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Summary article with first look at coming trends like deeper learning approaches and potentials challenges to their adoption.

Laura Devaney from eSchool News talks about a new study on the future of STEM education and the 6 components that will make it shine. This post provides a summary coverage. These components easily align with a forward, future focused innovative library and could be harnessed to promote and advocate for vibrant and purposeful learning spaces.

Unpack the Digital Technologies Curriculum one step at a time. Find great lesson ideas linked to the curriculum, explore strategies and advice from Australian primary and secondary schools and more. Organised to support students, teachers, school leaders and families.

"The school library, and the librarians that work within them, are a wonderful, and sometimes overlooked resource for educational technology support, providing invaluable help and knowledge for teachers and students. "

A range of resources and reflections supporting the maker movement, coding, literature and more.

Amid urgent calls for an enrichment of STEM education in Australia, Terrie Jones and her team from Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney plotted a plan of action. Their mission? To integrate 'real world' STEM learning into all facets of their tech-focused curriculum.

An increasing number of K-12 schools are transforming classrooms, libraries or other spaces into Informal workshop environments where students can tinker or invent, and with good reason. But how do makerspaces get started? THE Journal spoke with several experts, who shared their insights into the makerspace planning phase - not just designing or equipping the space itself but preparing the students and staff so that they're able to make the best possible use of it.

"Educators, schools, government officials, and parents must re-think education and how to prepare the next generation to take advantage of the plethora of opportunities and overcome the challenges enabled by ever-increasing technological change. "

A new report draws on expert work to outline the ideal path for STEM education in the next 10 years. The ideal future of U.S. STEM education would emphasize problem-solving, interdisciplinary approaches and the value of discovery and play, according to a new 10-year vision from the American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Department of Education's STEM Initiatives Team. The report, STEM 2026, pulls from the work of experts in science, technology, engineering and math, and the authors point out that current conditions do not ensure equal access to STEM teaching and learning.