Overview: VEX PD+ Insights

PD+ Insights is one of the many valuable professional development offerings available to PD+ subscribers. These articles offer educators short readings that can be used to gain insight and inspiration along your professional development journey.

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What are VEX PD+ Insights? 

PD+ Insights is a collection of articles about a variety of topics related to STEM pedagogy. From research and trends, to reflection and inspiration, there is a little something for everyone. New articles are posted regularly throughout the year, and cover a wide breadth of topics and content areas.

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Article topics have included: 

  • Reflections from conferences participation or presentations
  • Support for teaching math concepts with robotics
  • Strategies for documenting and assessing student learning with VEX
  • Collaborating in a Computer Science classroom
  • Summer Reading inspiration from the VEX team 
  • Facilitating collaborative decision making in your VEX classroom
  • Tips and Tricks for starting your year off with robotics
  • Leveraging the engagement of informal learning spaces
  • Growth mindset, student agency, and social-emotional learning with VEX 
  • and much, much more! 

Insights articles are a great way to augment your learning from Intro Courses, VEX Masterclasses, or the VEX Educators Conference, gather ideas for classroom teaching practices or lesson activities, or ignite and extend PD+ Community conversations. 


How do I navigate PD+ Insights? 

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Once you are logged into PD+, select 'Insights' from the Dashboard.

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On the Insights page, you will see a variety of articles available to read. Articles are sorted by date of publication, with the most recent articles appearing on the first page. 

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Each article tile shows the title of the article and brief synopsis, as well as the author and the date of publication. 

To view an article, select the article tile. 

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When you are finished reading, select 'Back to Insights' at the top of the article to return to the main Insights page.

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