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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 23-115): Advancing Microelectronics Education

The National Science Foundation published NSF 23-115, “Advancing Microelectronics Education” in May 2023 in response to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS Act).

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STELAR Webinar - Developing the Next Generation of Talent: Perspectives from the Field on Equity and the Future of Work

On June 30th STELAR introduced an informative report that extends prior reports on the Future of Work to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in light of recent historical events.

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STELAR Research & Evaluation Webinar: How and When to Engage an Evaluator & Role of the Evaluator on NSF ITEST Grants

Dr. Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos of the Program development and Evaluation Institute for Biomedical Policy shares her presentation "How and When to Engage an Evaluator" followed by Dr. Karen Gareis of Goodman Research Group on "Role of the Evaluator on NSF ITEST Grants."

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NSF: 2022 ITEST Solicitation Webinar - How to Write a Competitive Proposal

On May 16, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for part two of a three part webinar series on the new Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation.

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NSF: 2022 ITEST Solicitation Webinars - Solicitation Overview

On May 9th, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for part one of a three part webinar series on the new Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITE

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development - Webinar #3

On August 27, NSF program directors presented and answered questions about this DCL and how it relateed to each of the EHR programs included.

NSF program directors held two previous sessions and recordings are available of this series of webinars.

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ASEE 2021: Supporting Engineering Education within the NSF ITEST Program

On Thursday, July 29, STELAR staff member Sarah MacGillivray presented during a poster session held for NSF-grantees at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference.

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2021 ITEST Solicitation Webinar: Solicitation Overview

On June 30, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for an informative webinar on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 19-583). 

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development - Webinar 2

On June 29, NSF program directors held the second of a series of webinars to present and answer questions about this DCL.

 

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development

On April 27, NSF program directors held the first of a series of webinars to present and answer questions about this DCL. This initial webinar featured the following presentations:

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ITEST Proposal Development Course Webinar: Research & Evaluation

On Thursday, April 15, 3:00 pm STELAR hosted the third webinar in our Proposal Development Course series: Research & Evaluation.

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Day 2 Orientation & Silvia James, NSF

NSF ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2019
Living, Learning, and Working in the Digital Age
Thursday, June 13 - Friday, June 14, 2019
Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA

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Plenary Flash Talks

NSF ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2019
Living, Learning, and Working in the Digital Age
Thursday, June 13 - Friday, June 14, 2019
Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA

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ITEST 2019 and Beyond: Solicitation Updates

This presentation was provided by NSF DRL Program Officers Mike Steele, Alejandra Sorto, and Amy Wilson-Lopez during the 2019 NSF ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit. The presentation provides a detailed update of changes made to the 2019 ITEST Solicitation (NSF 19-583).

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Keynote: Joshua Brown, Icarus Aerospace

NSF ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2019
Living, Learning, and Working in the Digital Age
Thursday, June 13 - Friday, June 14, 2019
Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA

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STELAR Webinar Video: 2019 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On Thursday, June 20, 3:00-4:30 pm STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers Alejandra Sorto and Amy Wilson-Lopez for an informative webinars on the newly-released 2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program Solicitation (NSF 19-583).

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Summit Welcome & Karen Marrongelle, NSF

NSF ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2019
Living, Learning, and Working in the Digital Age
Thursday, June 13 - Friday, June 14, 2019
Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Maker Education Projects
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STELAR Webinar: 2019 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On May 28, 2019 STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers Michael Steele, Alejandra Sorto, and Amy Wilson-Lopez for an informative webinar on the newly-released 2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and

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An NSF Summary of the EAGER Maker Summit

STELAR hosted NSF Program Officer Robert Russell and Einstein Fellow Brenda Carpenter in the final webinar on the 2018 EAGER Maker Su

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STELAR Webinar: 2018 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On Wednesday, May 30, STELAR hosted NSF ITEST Program Officers Robert Russell and Brian Smith for an informative session on the 2018 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program

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STELAR Maker Webinar - Partnerships & Broadening Participation

In this webinar, learn about individual and group strategies that can help to support your work - current and future.

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STELAR Webinar: Maker - Research & Evaluation

Webinar 3 - Research & Evaluation

During this webinar we will examine the challenges in designing assessments and measuring cognitive and non-cognitive learning outcomes in a maker-based project.

 

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STELAR Webinar: Maker - Process and Pedagogy

This webinar will discuss how making looks like across different settings such as higher education, informal learning environments, and schools with high and low tech.

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Maker Webinar - Workforce Development

Make the Force be With You: Workforce Development through Making

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STELAR ITEST 2018 Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit: Day 1 Plenary & Keynote

 

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STELAR ITEST 2018 Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit: Day 2 Plenary
Day 1 Reflections and Day 2 Orientation, Sarita Pillai, STELAR PI 
National Science Foundation Remarks, Sylvia James, Acting Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF
 
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STELAR ITEST 2018 Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit: Day 2 Plenary Panel

Equity and Access at the Human-Technology Frontier: Three Perspectives from the Field

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STELAR Webinar: Educational Implications of future work at the Human-Technology Frontier

On Thursday, February 22, STELAR presented the third of four webinars in our series exploring the educational and social implications of living, learning and working in a future driven by technology.

