Learning with Mr. Losik: Student Friendly Research Links

At my classrom site MrLosik.blogspot.com I just added a list of updated elementary level links for research. After doing some routine maintenance on the site, I discovered that many ofgoogle play store update my go-to links for years had bitten the cyber-dust or have been essentially left for dead. Here is a link to the updated list.

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Take a Virtual Field Trip to 3M with Discovery Education

Discovery Education has done some great virtual field trips from all over the world but their most recent from 3M's innovation labs might be one of their best ever. With one exciting revelation after another, classes can explore the science behind some of the things we use constantly like the screens on our smart phones and tablets. The video is available on demand and hosted by one of the hosts of Science Channel's relaunch of Mythbusters.

Check out www.youngscientistlab.com/vft to watch now.

"Wide-Open Spaces" Want creative thinkers? Help kids create, says Mitch Resnick – MIT Spectrum

THE LIFELONG KINDERGARTEN GROUP AT THE MIT MEDIA LAB, led by Mitchel Resnick SM ’88, PhD ’92, is known for its educational innovations: the Computer Clubhouse Network, an after-school environment where kids from underserved communities learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies; a 30-year collaboration with the LEGO company begun by Resnick’s mentor, the late MIT professor Seymour Papert, which yielded the robotics kits branded as LEGO Mindstorms; and Scratch, a visual programming language

Read an Interview with Mitchel Resnick on the idea of letting kids create: Wide-Open Spaces – MIT Spectrum

The Hottest Tech Toys from Toy Fair 2017

From VR-powered drones to life-like robots and digitally-connected teddy bears, New York Toy Fair had lots of great gadgets.

Check out "Tom's Guide": The Hottest Tech Toys from Toy Fair 2017

Hamilton Codes with Swift Playgrounds

Fourth Graders are the perfect age for learning to code. Apple's Swift Playgrounds combines fun challenges that build upon each other to increase student skills. It's fun and engaging and builds many other thinking skills.

Apple also provides great teaching materials in its Swift iTunes U courses.

Opportunities Abound in Relationships with Educational Vendors | MACUL Community

One late summer evening I was enjoying the company of several other educators who were all presenters at the next day’s large edtech conference. Somehow a little friendly razzing found its way in my direction. The other teachers in the group were giving me a hard time about all of the “corporate” ties I have.

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