing round.
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