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Finding high-quality open educational resources used to be a challenge, but a number of curated OER collections have made the task much easier for educators. Here are eight sources that can help. MoreGiving students and early start on computer science education with a focus on security is crucial. And high school is already too late, argues Project Lead the Way's Vince Bertram. MoreNaya Salah, a seventh grader at Stratford School's Santa Clara Middle School, uses a videoconferencing system called Beam to attend school as she recovers from leukemia and gets chemotherapy. MoreThe National Education Foundation (NEF) has set aside $80 million for mandated matching grants to school districts and schools to allow them to receive up to $800 million in federal Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB) funds. MoreIf adults want to help teenagers learn how to handle the big risks of Internet usage, the best thing we can do is let them get used to handling smaller risky online situations. That's the conclusion from a Pennsylvania State University research project that examined adolescent online safety. MoreVirtual and augmented reality are often touted as the next big thing in education. How big? Not nearly as big as textbooks, but heading toward the billion-dollar mark inside of 10 years. More
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Just three months after President Obama announced a new "moonshot" initiative to eliminate cancer, a group of organizations has teamed together to bring high schoolers into the work. "Decoding Cancer" offers free standards-aligned curriculum made available through a program sponsored by education media company Discovery Education, non-profit Val Skinner Foundation, the LIFE Center at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the Rutgers School of Public Health. MoreOn the first national assessment of students' technology and engineering abilities, eighth grade girls scored three points higher on average than eighth grade boys. And white students scored significantly better in tech and engineering than black and Hispanic students. MoreThe latest release for iOS now has full Cardboard support, enabling any YouTube video to be viewed in VR mode. MoreSix school districts in coastal Mississippi have been chosen to participate in a state-sponsored computer science pilot program, according to the Biloxi-based Sun Herald. MoreStudents can connect and collaborate with industry professionals for free through Nepris. MoreAbout 700 students from 38 Southern California high school teams are expected to compete in the 14th annual Solar Cup, the nation's largest solar-powered boat competition, May 13-15. The event is the culmination of a year-long education program sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. MoreThe University of Denver's Center for Professional Development will partner with the Denver-based Silicon STEM Academy to offer "STEM for Grown-Ups," a new curriculum of interactive courses involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that teachers and others can take for continuing education unit credit. MoreCareerVillage, a nonprofit that aims to help low-income students better prepare for their future, is teaming up with Dell to produce TechWeek, an online networking campaign from May 16 to 20. Dell is giving CareerVillage $100,000 to aid in its mission. MoreDremel has rolled out two new mobile apps for its latest 3D printer that allow users to print 3D models and monitor printers remotely. The company will also launch a program to give free 3D printers to education "ambassadors." MoreThe traveling hip-hop concert that surrounds Newtonian physics will be visiting 40 schools in six states. MoreGale has added a new archive, American Fiction, 1774-1920, to its Primary Sources program. MoreThe two partners will continue to bring interactive STEM workshops to students throughout New England. MoreIn an effort to get local students interested in coding and programming, New York's Monroe College is launching a free, 12-week summer Coding Academy at its Bronx campus. MoreThe National Institute for STEM Education has partnered with Chalk & Wire in an effort to improve assessment of STEM teachers as they seek certification. MoreThe new initiative provides students with VR equipment to create short films on social issues. MoreLehighton Schools has won the National Education Foundation's 2016 STEM Leadership Award. MoreRegistration has opened for the 2016 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, a nationwide science research competition for high school students. Scholarships of $1,000 to $100,000 will be awarded to winners. MoreThingLink, provider of an interactive media platform, has unveiled a new multimedia editor designed to allow users to annotate 360-degree images and videos and view them in virtual reality. MoreThe University of California, Davis recently brought an augmented reality (AR) sandbox to students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science to help them learn about Earth science and watersheds. MoreStudents from elementary school through community college will take part in the sixth annual C-STEM Day held by the University of California, Davis on May 21. The C-STEM Day events will take place at the UC Davis campus and at University High School in Irvine, CA. MoreVernier Software & Technology will once again offer its annual Summer Institute workshops to help science, technology, engineering and math teachers integrate data-collection technology into their curricula. MoreWonder Workshop launched the network of robotics clubs to inspire future inventors. The company is currently providing prize incentives to expand school participation. MoreA summer STEM program at the Rochester Institute of Technology for girls in middle school is winning some recognition from a local organization. MoreLockheed Martin is investing $800,000 in Denver Public Schools (DPS) to expand STEM programming and education. Since 2007, Lockheed Martin has committed $6 million to expand Project Lead the Way programs in school districts nationally. MoreThe Huntington Beach City School District has completed the latest phase in an initiative that will save the district an estimated $16.3 million while enriching science, technology, engineering arts and math (STEAM) education for students. MoreThe College Board formally endorsed the nonprofit's CSP course, allowing students who take the course to take the AP CSP exam. More
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