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anonymous

Public Debates "Personalized Learning" in Race to the Top - Digital Education - Educati... - 2 views

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edtec400 STEMscouts

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  • anonymous on 14 Jun 12
     
    Describes the support for "Personalized Learning" that was exhibited during the comment period for the Race to the Top legislation.
anonymous

Quipper - Share your knowledge - 1 views

www.quipper.com

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  • anonymous on 13 Jun 12
     
    A Quiz App for iPhone and Android
Virginia Glatzer

Robot Building Ala Skype -- THE Journal - 1 views

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  • Virginia Glatzer on 07 Jun 12
     
    Two groups of high school students 37 miles apart did more than build a robot via Skype. They proved that technology brings people together, challenging the myth that personal contact is the only way to build a team.
anonymous

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

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STEMscouts

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  • 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
anonymous

Graduate STEM Enrollment Grows, but Slows | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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STEMscouts

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  • anonymous on 06 Jun 12
     
    Description of STEM Enrollment trends -- growth from 2000-2010, but a slowdown in 2009-2010.
anonymous

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

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  • anonymous on 01 Jun 12
     
    Teaching Science through Yellowstone -- Interesting idea.  (Sounds like STEM Scouts)
anonymous

Toshiba and NSTA Celebrate 20th Anniversary of ExploraVision, World's Largest K-12 Scie... - 0 views

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STEMscouts

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  • Toshiba's S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education initiative in North America
  • Mr. Norio Sasaki, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation, explains why the company has been so active in helping promote and extend the program in its first 20 years. "We founded ExploraVision with the goal of helping inspire students to pursue further education and potentially careers in science and technology fields. We believe it is essential that more young people discover their interest in these fields so that society will have the benefit of the scientists and engineers we need to build a better future," he noted.
  • Toshiba launched a yearlong campaign to help promote STEM education called The Toshiba STEMpowerment Project.
anonymous

New 'Digital Divide' Seen in Wasting Time Online - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • As access to devices has spread, children in poorer families are spending considerably more time than children from more well-off families using their television and gadgets to watch shows and videos, play games and connect on social networking sites
  • As access to devices has spread, children in poorer families are spending considerably more time than children from more well-off families using their television and gadgets to watch shows and videos, play games and connect on social networking sites
anonymous

Education Week: Public Gets Glimpse of Science Standards - 0 views

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  • Other top priorities in the document are promoting depth over breadth in science education, ensuring greater coherence in learning across grade levels, and helping students understand the cross-cutting nature of crucial concepts, such as energy and matter, that span scientific disciplines
  • “First of all, it’s not just about what kids know; it’s about what they know and are able to do,” said Mr. McLaren, who also is the president of the Council of State Science Supervisors, an organization for science education officials. “It’s about using the practices of an engineer, a scientist, to gain a deeper understanding of the core knowledge.”
  • “One huge shift is moving away from covering everything, and instead doing what is essential and doing it very well,” she said.
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  • The standards target four disciplines: the physical sciences; life sciences; earth and space sciences; and engineering, technology, and
  • Echoing the NRC framework, the standards document includes evolution as a core principle for understanding the life sciences. The draft is also explicit about the role humans play in climate change.
  • “Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (‘global warming’).”
  • anonymous on 12 May 12
     
    New science Standards for the "Common Core" are available for review through a link in this article.
Virginia Glatzer

Arts & Bots - 0 views

robotdiaries.posterous.com

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  • Virginia Glatzer on 11 May 12
     
    Use art supplies, a circuit board, lights, motors and sensors to design, build and program robots that tell stories and express emotions. Robot Diaries development began in the summer of 2006 in a series of participatory design workshops with middle school girls. We set out to find a way to keep middle school girls engaged with robotics and authoring technology - at an age when many girls get away from such activities - perceiving them as activities for boys. The program has since developed to include both boys and girls - drawing upon students' interests in arts, crafts, communication, and storytelling while providing them with technical and design knowledge which enables them to build and utilize their own personal robots. Robot Diaries is currently in various stages of implementation in middle and elementary schools, kindergartens and after school programs.
  • Virginia Glatzer on 11 May 12
     
    This was shared on the CFF Coach listserv as something for elementary gifted - if you can get funding.
David Passmore

Economic & Workforce Briefing :: Could Higher Education Creatively Destruct? - Pennsylv... - 1 views

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  • David Passmore on 10 May 12
     
    Essay about how badges could help creatively destruct higher education.
Virginia Glatzer

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

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  • 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.
  • Virginia Glatzer on 10 May 12
     
    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.
  • Virginia Glatzer on 10 May 12
     
    The "Interactive" is worth a look.
Virginia Glatzer

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

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  • Virginia Glatzer on 09 May 12
     
    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.
anonymous

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STEMscouts gamification games

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  • anonymous on 08 May 12
     
    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."
Virginia Glatzer

ROBOTC.net - 0 views

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  • Virginia Glatzer on 07 May 12
     
    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

Course Description - Educational Robotics for the Classroom - 0 views

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  • Virginia Glatzer on 07 May 12
     
    From CMU
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