Edutopia | 3 Ways to Integrate Computer Science in Other Classes
Students can develop computer science skills starting in the early grades—even without a computer—in project-based learning and other...
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Articles in the form of how-to blogs by Jorge Valenzuela of Lifelong Learning Defined reflect his consistent dedication to helping classroom teachers and instructional leaders improve their practice through the right balance of research, stories, and actionable steps. Here is a collection of his most notable contributions to organizations like Edutopia, ISTE, Getting Smart, PBLWorks, Teacher2Teacher, USA Today, STEM.org, and many others.
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
Eduporiam | How STEM Teachers Can 'Rev Up Robotics' in the Classroom or After School
by Andy Larmand This original post can be accessed via Eduporium on this link. Jorge Valenzuela has become an influential figure in STEM...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Jan 19, 2020
- 5 min
Getting Smart | Rev Up Robotics Aims for Computer Science Accessibility & Application
by Michael Neihoff, Getting Smart There is no doubt that computer science and computational thinking are part of a skill set that many...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
ISTE | Lessons to Keep Hour of Code Going Year-Round
Each December, schools around the world celebrate Hour of Code. Launched by Code.org in 2013, the movement was designed to introduce...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Nov 6, 2019
- 4 min
Edutopia | How to Get Started Teaching Coding
A three-step plan to help teachers in any subject and any grade teach the foundations of coding. By Jorge Valenzuela This original post...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
PBLWorks | How to Prepare Students for Explaining Their Work in Public
In PBL, the public product holds great significance and is genuinely an opportunity for you and your kids to show others outside the four...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
littleBits | Featured Educator: Jorge Valenzuela
See original blog post here. What’s your name and where do you teach? My name is Jorge Valenzuela, and I teach at Old Dominion...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Jan 7, 2019
- 1 min
ISTE | Profile of a Technologically Literate Graduate
When school leaders set out to create a profile of their ideal graduate, many trip up on defining technological literacy and subsequently...
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Amy Palermo
- Dec 11, 2018
- 1 min
AudioSolutionz | 6 Practical Tips To Foster Students’ STEM & Computer Science Skills
To read the post in its entirety, please visit AudioSolutionz here. You already know that preparing today’s youth for tomorrow’s...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Sep 26, 2018
- 4 min
ISTE | 3 Ways to Prepare Students for Computer Science Jobs
See original blog post here. The late Steve Jobs once said, “Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer because it...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Aug 7, 2018
- 7 min
ISTE | Robotics Demystified in 4 Steps
See original post on ISTE here. Robotics is popular in many schools and is a great tool for teaching kids the most fundamental...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Jul 17, 2018
- 1 min
ISTE | Embed Computational Thinking into PBL
Like many of my students, my daughter, Anisa, is very familiar with using electronic circuits to make designs cool inventions. So, when I...
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Jorge Valenzuela
- Jul 1, 2018
- 7 min
The Computational Thinker’s Project
In a recent ISTE blog by Julie Randles, computational thinking (CT) was named the #1 hottest topic in edtech! Being a firm believer that...
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Team ISTE
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min
ISTE | Leaders in Edtech Honored with Prestigious ISTE Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 15, 2017 – The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has selected its 2018 award winners,...
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Jennifer Snelling
- Apr 3, 2018
- 1 min
School Library Journal | Don’t Stress About Coding: Focus Shifts To Teaching Problem Solving Not Com
CODING OR COMPUTATIONAL THINKING? Much like students learn to read and then read to learn, coding and computational thinking are...
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