Category: learning

Apple updates Schoolwork app to help teachers manage classrooms from afar

[ad_1] Apple Teachers can also now tap into individual assignments and view each student’s progress and how much time they are spending on the work, compared with the rest of the class. While these changes would be helpful even in the normal classroom setting, it could provide teachers valuable insight as students are working remotely. […]

Coursera makes courses available for free to the unemployed

[ad_1] Coursera is opening access to its online education in a bid to help those newly unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gizmodo notes the service has made 3,800 courses and 400 specializations available for free through government agencies hoping to find jobs for residents. The courses teach top-level skills like business writing and job paths […]

The best blended stem kits for kids

[ad_1] This incredibly affordable 30-piece kit has enough tools to turn bits of cardboard into anything from a space station to an Italian villa. It’s affordable, versatile, fun, safe, encourages creative thinking and problem solving, and requires only every kid’s favorite toy — a cardboard box. Makedo is heavy on the “EM” part of STEM, […]