Capstone has released PebbleGo Earth and Space, the latest entry in the PebbleGo series of browser-based subscription educational tools for younger learners.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 06/01/10
A project out of the University of Virginia to get young children comfortable with engineering has been selected as one of 10 winners in a MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition. The project, called Fab@School, is intended to teach K-12 students about mathematical analysis and modeling, digital fabrication, and engineering by allowing them to fabricate 3D copies of objects that they've designed themselves.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/26/10
HP will provide $1 million in cash, technology, and professional services to educational institutions and other organizations to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning and faculty development.
Schools in two states are piloting a game development program that weaves Web 2.0 skills, such as blogging, advanced social networking, and wiki contribution and use, with the full range of 21st-century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, decision making, and digital citizenship.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 05/19/10
Twenty-five middle school finalists have been named in the second-annual We Can Change the World Challenge, which challenges teams of students in grades K through 8 from throughout the United States to develop STEM-based plans to help the environment through local community action.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 05/10/10
MapleSoft has released Maple 14, an application designed for mathematical education and research, and MapleSim 4, a modeling tool for engineering projects.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 05/04/10
ExploraVision, the world's largest student science competition, has announced the national winners of its 2010 awards.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 05/03/10
Students of the Los Altos Academy of Engineering in Hacienda Heights east of Los Angeles will shortly hold an open house to show off HICE, their one-of-a-kind vehicle with an hydrogen internal combustion engine.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/28/10
Champions, an educational technology developer, has released Virtual Science Club, a Web-based program designed to help children learn scientific concepts and skills.
- By Evan Tassistro
- 04/26/10
The Siemens Foundation has announced the 20 teachers from throughout the United States who it has selected to participate in the Siemens Teachers as Researchers (STARs) program. The two-week professional development course allows participants work in small groups, in collaboration with scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to conduct practical research related to current scientific issues.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 04/20/10