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Virginia Glatzer

With Help From Will.i.am, a Teenager's Invention Could Save Infants' Lives - Education ... - 0 views

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    Musician will.i.am is serious about making geeks and nerds the rock stars of the 21st century. Last fall, the Black Eyed Peas frontman teamed up Segway creator Dean Kamen to launch i.am.FIRST, an initiative that celebrates and encourages students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Virginia Glatzer

Education Week: Most 8th Graders Fall Short on NAEP Science Test - 0 views

  • White students’ average score rose by a point, to 163, while black students’ performance increased by 3 points, to 129, and Hispanic students’ grew by 5 points, to 137.
  • The average black or Hispanic 8th grader performs below basic achievement.
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    Showing need to focus on Middle School students - particularly: White students' average score rose by a point, to 163, while black students' performance increased by 3 points, to 129, and Hispanic students' grew by 5 points, to 137. The average black or Hispanic 8th grader performs below basic achievement.
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    The "Interactive" is worth a look.
anonymous

Dreaming Big: How Yellowstone's Wonders Can Turn Kids On To Science : 13.7: Cosmos And ... - 0 views

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    Teaching Science through Yellowstone -- Interesting idea.  (Sounds like STEM Scouts)
anonymous

gamification-education.png (1000×5700) - 0 views

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    Good image Produced by MIT's Education Arcade about gamification concepts that can be used in education.  It's based on a paper called, "Moving Games Forward."
anonymous

Public-Private Ties Needed to Prevent High School Dropouts - High School Notes (usnews.... - 0 views

  • Nearly 1 million high school students drop out each year, which works out to roughly 7,000 new dropouts every school day, according to Tony Miller, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
  • For companies such as AT&T, investing in education is a way to secure their future workforce, said Beth Shiroishi, the vice president of sustainability and philanthropy for the communications company.
  • AT&T's Aspire initiative has invested more than $100 million to improve graduation rates and career readiness through job shadowing
Virginia Glatzer

Course Description - Educational Robotics for the Classroom - 0 views

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    From CMU
Virginia Glatzer

Systems Program - 0 views

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
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    Organization working with New Hope Solebury SD
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    Organization working with New Hope Solebury SD
Virginia Glatzer

A race to the top at New Hope-Solebury - 0 views

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    At New Hope-Solebury School District, a group of professionals are preparing high school students to become the next generation of innovators in science, math, engineering and technology.
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    At New Hope-Solebury School District, a group of professionals are preparing high school students to become the next generation of innovators in science, math, engineering and technology.
Virginia Glatzer

Math in Daily Life - 0 views

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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
Virginia Glatzer

NOVA | Making Vaccines - 0 views

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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
Virginia Glatzer

STEM in a Digital Classroom - 0 views

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    Nice compilation of STEM related digital resources from Jill Pierce
anonymous

Connected Learning - 0 views

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    Good site to explain why the hands-on STEM Scouts experience is important.
anonymous

O.C. education chief: Students need more school | school, studen - News - The Orange Co... - 0 views

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    Habermehl said schools would use the increased instruction time to promote the "STEM" fields - science, technology, engineering and math.
Virginia Glatzer

CK12.ORG - FlexBooks - 0 views

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    Free digital STEM textbooks
Virginia Glatzer

NASA - NASA's BEST - Home - 0 views

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    From a PETE&C presentation on a Virtual STEM lab for the PA Virtual Charter School
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    From a PETE&C presentation on a Virtual STEM lab for the PA Virtual Charter School
Virginia Glatzer

tarapark - NASA- BEST Program - 0 views

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    From a PETE&C presentation on a Virtual STEM lab for the PA Virtual Charter School
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    From a PETE&C presentation on a Virtual STEM lab for the PA Virtual Charter School
Virginia Glatzer

Traditional2Digital - How has this changed how I teach physics? - 0 views

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    Presentation at PETE&C re: teaching STEM using digital tools
Virginia Glatzer

ROBOTC.net - 0 views

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 07 May 12 - Cached
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    OBOTC is the premiere robotics programming language for educational robotics and competitions. ROBOTC is a C-Based Programming Language with an Easy-to-Use Development Environment.
Virginia Glatzer

Yummy Math - 0 views

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 16 Mar 12 - No Cached
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    Math relevant to our world today
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    Shared by instructional technology coaches in response to a plea for online career planning/personal assessments
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