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5/24/12
Filed by
Kelsey Herron
Student Game Designers Win Big in National STEM Video Game Challenge
The winners of the 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge were announced this week at The Atlantic’s Technologies in Education Forum in Washington, D.C.5/22/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Every Child A Maker: New Maker Education Initiative Launches
A new nonprofit from the creator of the popular Maker Faires aims to bring opportunities for hands-on learning to schools, museums, and community centers across the country.5/18/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Designing Winning Robots Requires Passion for Learning Outside the Classroom
In a powerful example of connected learning, members of Team Antipodes, an all-girl robotics club, live out their passion for technology, collaboration, and hands-on learning.5/14/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Why Teachers Use Digital Games and Why Schools Teach Gaming
Surprising data from teachers using digital games in the classroom; Learning and having fun playing Quest Atlantis in Wisconsin; teaching game design and programming at iTech Academy in Miami; and more on how games are ace-ing the test in many school districts.4/29/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Hacking Education, MIT Students to the (STEM) Rescue, Teaching Media Literacy and More
This week’s Playback looks at issues of digital access and how education is being re-thought and re-taught in the United States and around the world.4/09/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
I, Robot: Master Lego Builders, All-Girl Robotics Teams and Architects of the Future
National Robotics Week gets underway, inspiring students to pursue careers in robotics and related STEM fields. Plus, meet the youngest Lego Master Model Builder; five reasons not to buy gendered Lego’s; and the rise of all-girl robotics teams.3/14/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Launching Red Bird Into Space: Angry Birds Goes for Ride With NASA
NASA is playing a key role in the fourth installment of the popular mobile- and browser-based game “Angry Birds.” Plus, how physics teachers are using the game with student-scientists in the classroom.3/12/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Calling All Game Makers: National STEM Video Game Challenge Extends Deadline
The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge is extending the application deadline and making a push for submissions from college students and educators.3/07/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Conversations with Education Visionaries, Technologists, and Students at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference
Researchers mingled with makers, hive learners and digital artists at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference in San Francisco last week.2/23/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
The Truth About Girl Scouts and the Need for Digital Literacy
Why the Girl Scouts may have a thing or two to teach an Indiana Republican state legislator about digital and media literacy.2/08/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
From MIT to the Great Beyond: Erin King, 17, Launches Acceptance Letter Tube into Space
Let’s say your college acceptance letter arrived in a cardboard tube, along with a note from the university to “hack the tube.” What would do? Paint it? Turn it into a kaleidoscope? Create an aperture science handheld portal device?2/07/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
Second White House Science Fair Features More Student Exhibits, More STEM Proposals
Students exhibited dozens of smartly designed and eco-savvy projects, and President Obama launched a marshmallow and a number of proposals to help prepare STEM teachers.2/01/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Programs of Their Own: MIT and LEGO Bring Robotics and Coding to Grade School
At The Chestnut Hill School outside of Boston, educators are using MIT Media Labs’ Scratch programming language and innovative robotics tools developed in partnership with Lego to teach STEM subjects to kids as early as first grade.1/27/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Access, Literacy, The New and The Old Digital Divide
Tutoring via technology; the old digital divide persists while the drive toward mobile creates a new one; and Youth Radio’s Lissa Soep and HASTAC’s Cathy Davidson on what we know about teaching digital literacy … All in this week’s PLAYBACK.1/25/12
Filed by
Christine Cupaiuolo
