Incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) learning is essential for helping students develop important skills like critical thinking, perseverance, communication, and creative problem-solving. To help you plan more STEM learning experiences for their students, the award-winning MyStemKits curriculum offers engaging lessons, activities, and Design Challenges that are hands-on, and standards aligned. This online resource includes over 400 lesson plans that use 3D printing, robotics, sensors, and virtual simulations to deepen students' understanding and optimize learning experiences. 

Topics: STEAM, 3D printing, STEM education, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM

The Boxlight family has 10 reasons to celebrate early in the year – we won 10 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence. Five of our solutions earned Best of 2022 in both Primary and Secondary categories – Attention! campus communication solution, MimioPro 4 interactive display, CleverLive cloud content management platform,  Robo 3D printer, and EOS Education Professional Development services. 

Topics: Education Technology, awards, STEM, teacher professional development, Robo3D, MimioSTEM, Clevertouch, FrontRow, MimioPro 4, CleverLive, Attention!, campus communication, EOS Education

The theme of this year’s TCEA Convention and Exposition is “Passionate Educators. Limitless Possibilities.” The TCEA Convention is a yearly event devoted to connecting educators who have different roles, responsibilities, expertise, and skills for a dynamic learning experience spread across four days, January 30 – February 2, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. Educators can choose from over 700 sessions on a variety of topics including STEAM, project-based learning, school safety, digital citizenship, and more.  

Topics: Education Technology, Mimio, Tradeshow, TCEA, Conference, MimioSTEM, Clevertouch, FrontRow

Boxlight is proud to announce that our own MimioSTEM was named Best STEM Solution in the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards program presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education (ACE-ED). This competitive awards program honoring schools, educators, and industry received more than 160 total nominations from across the U.S. and abroad. 

Topics: awards, STEM education, MimioSTEM, Equity

Teachers and students are discovering new and engaging ways to incorporate dynamic STEM experiences into their teaching and learning. Below are 10 activities that have boosted key skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication, and problem solving while showing students that STEM exploration is fun! 

Topics: STEM Lessons, STEM, STEM education, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM

In this lesson Meredith Williams, 8th grade science teacher and Boxlight MimioMaster, shares how she used the MyStemKits Punnett Squares Dice Kit to help her students review the concepts related to genetics and heredity. 

Topics: Science Lessons, STEM Lessons, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM, Punnett Squares, MimioMaster

I love being in a classroom that’s engaged in hands-on learning. The combination of excitement, silliness, creativity, and problem-solving all coming together is one of my favorite things. In my role as MimioSTEM product manager, I spend every day developing content and thinking of fun ways to use our technology products in the classroom but it’s always a special treat to get to experience it first-hand. 

Topics: STEM Lessons, STEM education, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM, educational robotics system

In this lesson Meredith Williams, Boxlight MimioMaster, shares how she used the MyStemKits Density Cubes Kit to help her students demonstrate understanding of the concept of density. 

Topics: STEM Lessons, 3D printing, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM, MimioMaster

In this lesson Meredith Williams, Boxlight MimioMaster, shares how she used the MyStemKits Cells: Plant Kit and Cells: Animal Kit to help her students review key concepts. 

Topics: STEM Lessons, STEM, MyStemKits, MimioSTEM, MimioMaster

Elisabeth McClure, Gifted Specialist with the Northwest School District (House Springs, MO), recently completed a months-long project that originated with identifying real-life problems in their community. The goal of the project was to help her students envision themselves as part of the creative solution process, as well as spark their interest in community-related issues they can take an active role in solving.  

Topics: STEM Lessons, 3D printing, STEM education, Robo3D, MimioSTEM