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New Teachers and Modern Learning Experiences

Dave Blanchard is the guest on episode two of Osmo Education’s STEAMY Summer podcast series. Dave is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Development in the School of Education at Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota. He specializes in modern learning experiences, and ragogy, and tangible educational technology, and is always rolling up his sleeves to help educators better design learning experiences.

Dave explains how educators can approach STEAMY summer activities like true scientists, discusses what new teachers need to know about differentiation in STEAM, defines modern learning environments and shares what’s required for newer educators to become familiar with such environments, tells us why he feels strongly about the benefits of tangible edtech, and more.

Tip: To close out the episode, Dave shares his number one “Tip” for teachers using Osmo learning tools to begin the next school year: check out the Osmo Education website ( ) to find the Osmo learning tools created specially for schools with durable, easy-to-clean plastic parts. Educators will notice the benefits from these tools, which were created to meet classroom needs.

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  • Dave is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Development in the School of Education at Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota. He specializes in modern learning experiences, and ragogy, and tangible educational technology, and is always rolling up his sleeves to help educators better design learning experiences.

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