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STELAR Webinar: Unpacking Computational Thinking & CT's Role in Interdisciplinary Learning

Computational Thinking and CT have become a buzz word and buzz acronym in schools and education systems worldwide, yet is still a phrase that invokes confusion and debate. This 2-part webinar unpacked CT and discussed it in the context of non-CS disciplinary learning.

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STELAR Webinar: Future Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

On Thursday, January 25, the STELAR authors of Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier presented

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STELAR ITEST Summit 2017 Keynote Panel - Career development theory: From theory to practice in ITEST projects

STELAR ITEST Summit 2017 Keynote Panel

Career development theory: From theory to practice in ITEST projects

Facilitator: Joyce Malyn-Smith

Keynote: David Blustein, Professor, Boston College

ITEST panelists: 

Kimberly Scott

 Eli Tucker-Raymond

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STELAR ITEST Summit 2017: Keynote Panel Q&A Session

STELAR ITEST Summit Day 2 Keynote Panel, Q&A Session featuring:

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Girls of Color in STEM Careers: A Culturally Responsive Approach

STELAR ITEST Summit 2017 Day 2 Keynote Panel, Kimberly A. Scott

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Career Development Theory: A Pathway to Enhancing STEM Interventions

STELAR ITEST Summit 2017 Day 2 Keynote Panel, David Blustein

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STELAR Webinar: 2017 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On Wednesday, June 28, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers David Haury and Robert Russell for an informative session on the 2017 Innovative Technology Experiences for

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STELAR Webinar - NSF Opportunities: Broadening Participation in STEM

On Thursday, July 28, STELAR hosted a special webinar on behalf of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) highlighting funding opportunities within EHR especially aimed at

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STELAR Webinar: Career Technical Education (CTE): Major trends and connections to STEM

With the resurgence in interest in Career Technical Education (CTE), this webinar provides information about the current state of CTE, its reach, impact, and the current trends in policy and practice at the state and federal levels.

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STELAR Webinar: ITEST’s STEM Workforce Education Model

NSF ITEST projects are an ideal testbed for researching what it takes to create robust pathways leading towards high-demand technology-centered careers.

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Small Grants for High Risk/High Gain (EAGER) Maker Education Projects

On Thursday, November 3, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers Bob Russell and Erick Jones as they presented a webinar on National Science Foundation funding for R&D education projects funded through the

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STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: NSF Town Hall

NSF Town Hall featuring David Haury, Evan Heit, Arlene de Strulle, Rob Ochsendorf, and Tasha Inniss

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STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: Plenary by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns

Plenary by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Associate Professor, Columbia University

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Event

NSF ITEST Proposal Development Workshop - New England

STELAR, in coordination with the Maine Math and Science Alliance, will host an in-person workshop in Augusta, Maine on Friday, June 16. The workshop will cover the critical components of developing a successful NSF ITEST proposal including: forming partnerships, writing a compelling narrative,

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ITEST PI Panel: Scale-up Experiences, Successes & Challenges

The second webinar in support of encouraging Scaling, Expanding and Iterating Innovations (SEI) proposals invited back ITEST Principal Investigators to share their successes and challenges on scaling their work in the ITEST 2022 PI Meeting.

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2022 NSF ITEST PI Meeting

The 2022 Annual ITEST Principal Investigator Meeting took place from November 1–3.

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ITEST Community Meetups: Annual Meeting Feedback Session 4
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ITEST Community Meetups: Annual Meeting Feedback Session 3
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ITEST Community Meetups: Annual Meeting Feedback Session 2
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ITEST Community Meetups: Annual Meeting Feedback Session 1
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NSF Q&A Office Hours for the 2022 ITEST Solicitation: Budget, Data Management Plan, Post-doctoral Mentoring Plan

Join STELAR as we host NSF Program Officer Hours to answer questions and to address the following topic area:

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NSF Q&A Office Hours for the 2022 ITEST Solicitation: Project Types

Join STELAR as we host NSF Program Officer Hours to answer questions and to address the following topic areas:  

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NSF Q&A Office Hours 2022: The 3 ITEST Pillars and the Solicitation-Specific Criteria

Join STELAR as we host NSF Program Officer Hours to answer questions and to address the following topic areas:

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NSF ITEST Proposal Conceptualization Webinar: Ingredients of a Competitive ITEST Proposal

STELAR hosted a special presentation on behalf of NSF Program Officers on Thursday, June 2, from 1-2:30 pm ET. During the webinar a panel of Program Officers discussed key aspects for conceptualizing a competitive ITEST proposal.

