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Students Can Develop Computational Thinking Skills Without Tech

November 24, 2022

Students Can Develop Computational Thinking Skills Without
As students navigate an increasingly high-tech world, digital literacy has become crucial to STEM success. Learn how educators can address the globe’s growing digital divide by teaching STEM along a high-touch to high-tech spectrum.

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321insight offers on-demand video content, specifically designed for K-12 schools. 321insight's products include Trauma Informed Schools, a training toolkit for schools to build a culture of care and help all staff become trauma-informed, and ParaSharp, a toolkit designed to increase paraeducator effectiveness with a collection of concise, relevant, and digestible videos and tools for paraeducators, focused on common challenges they face. All 321insight content is created by experts and practitioners, and is research-based.TRAUMA INFORMED schools combines foundational videos and resources, with role-specific tools to learn about and then apply a trauma-informed lens to daily practice in schools. Topics include Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resiliency, Regulation Strategies, The Crisis Cycle, and Building a Trauma-Informed Classroom. The solution includes tools for all roles in a school; principals, teachers, specialists, office staff, custodial staff, bus drivers, and more.

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