Category: Resources
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Google Spell Up, the latest Chrome Experiment
Speak and learn with Spell Up, our latest Chrome Experiment Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 As a student growing up in France, I was always looking for ways to improve my English, often with a heavy French-to-English dictionary in tow. Since then, technology has opened up a world of new educational opportunities, from simple searches…
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The Living Wage Calculator
From MIT: The Living Wage Calculator In many American communities, families working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to live locally given the local cost of living. Recently, in a number of high-cost communities, community organizers and citizens have successfully argued that the prevailing wage offered by the public sector and key businesses should reflect…
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Mozilla Webmaker And The Hour of Code
As part of the effort for the Hour of Code, we’ve compiled some great Webmaker resources that only take about an hour to complete — and can help get you started on a path towards becoming a maker and innovator on the web. More than 3.5 million people have already signed up to participate. Below…
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Book: Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators is a resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and program developers that illuminates creative, cutting edge ways to inspire and motivate young people about science and technology learning. The book is aligned with the National Research Council’s new Framework for Science Education, which includes an explicit…