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STELAR Webinar - Developing the Next Generation of Talent: Perspectives from the Field on Equity and the Future of Work

On June 30th STELAR  introduced an informative report that extends prior reports on the Future of Work to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in light of recent historical events.

 

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NSF Q&A Office Hours for 2021 ITEST Solicitation Applicants, Hosted by STELAR

On August 3, STELAR will host NSF Program Officers Robert Russell, Gavin Fulmer, and Alicia Santiago for a procedural/budget/technical questions session designed for those planning to submit proposals on August 13, 2021.

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NSF Q&A Office Hours for 2021 ITEST Solicitation Applicants, Hosted by STELAR

On July 21, STELAR will host NSF Program Officers Robert Russell, Gavin Fulmer, and Alicia Santiago. This session is the second session in a 3 part series, designed for those planning to submit proposals on August 13, 2021.

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NSF Q&A Office Hours for 2021 ITEST Solicitation Applicants, Hosted by STELAR

On July 14 and July 21, STELAR will host NSF Program Officers Robert Russell, Gavin Fulmer, and Alicia Santiago for two general questions sessions designed for those planning to submit proposals on August 13, 2021.

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2021 ITEST Solicitation Webinar - How to Write a Competitive Proposal

On Wednesday, July 7, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for the second webinar on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 19-583

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2021 ITEST Solicitation Webinar: Solicitation Overview

On June 30, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for a series of informative webinars on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 19-583).  During

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development

The National Science Foundation published NSF 21-033, “Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development” in December 2020.

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ITEST Community Meetups: Newly Funded Projects - June
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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development Webinar Series

The National Science Foundation published NSF 21-033, “Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development” in December 2020.

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NSF Webinar for Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 21-033): Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development
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2021 ITEST PI Meeting

The STEM Learning and Research Center, resource center for the NSF ITEST Program, will host our annual meeting this fall. 

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STELAR Webinar: Proposal Development – Research and Evaluation
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STELAR Webinar: Proposal Development - Writing a Compelling Project Description
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ITEST Community Meetups: Mid-Stage Projects
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ITEST Community Meetups: Mid-Stage Projects
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STELAR Webinar: Introduction to our New Proposal Development Course
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ITEST Community Meetup: Newly Funded Projects
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ITEST Community Meetup: Newly Funded Projects
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STELAR at ACTE's Career Tech Vision 2020

Join STELAR at the Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Virtual Vision 2020. 

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ITEST Community Meetup: September

 Announcing the launch of the 2020-2021 ITEST Community Meetups! 

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STELAR Webinar: NSF Q&A for 2020 ITEST Solicitation Applicants

On August 4, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers Monica Cardella and Robert Russell for a final Q&A session designed for those planning to submit proposals on August 14, 2020.

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STELAR Webinar: NSF DCL Advancing Educational Innovations that Motivate and Prepare PreK-12 Learners for Computationally-Intensive Industries of the Future

On Monday, July 13, STELAR held a webinar on behalf of the National Science Foundation sharing details of the recently-released Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Educational Innovations that Motivate and Prepare PreK-12 Learners for Computationally-Intensive Industries of the Future (

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STELAR Webinars: 2020 NSF ITEST Solicitation and Q&A Session

In April and May of 2020, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for a series of informative webinars on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 19-583). View the presentation, slides, and additional resources

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Repeat Session - ITEST Community Meetup: Keeping Our STEM Efforts Going Amid Social Distancing

COVID-19 is changing many aspects of our life, including how we do our work. While “social distancing” has become the new normal, maintaining connections with our colleagues and stakeholders has become increasingly important.

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ITEST Community Meetup: Keeping Our STEM Efforts Going Amid Social Distancing

COVID-19 is changing many aspects of our life, including how we do our work. While “social distancing” has become the new normal, maintaining connections with our colleagues and stakeholders has become increasingly important.

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ITEST Community Meetup on the MIS - ITEST's Annual Survey 2020

During this informal online gathering, members of ITEST project teams met with STELAR's survey coordinator, Brianna Roche, to learn tips for completion and how to avoid common pitfalls. 

Topics included:

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STELAR at AEA Evaluation 2019

American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) 33rd Annual Conference
Evaluation 2019: Paths to the Future of Evaluation: Contribution, Leadership, and Renewal
November 11 – 16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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ITEST Strategy Share Meetup: Developing STEM Career Competencies from K-12

Over the past year, STELAR staff have been meeting with ITEST community members to learn more about the work projects are engaged in, and uncover challenges that projects have faced. In our review of these discussions, we identified three topic areas where examples of best-practices would

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ITEST Project Strategy Share Meetup: Sustaining your ITEST Project

In the fall of 2018 STELAR staff held a series of ‘virtual meetups’ with  ITEST Community of Practice members to learn more about the work that projects have been engaged in and to uncover the challenges that projects have faced.

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STELAR Webinar: 2019 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On Thursday, June 20, 3:00-4:30 pm STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers Alejandra Sorto and Amy Wilson-Lopez for an informative webinar on the 2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program Solicitation (NSF 19-583).

