Activate!, a Web-based service operated by technology giant AMD aimed at helping middle schoolers learn and practice beginning video game design, has be adopted at the Dandelion Middle School in Beijing, China.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 07/19/10
A push to inspire kids to pursue careers in computers science and other technology and science areas is getting a four-year, $7 million boost at Carnegie Mellon University.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/19/10
Intel Teach, a professional development program aimed at helping teachers integrate technology into their instruction knowledgeably and effectively, will receive assistance from STEM education technology provider Vernier Software & Technology.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 07/19/10
Discovery Education and 3M have announced the 47 state semifinalists in the 12th-annual Young Scientist Challenge, an opportunity for students in grades 5 through 8 to participate ongoing efforts to solve many of America's more pressing science and engineering challenges.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 07/14/10
The WorldWide Telescope, an online virtual telescope operated through a partnership between Microsoft Research and NASA, has been expanded with a new, interactive view of Mars and a spherical sky map that Microsoft described as the "largest and highest-quality spherical image of the sky currently available."
Adaptive Curriculum has released a new science curriculum aimed at providing a deeper understanding of science and math to middle and high school students.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 07/12/10
The University of Arizona and Arizona State University are teaming up to help middle and high school teachers learn how to use new technologies in the classroom.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/08/10
San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) of Encinitas, CA, has begun construction on a 2 megawatt solar panel project expected to generate more than 70 percent of the energy required by the two school facilities that will house the project, Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) and La Costa Canyon High School (LCCHS).
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 07/01/10
PASCO Scientific introduced two applications for Apple mobile devices at ISTE 2010 in Denver: SPARKvue 1.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad; and MatchGraph for the iPhone 4. Both are available for download from Apple's App Store.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 06/29/10
Six Red Marbles introduced three online math education programs this week at ISTE 2010 in Denver: Juba and Waza aimed at early childhood learners, and Kabanga for students in grade levels 6 through 8.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 06/29/10