From Play to Problem-Solving: Augmented Reality for Enhancing Computational Thinking in Young Learners
One PagerTake Flight
PosterTake Flight is a free adaptable school curriculum program developed by Learning Scientists at CAST, the organization that founded Universal Design for Learning (UDL), funded by the National Science Foundation.
Through Take Flight, teachers middle school teacher have access to the curriculum, tools and resources they need to integrate drones into their STEM curriculum to help their students develop STEM skills and increase their motivation to pursue STEM careers.
Digital Empowerment: Can Governmental Agencies Data Platforms be Leveraged in Classrooms to Respond to Current Events?
One Pager3D Printing and Astronomy for High School Students with Blindness/Visual Impairments and their Educators
One PagerEmbodied Interactive Environment for Advancing Data Sensing and Computational Thinking Skills in the Built Environment
2023
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2027
As the construction industry gears toward adopting data sensing technologies, there is a demand for creating and sustaining a workforce with skills for implementing the technologies and analyzing the resulting data to support decision-making. It is also essential to improve awareness of this Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career option among all K-12 students, develop their understanding of the applications of data sensing technologies and improve their computational thinking skills in manipulating and using data.
Catalyzing Inclusive STEM Experience All Year Round (CISTEME365)
PosterThe CISTEME365 project headquartered at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hypothesizes that experiences with cutting-edge technology must exist all year-round to effect significant improvement. Thus, the fundamental project goal is to enable middle and high school Underrepresented Students (URSs) in STEM (female, underrepresented minority, and/or low-income) to participate in sustained, intensive, hands-on STEM learning experiences.
Preparing Students for the New Manufacturing Economy: An Integrative Learning Approach
PosterThis project advances a Career & Technical Education employing a Horizontal Learning Model (HLM) integrates knowledge/skills across multiple technology areas within an authentic practice. The HLM organizes learning expansively through a series of graduated projects that allows students to contextualize learning across fields by integrating skills and knowledge across constituent domains progressively.