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STELAR Webinar: 2019 NSF ITEST Solicitation

On May 28 STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers Michael Steele, Alejandra Sorto, and Amy Wilson-Lopez for an informative webinar on the newly-released 2019 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program Solicitation (NSF

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Maker Education Projects

On May 30, 2019 STELAR hosted NSF Program Officer Robert Russell for a webinar that shared information about NSF Maker initiatives and NSF funded work in the Maker Education field.

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STELAR Live-Stream: 2019 NSF ITEST Principal Investigator & Evaluator Summit

Unable to attend the Summit in-person? Join your colleagues online for our first-ever live-stream event!

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STELAR Webinar Series: Charting the Future of Making in STEM Education

In December the National Science Foundation convened nearly 60 Principal Investigators from projects funded through the Dear Colleague Letter (NSF-086) “Enabling the Future of Making to Catalyze New Approaches in

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2019 NSF ITEST Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit

Join your colleagues for two days of programming designed to encourage collaboration, learning, and discussion. During the summit active ITEST projects will share their successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the ITEST program, and discuss implications for a national community of

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CIRCL eColloq Webinar: Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

Join NSF Resource Center CIRCL, the Center for Innovative Research in CyberLearning, for the third webinar in an eColloq Series on Cyberlearning. This session features presentations by STELAR's Joyce Malyn-Smith and Sarita Pillai, followed by discussion.

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Maker Education Projects

On Tuesday, May 22, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers Robert Russell and Brian Smith for a webinar to share information about Maker initiatives and NSF funded work in the Maker field.

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2018 STELAR ITEST Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit

On behalf of the National Science Foundation, STELAR hosted more than 90 ITEST projects at the 2018 Summit.

2018 STELAR ITEST Principal Investigator and Evaluator Summit
Equity and Access at the Human-Technology Frontier

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STELAR Webinar Series: Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

Join authors of STELAR's recent publication entitled Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier for a four-part webinar

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STELAR Webinar: Policy Implications of future work at the Human-Technology Frontier

Join authors of "Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier," for the final webinar in our four-part 

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STELAR Webinar: Educational Implications of future work at the Human-Technology Frontier

On Thursday, February 22, STELAR presented the third of four webinars in our series exploring the educational and social implications of living, learning and working in a future driven by technology.

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STELAR Webinar: The Psychology of Working

Dr.

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STELAR Webinar: Future Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

On Thursday, January 25, the STELAR authors of Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier presented

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STELAR at SACNAS 2017
SACNAS 2017
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NSF Opportunities: Broadening Participation in STEM

STELAR hosted a special webinar held on behalf of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) highlighting funding opportunities within EHR especially aimed at broadening participation

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STELAR Webinar: Stories from ITEST - Culturally Competent Projects that Inspire Young People to Pursue STEM Careers (JOST Special Issue)

On February 28, STELAR hosted authors of three papers featured in our recent ITEST special issue published in the Journal of Science Education and Technology (JOST).

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Small Grants for High Risk/High Gain (EAGER) Maker Education Projects

On Thursday, November 3, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers Bob Russell and Erick Jones as they presented a webinar on National Science Foundation funding for R&D education projects funded through the Dear

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STELAR Webinar: NSF Funding for Life STEM (Life Sciences and Biosciences)

On Monday, October 24, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officer Celestine Pea as she presented a webinar on National Science Foundation funding for eligible research organizations to submit proposals to one of five existing NSF program

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Maker Education and SBIR/STTR Projects

On Tuesday, October 18, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers David Haury and Robert Russell as they presented a webinar on National Science Foundation funding for research, development, and small business proposals for Maker-focused projects.  

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STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2017: Building the Foundational Skills of the Future Science and Engineering Workforce

The STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit is an annual opportunity for ITEST Principal Investigators (PIs) and evaluators to come together and share successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the ITEST program. 

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STELAR Webinar - NSF Opportunities: Broadening Participation in STEM

On Thursday, July 28, STELAR hosted a special webinar on behalf of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) highlighting upcoming funding opportunities wit

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STELAR Webinar: 2016 NSF ITEST Solicitation Q&A Session

On Tuesday, July 12, STELAR hosted NSF Program Directors Robert Russell and David Haury for a Q&A session about the 2016 NSF ITEST Solicitation. Attendees asked questions about the ITEST program and proposal requirements, and made requests for clarification. This webinar was held as a follow

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STELAR Webinar: National Science Foundation Funding for Educational Research & Development Programs

This webinar will provided an overview of NSF funding opportunities for educational research and development projects that focus on STEM learning and learning environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM.

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STELAR Webinar: 2016 NSF ITEST Solicitation Information

STELAR hosted an informational webinar with NSF Program Officers to discuss the 2016 ITEST solicitation. View a recording of the webinar below, and access presentation slides under the related documents section on the right. 

