Physical Computing and Technical Career Education at Virginia Tech's Thinkabit Lab.
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Joined May 2016
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Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
On World Food Day, 11th and 12th grade @MeridianMstangs made over 4,000 meals to combat food insecurity locally. The Hand to Hunger student led club started by three 11th gr sts received an IB Global Youth Action Fund to inspire and influence change.
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
THIS! ⬇️⬇️
A high school teacher explains why trying to “catch” students using AI was not going to work for her and what she did instead! #chatgpt
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
🎶PROJECT IDEA💡
Combine your love of music🎵 and programming 💻with these fun micro:bit projects which not only help computational thinking but sound good too! Take it one step further & code your own favourite tunes🎶!
microbit.org/projects/make-i…
#microbit #coding #STEAM
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
The 🆕 #microbit Python Editor is designed to help students who are learning to code using a text-based language. It's full of tools to help you spend 👉more time teaching👈, from modelling programming tasks to testing and developing code 🙌
#edtechteachers #csteachers #coding
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Interested in Data Science?
You are cordially invited to attend an important webinar this Thursday, April 28, 5:00-6:00pm. Open to math & CS curriculum leaders, school admins and HS math or CS teachers.
Please register in advance for this meeting:
doe-virginia-gov.zoom.us/mee…
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Join us for a panel discussion April 28 that features business and educational leaders/experts to discuss ideas and strategies to help prepare students for high demand STEM Careers! #xchangenet
Visit our website to register and learn about our speakers: virginiaedstrategies.org/the…
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Virginia Tech's Reading Specialist Degree. Online courses, 5 semesters. Practical, Affordable. New faculty! New courses! Info session on April 9 from 11:00-12:00pm. Register here: bit.ly/3Iajxad
Contact [email protected] with any questions!
#VirginiaTech
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
As cities change, more people use communal bikes & scooters — but those people are relatively unprotected on the road. To improve road safety, we’re working with @commsignia & @spokesafety to add #CV2X technology into micro mobility vehicles. Learn more: bit.ly/3NINy4E
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Kids Lab coders in 4th & 5th grade constructed programs for their microbits. Using computer science, they set up algorithms for games and more! @dodeagrants @FtBelvoirES @FCPSSTEAM
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Today our Young Scholars participated in a fantastic field trip to the @Qualcomm@Thinkabit_Lab! Amazing lessons, resources, and inspiring hands on activities using C++ programming and robotics.
@VT_ThinkabitLab @QualcommforGood @FCPSSTEAM @FCPSScience @fcpsnews
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Mission Accomplished: Belvoir students participate in hackathon insidenova.com/headlines/mis… via @insidenova @dodeagrants @FtBelvoirES @FCPSSTEAM @AFCEABelvoir
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
What is PBL? Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects. Learn more here! bit.ly/2GvZA1c
#PBL #teachertwitter #k12
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Today’s the day — @Windows 11 designed for @Snapdragon is officially available. This next-gen operating system is supported on #Snapdragon 7c, 8c, 8cx Compute Platforms, and more. Congratulations, @Microsoft. bit.ly/3oyF4mQ
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Loving this new specials rotation @columbiaes_fcps A new @fcpsnews @FCPSSTEAM lab site opens on Monday! @1marthacosgrove @fcpsr2 @columbiaes_pta @mrspaper1 @VT_thinkabit – at Ashburn, VA
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
“We are THRILLED to embrace outdoor instruction for the rest of the school year in our cheerful and comfortable renewed outdoor classroom! Thank you so much, @DominionEnergy volunteers!”
-- Canterbury Woods Elementary School Principal Diane Liepzig @fcpsnews #outdoorlearning
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
Are you a NoVA educator interested in @Scratch? Join us for a virtual #ScratchEdMeetup on Sat. 5/1, 10:30-12pm EDT. The NoVA grp will team up w/ Houston, Boston, & Syracuse grps to share & learn about #CreativeComputing! Sign up: bit.ly/NSEM5-1 @HGSE_CCL @VT_ThinkabitLab
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
We’re delighted to share in the brilliance of 5 organizations lighting the way for maker education as the newest Making Spaces members. Check out their work and show ‘em some love! @creativitykids @aimsed @strongcitybalt @foundryimagine @makeredorg @VT_ThinkabitLab
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
From VT Data Analytics Center. So proud of TJ students whose internships lead to publishing in scientific community. Congrats, Jason, and thanks to intern mentors. @fcpsnews
Thomas Jefferson High School student Jason Wang’s summer internship @VT_DAC led to his first publication. He recently presented a paper at the IEEE International Conference on Big Data. bit.ly/38ruwfA @tjTODAY_news @TJAnnB @jasonwang292
Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Thinkabit Lab retweeted
I don’t often pay much attention to these recognitions but...when @fccps is ranked the #1 school division in Virginia it’s hard not to look. Thank you teachers and staff for all you do - this is a reflection of you! #BetterTogether niche.com/k12/search/best-sc…
