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DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL – CONTENT INFORMATION

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/design-squad-
global?utm_source=061918%2BEdu&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly

CONTENT EXPLANATION
How can I teach with this Tools?

Design Squad Global is a highly engaging and effective way to teach kids to develop
complex and original solutions to engineering and design problems. Teachers can start
projects in the classroom and send kids home to finish them. The challenges are the best
part of the site; they put learning in kids' hands and give teachers a way to connect the
TV episodes to meaningful classroom experiences. For example, kids can earn
recognition by building the best dance pad with lights and sounds or creating the most
environmentally friendly water bottle holder. The competitive aspect encourages
creativity.

Pave the way for self-directed learning and a democratized learning environment by
letting students find projects that they can design or enhance in the classroom. Teach
SEL skills like empathy and collaboration by having students participate in challenges
that benefit others, encouraging them to develop solutions for real-world problems that
affect people with disabilities, communities without access to electricity, or marine animals
surrounded by trash. Design Squad Global can help students see beyond their own
problems by using their minds and resources to help others solve theirs.
What is it?

The Design Squad Global website complements the PBS Kids television show Design
Squad, in which students compete to create the most novel solutions to engineering
challenges. The games, lesson plans, and video demonstrations of the brainstorming and
prototyping that go into design make the website a great learning tool for kids. All
episodes from the show include closed captioning.

From the navigation menu, students can choose from Watch, Design, Build, Games, or
Global Kids. The Watch section features Design Squad TV episodes, tagged by topic,
along with videos that explore the science of everyday items like bicycle gears. The
Design section gives students options to write, draw, or remix an existing design, or to
participate in the monthly Global Challenge. In Build, students will find ideas for hands-
on projects that kids can complete with adult supervision, as well as links to related videos
and user-submitted ideas. The Games section lets kids play interactive games that teach
engineering concepts; kids don't need accounts unless they want to save and share their
scores. Finally, Global Kids is an interactive map that showcases ideas submitted by
students around the world.

Is it Good for Learning?

Design Squad Global's videos give students perspective on the challenges that others
face, whether in the students' own communities or somewhere else in the world. Unlike
many content-rich outlets that can overwhelm students with problems, this tool
approaches problems from the solution side, encouraging students to see the ways in
which STEAM innovations can overcome obstacles. The opportunity to design original
creations or improve others’ ideas encourages students to get actively involved in the
design process and shows them that everyone can innovate.

High-quality, engineering-related games present interactive ways for kids to explore the
problem-solving process and become familiar with concepts such as observation, iterative
design, and prototyping. Kids with a wide range of reading and math skills will find the
games fun and may develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills essential for
understanding STEAM concepts as they play.
CLICK ------- Visit website

http://pbskids.org/designsquad

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EXPLAIN EVERYTHING – CONTENT INFORMATION

https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/explain-
everything?utm_source=061918%2BEdu&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly

CONTENT EXPLANATION
How can I teach with this Tools?
What is it?
Is it Good for Learning?
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LOOM – CONTENT INFORMATION

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/loom?utm_source=061918%2BEdu&utm_medium=
email&utm_campaign=weekly

CONTENT EXPLANATION
How can I teach with this Tools?
What is it?
Is it Good for Learning?
CLICK – WEBSITE

https://www.useloom.com/

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