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STELAR Webinar: Writing Successful NSF Annual Reports

This webinar offered guidance to ITEST PIs and evaluators on writing successful and useful NSF ITEST annual reports. During the webinar Dr. David Haury, Program Director of the NSF ITEST program, provided key information and insights, and addressed questions posed by attendees.

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STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit 2016: Making Connections to Broaden Participation in STEM

The STELAR ITEST PI & Evaluator Summit was held on Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3, 2016, at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, VA.

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Next Generation STEM Learning for All: A Forum Supported by the National Science Foundation

On November 9th, 2015 Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and SRI International, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), hosted a one-day Forum on “Next Generation STEM Learning for All” in Washington D.C.

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STELAR Webinar: How to Address Workforce/Career Education in your ITEST Project

Attendees joined us in discussing the elements of Career Education that can help frame your ITEST proposal/project and the types of workforce/career education data that projects should be collecting to document students’ journeys to STEM careers.

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NSF ITEST Proposal Writing Workshop: Developing a Strong ITEST Proposal

STELAR hosted this one-day workshop on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL), which was designed for people who have not been previously funded through the National Science Foundation's ITEST (Innovative Technology

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STELAR Webinar: 2015 NSF ITEST Solicitation Information

STELAR hosted an informational webinar with NSF Program Officers to discuss the 2015 ITEST solicitation.

The slides and a recording of the presentation are available on this page for your review.

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STELAR Webinar: Effective Dissemination Plans – Success Strategies for Projects and Proposals

Attendees learned how to develop highly effective dissemination plans from seasoned PIs in ITEST and other NSF programs. Presenters shared strategies, lessons learned, ways to leverage technology, and helped to identify non-traditional dissemination venues that are often overlooked.

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STELAR Webinar: The New Face of Research and Evaluation in ITEST Projects

In this webinar, PIs and evaluators described how they are meeting the challenge of incorporating rigorous research designs and evaluations that provide useful measures of project success, all while developing dynamic activities within the ITEST framework.

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Fostering Student Motivation and Achievement - Research to Practice and Lessons Learned from the ITEST Program

STELAR and select ITEST projects delivered a panel presentation at the Massachusetts STEM Summit in Worcester's DCU Center on Wednesday, October 22, 2014.

Moderator:  Sarita Pillai

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Attitudes, Skills & GRIT, Oh My!: A Research Evaluation Working Group Conversation

Take a quick tour through the scales and items that have worked (and not worked) for a recent ITEST evaluation conducted with middle and high school students. Then look ahead to instruments we are considering for a new ITEST project that begins data collection with elementary school students

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NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Principal Investigator & Evaluator Convening 2014

STELAR hosted the NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Principal Investigator & Evaluator Convening on Tuesday, August 19, and Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

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STELAR Webinar: Using Social Media to Disseminate Your Project Work

Presenter: Barb MacEachern, SportsLab: 2020

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STELAR Webinar: 2014 NSF ITEST Solicitation Information

STELAR hosted an informational webinar with an NSF Program Officer on Wednesday, September 3, 2014,  on the most recent ITEST Solicitation (NSF 14-512).  

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STELAR Webinar: Mentoring Models in ITEST Projects

Results from the Management Information System, which collects data from all active ITEST projects about what the projects do and whom they serve, showed that 51% of ITEST projects in the 2013-2014 school year included mentoring of youth participants as one of their project activities. During

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STELAR Webinar: Professional Development in ITEST Projects: Models and Examples

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STELAR Webinar: Youth Motivation Webinar - Findings from ITEST

This webinar focused on current findings from the ITEST program related to youth motivation and STEM career development. Participants heard from ITEST projects working across the U.S. to learn specific strategies for as well as successes and challenges with fostering and assessing youth

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STELAR Reception at NSTA

STEM Learning and Resource Center (STELAR) hosted an outreach event to introduce the goals of STELAR, celebrate the launch of our website, and to make new connections in conjunction with the NSTA conference in Boston.

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ITEST Webinar: Positionality Matters: Understanding Culture and Context From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders

Moderator: Alyssa Na'im

Presenters: Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Sustainable Future; Pam Van Dyck, Evaluation Resources; Karen Yanowitz, CSI; Angelique Tucker Blackmon, Try-IT

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ITEST Webinar: Using Gaming & Computer Simulations for Youth Engagement & Learning

Presenters: David Gibson, Global Challenge Award; Steve Bean/Jacob Martinez, Girl Game Company

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ITEST Webinar: Environmental Science Student and Teacher Showcase

Presenters: Siobhan Bredin, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Cynthia Newson, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; CREST PIs and participants; Urban Ecology PIs and participants

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ITEST Webinar: Curriculum Showcase

Presenters: Karen Michaelson, RSSIT; Walt Allan/Jeri Erickson, EcoScience Works; Claudia Morrell, ESTEEM; Mike Barnett, Urban Ecology; Harry Helling, SeaTech

