N.C. District Ties Math Gains to TI Initiative
The Charlotte Mecklenberg schools in N.C. and the Plano schools in Texas are bolstering STEM initiatives with support from Texas Instruments. Read Full Post >
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November 07, 2011
June 20, 2011
SETDA Issues Annual Trends Report
New learning models and infrastructure systems, and increased focused on college and career preparation and professional development, are identified as this year's top ed-tech trends. Read Full Post >
June 14, 2011
Gates Ed-Tech Winners Announced
Next Generation Learning Challenges announced the 19 entrants who won grants for programs addressing 7th and 9th grade common-core standards instruction. Read Full Post >
April 03, 2011
NCCE Wrap-Up: Math Casting and Digital Storytelling
Digital tools make it possible for students in Canada to create math casts and students in Washington state to tell digital stories. Read Full Post >
March 30, 2011
National STEM Game Challenge Picks Winners
Student, collegiate, and professional recipients were announced by White House CTO Aneesh Chopra. Read Full Post >
December 22, 2010
Shortage of Science Games Research Noted
While games and simulations have great potential to improve science education, the research needed to achieve that potential is limited, says a new report. Read Full Post >
September 16, 2009
Digital Competition Links Technology, Basketball, and Learning
NBA star Antawn Jamison greets students at a D.C. public school to kick off a new grant program for multimedia projects related to science, math, and sports. Read Full Post >
June 11, 2009
Evaluating Calif.'s Open-Source Textbook Plan
About a month ago, we mentioned a new initiative that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger set forth to explore free, open-source digital textbooks. This AP article gives a few more details about why the state is pursuing the plan and how it's being received. Using open-source textbooks statewi... Read Full Post >
January 30, 2009
Hands-On Learning vs. Lecturing
A new study by Purdue University has shed some light on how to most effectively engage students in technology and engineering at a young age. The study took five classes of 8th graders in a rural Indiana school and taught them about human impacts on water and water quality through a traditional te... Read Full Post >
January 12, 2009
NASA Boosts STEM with Facebook Launch
Educators who are skeptical about students spending their time at social-networking Web sites may have a reason to rethink that opinion. The U.S. space agency has started a Facebook page as a way to engage young people with its activities involving science, technology, engineering, and math educati... Read Full Post >
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