Rafranz Davis, the Lufkin Independent School District’s executive director of professional and digital learning, takes a look at the way Dunbar Primary School students Alana Booker, left, 8, and Kyla Flemon, 8, interact with the computer.
Erin Klein, a 2nd grade teacher in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., says teachers should ask two important questions before integrating tech into lessons: Does this tool have a role or purpose in learning? And can we do something different from what we could not do without technology?
Students in Nicholas Provenzano’s Digital Seminar class at Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan learn programming to control humanoid and spider robots.
A.J. Profeta, left, 17, Danny Marks, center, 16, and Eran Kornfeld, 17, all from the Maritime and Science Technology Academy in Miami, work on their robot during a VEX Robotics Competition at the eMerge Americas technology event, in Miami Beach this spring.
Students in Jaime Catlett’s 5th grade class make robotic arms from recycled materials at Carolyn A. Clark Elementary School in San Jose, Calif. Catlett’s students used the curriculum from Teaching Garage, an education technology company, to learn about engineering design processes and concepts.
Shemya Key, 17, left, and Nele Dixkens, a 16-year-old German exchange student, use a drill press to perfect their miniature-golf project in the engineering room at Monticello High School in Virginia’s Albermarle County school district.
<b>Lawrence J. Mussoline</b> Superintendent of the Downingtown Area School System since 2009, he created the renowned STEM Academy magnet high school in 2011.