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= Technology Explorers Wanted! =

Try one of our free Tech Explorations! Tech Explorations in Career and Technical Education (CTE) are a series of free online workshops that focus on tech tools that can be used in the CTE classroom. The Tech Explorations are just a taste of some of the technologies you will encounter in the ST4 STEM Fellowship.

Topics include web 2.0 tech tools, collaboration, design-based learning, communication, digital tools for teaching, and real-world problems. Tech Explorations are open to everyone and you determine your level of participation. ||

Available Tech Explorations
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 * **Tech Exploration II**
 * **Tech Exploration II**

** Flipped Classrooms **

 * Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classrom Edutopia
 * Overview: The Flipped Classroom Infographic
 * 7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms

** Gamification **

 * 7 Things You Should Know About Gamification
 * Game-Based Learning Units for the Everyday Teacher Edutopia
 * [|Gamification lectures from the University of Pennsylvania]
 * Gamifying Homework This blog post from The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the idea that people will do anything for a virtual badge

**Online Design**

 * The ‘Angry Birds’ Guide to Online Lesson Design Lessons about Course Design that we can learn from Angry Birds
 * Get Your Game On: How to Build Curriculum Units Using the Video Game Model Edutopia
 * How to Plan Instruction Using the Video Game Model Edutopi **a**

** Research **

 * Technology Outlook, STEM+ Education 10212-2017, an NMC Horizon Project Sector Analysis

** Webinars **

 * Gameful Learning in Global Social Problems Webinar

** Websites **
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 * Easel.ycreate and share visual ideas online vhemes are visual themes. Drag and drop a vheme onto your canvas
 * trello.com This site helps students add project management skills to their problem solving skills.
 * www.lucidchart.comThis site allows students to create collaborative flows charts and mind maps
 * Microsoft Faculty Connection website

** Videos **

 * Daniel Pink: Drive Talk (RSA Animate) Based on his book, Daniel Pink talks about what motivates us at home and in the workplace.
 * Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world TED Talk: Can we harness the power of gaming to solve the world's problems?