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1.I enjoyed watching how Google maps work with the 3 D street views.

2. This would be a great way to show students where they are going on a field trip.
3. Student's can see what is in their own communities and it can be used to teach Social Studies.
4. I liked how you can put points on a map like volcanoes and they are all on one map. You can track different areas and save them to put into a presentation or even use them in teaching literature.
I could see myself showing students places in reading books
an example:
would be in the Tree House Book Series.

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Engineering is Elementary Founder Christine Cunningham Speaks on K-12 Engineering Curriculum, Equal Access to STEM Education

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Hannah Nyren

Great videos because children that are good in science can be seen as great learners; even if they are not good in other subjects. Children learn in so many different ways and students can learn from others when they are shown how to do something by actually doing it with someone.

Hands on learning is what I like best for my students , so engineering in the classroom is needed.

It really teaches children in a fun way and how things work by watching and

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In 2003, engineering for elementary education was a radical concept.

But Christine Cunningham, an expert in engineering education, knew that the fundamentals of engineering can be taught at an early age-on the playground, in the classroom, or even at home. As Christine points out, children are always building things up, tearing them down, and building them up again-whether it's block towers, doll beds, or train tracks.

Christine knew that this play and problem solving were just the first steps to building future engineers. So, she founded Engineering is Elementary, a K-12 engineering curriculum and education program headquartered at the Museum of Science in Boston. The program has now reached over 13 million students nationwide, and is the reason Christine was just named as one of three recipients of the 2017 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education this week.

In this interview with Ranjini Govender of Stand for Children Massachusetts, Christine Cunningham tells us about her groundbreaking work at the Museum of Science, and how she created an early engineering curriculum.

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Designing the Classroom of the Future: Interview with Brooke Trivas & David Damon of Perkins + Will What Does the College Experience of the Future Look Like? President Paul LeBlanc of Southern New Hampshire University Weighs In Pathways to Closing the Achievement Gap: Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang Shares Innovations for Student Success Redefining the Classroom: What Does the Future of Education Look Like?

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In 2003, engineering for elementary education was a radical concept. But Christine Cunningham, an expert in engineering education, knew that the fundamentals of engineering can be taught at an early age-on the playground, in the classroom, or even at home.

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Learning First and Technology Second. The main idea for students first is learning and then making it meaningful. 1. Use appropriate technology in your classroom.
Knowing the goal that you want your students to learn can help you to decide on what computer skills can be used to drive your instruction.

2. Keep students still working together using technology, so they will learn from each other, but their information can be gathered from the internet.

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It is nice to know Google has a monthly news letter. It keeps you knowing what is new intech news.

Street view maps can be viewed on an iPad app. I did not know they had an app.

It is nice to know that you can go back to this podcast to find a place to do tricks and have tips on Google Docs.

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I learned about a new photograph app called IloveIMG. It is nice to find another place to store bulk photos as well as compress,crop and find animated GIFS at the same site.

Using technology in your classroom needs to be intergrated correctly. It does not have to be used all the time, but it does need to be used ,so students will learn how to use it and teachers need to use it correctly. Sometimes teachers do not feel comfortable in using technology but podcasts help keeping teachers knowing what is new and how to use it.

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1. Allowing students to pick out collections of a topic, gets them more interested in the topic and encourages writing.

2. This allows students to make a Pinterest board.

3. Assigning a Curation project helps students find info, but they make a collection of their subject and they could take notes on it or make literature reviews . They have to explain why they used those collections. It gives a higher order of thinking for a project.

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Vodcast
* A vodcast would be wonderful for students to agree or disagree on a subject.

* It keeps children engaged because they could choose a topic they know about; as well as, listening to other people's opinions.

* If students do not want to talk to a group in front of a class then they can put on their own show and the students all have to participate.

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1. This would be a great way to change up reading for your classroom. They could listen to a podcast and then the class discusses it.

2. I did not realize their were podcast like this for children.

3. Some parents do not have alot  of books ,so they could listen to these and it changes up listening to stories.

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You may have about dozen podcasts you listen to on the regular (or half a dozen until Fantasy Football season comes back), but how many can you listen to with your kids? Here's the short list of free, family-friendly podcasts that you can stream on the morning commute, on a long car trip, or in lieu of you telling a boring story before bed. There's even one that has cereal in the title - and it neither features Sarah Koenig nor breakfast. Although, for all the aspiring podcasters, there's your million dollar idea. Be sure to share that sweet Stamps.com cash.

Story Pirates

It's like Drunk History - but with children. Who aren't drunk. The Story Pirates (not actual pirates) are a bunch of actors, comedians, and improvisers who act out original stories created by kids. Sometimes they hold together - and sometimes it devolves into silly madness. But hey, if it worked for and Monster Trucks, why wouldn't it work for podcasts?
Story Pirates

Saturday Morning Theatre

Grant Baciocco has spent 10 years working on The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (see below). He might as well be the Jim Henson of kids podcasts thanks to his other series, Saturday Morning Theatre. Fashioned in the vein of old-time radio broadcasts, the series gives listeners short imaginative, adventures featuring superhero tales, westerns, and mysteries. With new episodes appearing about 1 to 3 times a month, their catalog runs back to 2013. That a lot of Saturday's covered.
Saturday Morning Theatre

Love putting your kids to bed, but not always enthused about reading bedtime stories? There's a podcast for that. Story Time is just under 20 minutes, where one original bedtime story is narrated by the soothing British tenor of host Rob Griffiths. The podcast updates about twice a week, but each story is made for the series. That means exclusive, baby! Plus, you probably don't have a British accent. That's not an invitation to try.

