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My name is Susana, and I write about how learning technologies and family STEM inclusion can help empower families to unlock their children's potential for learning.

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Playing, exploring, and discovering inspired by media & technology

This past week, as part of my regular job, I co-presented and trained several public media stations and their community partners on a space and earth science curricula. The components...

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Adult learning theory & families

In my previous blog, I wrote about the need to engage families in playful learning experiences while thinking of them as adult learners, especially in a social context. According to...

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Rethinking adult learning in family engagement programs

“Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: First, on the social level, and later, on the individual level, First between people and then inside the child.” - Vygotsky...

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Parent Engagement Bibliography

As researchers dive more in-depth into a topic to study, an annotated bibliography comes handy. The following Parent Engagement studies are in Bibliography format, describing ten research studies (including mix,...

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External posts

Tips and Apps to Design Meaningful Educational Experiences

How to choose the best app for your students.

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An Interactive Learning Guide for At-Home Learning

We pulled together a few ideas to help parents use our educational activities at home, while teachers can use them for assignments in their online learning environments.

PBS SoCal

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