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ITEST Webinar: Engaging Diverse Learners in STEM

Moderator: Sarita Pillai, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC

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ITEST Webinar: Scale-Up of ITEST Projects: Models, Challenges & Strategies

Presenters: Chris Dede, PI, Studying Technology-based Strategies for Enhancing Student Interest in STEM Careers through Algebra Curricula in Grades 5-9; Beth McGrath, PI, BISU; Carolyn Staudt, PI, ITSI-SU; Brad Barker, PI, National Robotics in 4-H: Workforce

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ITEST Webinar: NSF ITEST Convening: Defining an Afterschool Research Agenda

Presenter: Tony Streit, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Carrie Parker, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative; Siobhan Bredin, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Jennifer Adams, attendee; Priti Gupta,

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ITEST Webinar: Using Embedded Assessment for Increasing Student Motivation and Teacher Engagement

Presenter: Dan Damelin, RI-ITEST

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ITEST Webinar: Youth Motivation, Interest, and Identity and STEM Career Development

During this webinar, participants heard from ITEST projects working across the U.S. to learn specific frameworks for fostering and assessing youth motivation and STEM career interest. This webinar discussed recent developments in theory and measurement of youth interest in STEM careers. The

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ITEST Webinar: STEM Careers Quarterly Webinar Series: Bioscience Careers

Moderators: Jeanne Chowning, Bio-ITEST; Dina Kovarik, Bio-ITEST

Presenters: Sam Tran, Amgen; Piper Schwenke, NOAA

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ITEST Webinar: Diversifying the STEM Workforce: The ITEST Program

Presenters: Siobhan Bredin, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Cynthia Newson, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Dr. Kimberly A. Scott, COMPUGIRLS; Dr. Kevin Clark, Game Design Through Mentoring and Collaboration; Dr.

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Seventh Annual NSF ITEST Summit: STEM Career Development: Nurturing Interest, Persistence, and STEM Self-efficacy

In addition to an NSF cross-program panel and keynote addresses, this Summit featured numerous breakout sessions hosted by ITEST project PIs and evaluators in 4 strands: Shaping educational pathways to STEM careers, Embedding research and assessment into project work,

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Fifth Annual NSF ITEST Summit: Using Evaluation Research Methodology to Inform Workforce Development Strategies and Project Scale-up

This Summit's focus was on Using Evaluation-Research Methodology to Inform Workforce Development Strategies and Project Scale-Up. Several of the summit presentations and panels were archived.

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Fourth Annual NSF ITEST Summit: New Learning and the New Learner: Harnessing IT to Reinvent the Education Landscape

This Summit's focus was on New Learning and the New Learner: Harnessing IT to Reinvent the Education Landscape. Key Summit activities addressed these important issues facing our nation's workforce:

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Ninth Annual NSF ITEST Summit

Recorded webinar sessions from the Ninth Annual NSF ITEST Summit are linked below.

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ITEST Webinar: Research and Strategies for Engaging African American and Latino Families in Informal STEM Education

Presenters: Jacob Martinez, Project Director, Watsonville TEC, Animando a Estudiantes con Technologia (AET); Patrik Lundh, Education Researcher, SRI International, Girls InnovaTE3

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ITEST Webinar: Steps along the Pathway: Charting an Outcomes-Based Career Development Continuum for Hands-On STEM Programs

Presenters: Svetlana Darche, WestEd; Erin Fender, Career Academy Support Network

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ITEST Webinar: Q&A Webinar: Strategies for ITEST Proposal Development

Presenters: Daryl Williams, NSF; Ruth Kermish-Allen, CREST; Kevin Clark, Game Design Through Mentoring and Collaboration; Patrik Lundh, Studio STEM; Jacob Martinez, TEC

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ITEST Webinar: Curriculum Developed in the ITEST and COSEE Programs

Presenters: Siobhan Bredin, ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDC; Liesl Hotaling, COSEE

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STELAR Webinar: 2013 NSF ITEST Solicitation Information

STELAR hosted two webinars to provide information and answer questions about the 2013/2014 NSF ITEST Solicitation.

The first informational webinar took place on December 12, 2013.

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Opportunities

Call for Participation - Join a STELAR Working Group!

STELAR invites ITEST project members interested in the topics listed below to join working groups designed to explore areas of broader interest to NSF.

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NSF 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase - Call for Participation

This online event will showcase cutting-edge NSF-funded work to improve teaching and learning and will allow colleagues affiliated with MSPnet, CADRE, CIRCL, CAISE, STELAR, CS10Kcommunity, and ARC to view, discuss, and comment on each others’ work.

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Journal of Science Education and Technology ITEST Special Issue Call for Papers - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 30

CALL FOR PAPERS – Special issue on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Development Education

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Important Dates

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People Connector Directory for ITEST Proposals

Looking for an evaluator for your proposal or project? Need specific research expertise on your team? Use our People Connector Directory to find people who have skills you need, or to list yourself as a resource to others.