The Unexplainable Disappearance Of Mars Patel

You grew up on The Goonies, The Explorers, and to lesser extent Stand By Me. And, now that Stranger Things has made these kid-centric adventure stories from the 80s cool again, it's time to throw on Blobfish Radio's new serialized mystery. TUDOMP (as it will one day be acronymed) centers around Mars Patel and his pals who are on a quest to find their missing friends. The series was voted one of the best of 2016, and there's still no word on season 2, but you can catch up with season 1. Here's an obvious spoiler, they definitely don't get stuck in the "upside down" - because nothing is scarier than copyright infringement.

All you need to know is that this is basically Radiolab for kids. In each episode, science is brought to life (figuratively, because nobody has that technology yet) through creative stories. Season 2 blasts off with geologist on how we silly humans actually tried to drill to the Earth's core. Turns out we can't get past the Earth's crust, no matter what Hollywood says.
Tumble

Short & Curly

This unfortunately named podcast teaches kids aged 7 -12 about ethics, but not about the ethical implications of naming your show after slang for pubic hair. Once you're past that, the podcast talks to real school kids on difficult topics, such as 'Is it ok to fight a bully?' and silly topics as ' Should pugs exist?' (Short answer: Yes, of course, they should!) But if your kids ask your opinion, it's your right as a father to say, "Who am I, Immanuel Kant?" (Google it!)
Short & Curly

The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd

There are lots of evil cartoon geniuses that try to take over the world that kids can model themselves after: Dexter, Brain, the creepy kids in Little Einsteins. Add Dr. Floyd to the list. Kids will become obsessed learning how he plans to fend off his nemesis Dr. Steve while learning about history in the process. The series is officially wrapped for good, but there are nearly 10 years worth of fun as either giant downloads or you can relive old episodes with week-to-week updates. Just watch out for early-onset megalomania.
The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd

Spare The Rock Spoil The Child

It's the NPR Get ready for fresh tunes from All Songs Considered of kids radio shows, complete with the soothing intro, interjected commentary, special requests, and familiar tunes (like the Schoolhouse Rock smash single "3 is the Magic Number"). They Might Be Giants, and pretty much no one you ever heard of.
Spare The Rock Spoil The Child

OWTK's Kids Music Monthly

Host Jeff Bogle for the win. The writer and father of 2 has tackled everything from print journalism to photography, to the much more lucrative world of free podcasts. His monthly curated playlists make for hours and hours (or at least minutes upon minutes) of musical distraction. It's everything that Kidz Bop wishes it could be.
OWTK's Kids Music Monthly

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Technically, this is a stage production starring comedy nerd idols like Paul F. Tompkins and Busy Phillips with guests ranging from Natalie Morales to Jon Hamm and Patton Oswalt. However, since the actors read and sing from scripts on a bare stage, backed by a 6-person orchestra, you miss nothing listening to the podcast. It's actually meant to replicate an old-timey radio show, so the truly optimal listening experience involves your kid pressing their ear against a clunky wooden box while you frantically pace the room positioning a tin foil antenna.

[ Note: Contains some strong language you may find inappropriate for very young kids.]
The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl

Here's 2 full hours of kids music that's smart, funny, and more interesting to your trained music snob's ear than the latest Kidz Bop. So no, it doesn't suck, but yes, it's still goofy kids music. Because you can convince yourself your kid will grow up a Radiohead fan, but your kid doesn't want to grow up at all. At the very least, it's worth checking out the names of the bands for a laugh, like Jelly of the Month Club and The Boogers.
Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl

Like a podcast version of Mr. Wizard, Brains On! teaches a different science lesson in every episode Hosted by "kid scientists" with enough excitement and enthusiasm to keep all ages engaged and informed ranging from the origins of language, the history of boogers and farts, why we sneeze to why seas turtles live so damn long. It's aimed at kids, but let's face it, this sort of intel would smarten up some adults too.

The podcast home of the popular audiobook site that posts a new kids' story - classic fairy tales and original poems, myths, and adventures - every week(ish). Previously unknown names like lead storyteller Natasha and original characters Bertie The Frog Prince, Katie The Ordinary Witch, and Astropup will quickly become familiar favorites. Running times can meander beyond 20 minutes, so this podcast uniquely manages to promote both listening skills and sleep.

Stories Podcast

Another great source for stories is the Stories Podcast, which has both an apt and impossible-to-Google name. The fine folks at GoPlayPretend have amassed an impressive collection of G-rated tales. This year already, the team has covered , The Cat Who Caught The Moon , and the origin of the Chinese New Year . At this rate, they might take 2018 off just to recover.

Sesame Street Podcast

Get a weekly dose of your kid's favorite monsters delivered directly to your phone. They teach all the same lessons of friendship, reading, patience, and caring as the classic episodes you know and love, only you can deploy them in the car, at the store, or anywhere else a distraction may be needed. Brought to you by the letter "M," for "Meltdown!"

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15 Podcasts For Kids That Everyone Can Enjoy On The Commute To School

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You may have about dozen podcasts you listen to on the regular (or half a dozen until Fantasy Football season comes back), but how many can you listen to with your kids? Here's the short list of free, family-friendly podcasts that you can stream on the morning commute, on a long car trip, or in lieu of you telling a boring story before bed.

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Tour the World with the NEW Google Earth –

1. This is a powerful tool for classrooms. You can see different objects in 3D views. I found it interesting that you can use this on chrome books.

2. When students can experience the world in different views it teaches them to see buildings , roads and other objects in real time.
3. When students learn to capture videos and pictures in Google they can use these in research. This can be taught in all subjects.

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Google Earth is much more powerful than just looking up directions. Matt and Kasey break down the new Google Earth!

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Google Maps is Google's map program. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation.

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Google Earth is much more powerful than just looking up directions. Matt and Kasey break down the new Google Earth! Google News and Updates Featured Content Google Maps is Google's map program. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation.