Articles by tag: Project Based Learning

The Success Behind Student Engagement? Parental Engagement.

A key to student success is parental engagement in their children's school work. Sounds easy, but as we all know life can get in the way. I spoke with Caesar Mickens with Centric Read more

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BattleBots Team “Valkyrie”
May 27, 2023

Michelle Dawn Mooney talks with BattleBots Team “Valkyrie” on how what they do contributes to the STEM community. Most people would agree that robots are cool. While often seen only in science fiction, robotics is a real job for people in the STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) community. In addition, it is not all […]

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HAI Robotics at Automate 2023
May 27, 2023

Brian Reinhart talks about the Automate 2023 conference in Detroit, MI. Brian Reinhart, VP of Sales, Solutions, Marketing at HAI Robotics shares what he is most looking forward to at Automate 2023 in Detroit.

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MHI 2023 Innovation Award Winner: HAI Robotics
May 27, 2023

Video highlighting HAI Robotics’ Autonomous Case-Handling Robot, which won MHI’s 2023 Best Innovation of an Existing Product Award HAI Robotics, a leading company in the material handling and supply chain industry, has been awarded the prestigious 2023 MHI Innovation Award for the Best Innovation of an Existing Product. The MHI Innovation Award aims to showcase […]

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The Success Behind Student Engagement? Parental Engagement.
September 15, 2021

A key to student success is parental engagement in their children’s school work. Sounds easy, but as we all know life can get in the way. I spoke with Caesar Mickens with Centric Learning on how project based learning can increase parent involvement in their child’s education and how his company is trying to bridge […]

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Beyond the Classroom: Educational Reform in a Post-Pandemic World
April 22, 2021

Although no one can argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has set back education and student learning for months, if not years, there is still some good that has come out of our current situation. Now, educators better understand how to implement new technology into their lessons and how to better help students that may require […]

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Schools Face Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Accelerate Learning
April 12, 2021

Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications.   School districts across the country are receiving new COVID […]

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Why Getting “Back To Normal” Isn’t Enough For Education
March 29, 2021

There has been a mantra of sort that has pushed leaders in all industries forward during the difficult moments of the COVID-19 pandemic: Back to normal. That has extended to the field of education, where getting kids back into the classroom and having things feel like they did at the end of 2019 has been […]

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Project-Based Learning Improves Student Performance Significantly
February 24, 2021

Students in project-based learning (PBL) classrooms across the United States significantly outperform students in typical classrooms, according to four studies released today by Lucas Education Research, a division of the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), along with researchers from five major universities. In the first study ever reported on project-based learning and Advanced Placement results, research scientists at the Center for Economic […]

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Achieving Equity in Education through Project-Based Learning
September 28, 2020

The pandemic forced educational institutions to abruptly pivot from the classroom to an online approach within a matter of days, and the results have possibly changed the way society will view learning for the foreseeable future. JW was joined by Ron Stefanski, Executive director of sales and marketing for Centric Learning, to talk about […]

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The Future of eLearning: Why Asynchronous Learning May Become the Standard Post-Pandemic
June 29, 2020

Is it more fun to sit in front of a screen and watch a video or play an interactive game? The answer isn’t the same for everyone, but most would choose the latter. The gamification of learning is one element of eLearning that can help draw people in, as can the ability to choose […]

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Utilizing Project Based Learning and “20 Percent Time” in Schools
September 26, 2019

Melissa Speetjens, the Principal at Waimea Canyon Middle School on the island of Kauai (the westernmost middle school in the United States), is a mentor in the Hawaiʻi Innovative Leaders Network, a graduate of the Stanford School Retool program and a recipient of one of the 2018/2019 Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s innovation grants. Melissa and […]

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