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2022 Cybersecurity Resource Guide curated by Miami EdTech and CSTA Miami!

Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, helping individuals protect themselves online as threats to technology and confidential data become more commonplace. Cybersecurity is the process of protecting data and information systems from threats. From finance to healthcare to retail to education, cybersecurity affects […]

New Tech, New Pathways | #LTXQuest 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-y3hQgpL2Y LTX Connect, a data-driven multimedia company dedicated to advancing the well-being of the Latinx population, announced the lineup for LTX Quest, its hybrid signature annual activation aimed at connecting Latinx professionals. The theme this year is all about building – building together for collective power, building our ownerships across sectors, and building bridges across […]

New Year, New Apps to Try

It’s that time of year again! The start of a new school year. As teachers, we get a new set of students to learn and teach. Since we get a chance to start fresh, it can also be a time to try new things. One of those things can be new technology. I am (obviously) […]

It’s All About Context

I am lucky enough to work in a place that is not lacking in resources. Students have 1:1 iPads and teachers have Macbooks and iPads, not to mention classrooms required AppleTV. However, not all teachers are excited about having this technology at their fingertips. Many teachers blame iPads for the reason their students are disengaged. […]

Miami Ed Tech Receives Grant from Hispanic Federation and Comcast NBCUniversal

Miami Ed Tech will receive a first-of-its-kind training program known as the Digital Accelerator, designed for Latino-led nonprofits to strengthen their organizational capacity, programmatic offerings, and reach in the digital workforce development space. This funding will support Miami EdTech in growing its industry certification training both virtually and in-person.  Nationwide, the initiative will train 6,000 […]

Kiddie Kredit Announces Partnership With STEM FUSE

“This is an amazing opportunity for Kiddie Kredit. The content we designed meets multiple national financial literacy standards and was originally designed solely to exist within our app. We soon realized that while the content can be digested at home, it would be a disservice to youth and to our mission, to not bring this […]

Failure *IS* the Option

One of the biggest problems I have in my classroom are students who are scared of failure. This sounds counterintuitive, I am sure. Students are supposed to not want to fail, they are supposed to want to get the A. When I say failure, I am not talking about the grade. I am talking about […]

Changes are Coming…

In the article “Employers Are Changing How They View Training. Here are Education Trends They See Coming” by Jeffrey R. Young, Young points out that “Many of the largest employers in the country are changing how they approach offering training and education benefits to their employees.”   Several possible education trends discussed in the article […]

How to Foster Your Child’s Interest in Coding

Many parents know that computer science education is important and that job opportunities in the CS field are growing. However, for those parents who are not the most tech savvy or haven’t been exposed to a CS education themselves, supporting their child can be overwhelming and intimidating.   Good news! According to Madhu Govind and […]

Give Miami Day Robotics Competition

Closing the STEM skills gap Recognizing the growing demand for a local skilled technical workforce, Miami EdTech and Riders.ai have partnered to bring Computer Science and Robotics Programming to middle and high schools. Thanks to the support of Microsoft, students were able to receive prizes and a pizza party as part of the inaugural competition.  […]

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