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Publications

Artificial Intelligence and Learning: NSF ITEST Projects At-A-Glance

Artificial intelligence (AI) is permeating the world around us, changing the ways we live, work, and learn.

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Developing the Next Generation of Talent: Perspectives from the Field on Equity and the Future of Work

This informative report extends prior reports on the Future of Work to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in light of recent historical events.

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ITEST Portfolio Overview 2022

This report provides an overview of the ITEST portfolio's current projects. The information included was curated with new ITEST proposal writers in mind so that you can become more familiar with the program and current project trends.

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STEM Learning & Resource Center (STELAR): Supporting Engineering Education within the NSF ITEST Program

STELAR submitted the attached paper in conjunction with our participation in a poster session held for NSF-grantees at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference.

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K–8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work

This framework identifies 10 foundational career competency areas correlated to characteristics of future work at the Human Technology Frontier and what thought leaders in the field believe successful workers in those environments need to know and be able to do.

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ITEST Snapshot 2018: An Overview of NSF's ITEST Program

The attached document provides an overview of the National Science Foundation's ITEST Program.

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ITEST Data Brief: Partnerships in ITEST

ITEST Data Brief Volume 5, Issue 1, August 2018. This data brief explores the partnerships that ITEST projects engage in for project planning and design, implementation, dissemination, and evaluation.

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Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

The proliferation of new technologies has changed the way we live, learn, and work.

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ITEST SNAPSHOT 2017: An Overview of NSF's ITEST Program

The attached document provides an overview of the National Science Foundation's ITEST Program.

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ITEST Data Brief: ITEST Dissemination Strategies

ITEST Data Brief Volume 3, Issue 4, January 2017. This data brief explores the strategies that ITEST projects use to communicate their findings, including the products they create, where they disseminate their work, and what audiences they reach.

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STEM Pathways: Examining Persistence in Rigorous Math and Science Course Taking

From 2006 to 2012, Florida Statute §1003.4156 required middle school students to complete electronic personal education planners (ePEPs) before promotion to ninth grade.

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Innovations and Challenges in Project-Based STEM Education: Lessons from ITEST

For over a decade, the National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program has funded researchers and educators to build an understanding of best practices, contexts, and processes contributing to K-12 students’ motivation and participation

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Journal of Science Education and Technology Special Issue - Stories from ITEST: Inspiring Young People to Pursue STEM Careers

The ITEST program has enabled creativity, experimentation, and cultural responsiveness in STEM education and workforce development and broadened participation in STEM initiatives to Native American communities, underresourced urban communities, girls, and populations underrepresented in STEM

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ITEST Data Brief: Research Methods in ITEST

ITEST Data Brief Volume 3, Issue 3,

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Promising Approaches to Broadening Youth Participation in STEM

This paper, based on a review of over 200 publications related to approximately 110 ITEST projects, seeks to respond to the broadening participation question in the ITEST solicitation. While all ITEST projects include “broadening participation” as a central goal, we found that publications

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Engaging Teachers in Supporting Next Generation STEM Learning

This synthesis paper highlights projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s Innovating Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant program that are either primarily designed to support teacher learning or that incorporate teacher learning in a significant way.

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STEM Learning Games and Game Design in ITEST Projects

This synthesis is based on a review of publications from ITEST projects, specifically relating to STEM learning games and game design experiences for students.

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ITEST Data Brief: ITEST Projects Funded in 2015

ITEST Data Brief Volume 3, Issue 2, July

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Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research

This report presents important takeaways from a one-day National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported Forum, “Next Generation STEM Learning for All,” organized by Education Development Center (EDC)

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ITEST Data Brief: ITEST in Action

ITEST Data Brief Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2016
This data brief provides information on the composition of ITEST project participants, what activities they engage in, in what settings, and what projects feel contributes to their project's success based on projects submissions to the 2014-

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ITEST Snapshot 2016: An Overview of NSF's ITEST Program

The attached document provides an overview of NSF's ITEST Program from 2003-2015.

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An Overview of NSF's ITEST Program

The attached document provides a snapshot of NSF's ITEST Program from 2003-2014.

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ITEST Data Brief: Project Strategies to Engage Underrepresented Populations

ITEST Data Brief Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2015

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A Learner-Centered Design Method for Educational Technology

This paper aims to share EDC’s learnings from developing and implementing this method including addressing issues of trust between youth and adult team members, appropriately acknowledging youth contributions, balancing the roles of mentors and adult design partners, and making dynamic

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STELAR Brochure 2015

The STELAR Brochure is a two-page document that contains detailed information about STELAR's goals and the services STELAR provides to the ITEST community.

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The ITEST Community of Practice: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

This paper summarizes lessons learned from eight years of hosting a national resource center for the ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) program, funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Innovative Uses of IT Applications in STEM Classrooms: A Preliminary Review of ITEST Teacher Professional Development

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program provides a unique opportunity to assess a broad spectrum of professional development projects that share key characteristics but were designed to meet distinct

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The Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program: Teachers Developing the Next Generation of STEM Talent

This article is part of a special issue of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE). It introduces and summarizes how the six articles describe specific ITEST teacher development projects, provide portraits of these projects, and address important themes that cross ITEST

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ITEST Project Overviews: WGBH Videos

The WGBH Educational Foundation and the Education Development Center, Inc. collaborated to create a series of six individual ITEST project profile videos and multiple video clips submitted by projects and edited by WGBH.

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Connecting Informal STEM Experiences to Career Choices: Identifying the Pathway

The focus of this literature review is out-of-school time activities in informal environments, a “vastly understudied” set of experiences (Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development 1992), and the role these experiences can have in shaping the direction of youth to pursue

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Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM: A Report on the NSF ITEST Convening

This report outlines the discussions and outcomes of the Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM Convening held at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) in September 2011.

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A Program Director's Guide to Evaluating STEM Education Programs: Lessons Learned from Local, State, and National Initiatives

In today's world of high accountability, strong evidence on intended outcomes is key to building credibility and replicability of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.  This primer, for program directors/managers, educators and others responsible

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Engaging Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: The Future Workforce

This report on a webcast hosted by the ITEST Learning Resource Center identifies resources and key success strategies for engaging girls in STEM, offered by an expert panel of speakers from the ITEST community, private sector and research and policy

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Computational Thinking for Youth

The ITEST Small Working Group on Computational Thinking (CT) has completed its White Paper titled: Computational Thinking for Youth.  The paper aims to describe what computational thinking looks like when practiced by youth in ITEST and other

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News

ITEST Proposal Quick Reference Guide 2023

This document is STELAR’s high-level summary of the required elements of your ITEST proposal. This is not intended to replace a careful review of both the solicitation as well as the PAPPG, but rather provides a checklist of all of the components to ensure each is addressed...

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COVID-19 Resources for the ITEST Community

As we all face the challenges of COVID-19, making connections between communities and sharing resources with colleagues has become increasingly important. We would like to reassure you that STELAR is here for our community.

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Announcing STELAR 3.0

With gratitude for support from the NSF, we are pleased to announce that the STELAR center will continue to support the ITEST program community through 2023.

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STELAR Year in Review: 2016

STELAR released the following publications featuring the work of the ITEST community in 2016: 

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ITEST Dissemination Products

The attached document lists a selection of ITEST dissemination products as reported on the 2014-2015 MIS including articles, books, curricular materials and videos.

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New Report Calls STEM Learning a "Social Justice" Issue

The new report Next Generation STEM Learning For All: Envisioning

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New ITEST Data Brief Published

The ITEST program specifically targets its work toward engaging the participation of youth who have been traditionally underrepresented in post-secondary STEM education and the STEM workforce, including, but not limited to, “… women, underrepresented minorities (African

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ITEST Symposia at AERA

The AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research.

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ITEST Conference Symposia for 2015

STELAR collaborated with ITEST projects on a number of conference symposium proposals during 2014 for the 2015 conference year. We are thrilled that these three proposals have been selected so far.

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EDC to continue leadership of ITEST Resource Center in “STELAR”

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected EDC to continue its role as the resource center for the ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) program.

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Blog

Imagining the Future of Work: The Equity Systems Change Compass

Author: Clara McCurdy-Kirlis

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ITEST Solicitation 22-585: Initial Tips and Takeaways

NSF released the ITEST solicitation (NSF 22-585) on April 14, 2022, to cover proposals submitted between 2022-2024. STELAR has reviewed changes in this solicitation from the previous (19-583) and share some of our takeaways...

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10 Ways to Prepare Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Workforce

This is a reposting of a blog originally published on 

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ITEST Proposals Move to Research.gov

NSF has formally announced that FastLane will no longer accept any proposals to either the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) or the Discovery Research pre-K—12 (DRK-12) Programs.

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The Road Ahead: STELAR’s New Resources
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Leveraging Student Strengths in STEM: Tips for ITEST Proposal Writers

The “Solicitation Specific Review Criteria” section of your proposal should draw out the elements of your intervention design that has been informed by empirically-backed approaches to leverage student strengths...

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Developing a Competitive ITEST Proposal: Tips from the STELAR Center 2022

As the resource center for the NSF ITEST Program, STELAR assists both ITEST grantees and those interested in submitting a proposal. Each year we host solicitation webinars on behalf of NSF, which allow program officers to provide direct information and answer questions from participants. While

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Artificial Intelligence Is Coming. What Does That Mean for Us? It’s time to talk about how artificial intelligence may reshape our lives—and how humans can maintain control.

Throughout history, advances in technology have drastically changed how humans live and work. But today, innovations such as artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, and biotechnology are so revolutionary—and occurring so quickly—that they have the potential to upend whole industries and

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Building the Foundational Skills Needed for Success in Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

Our recently-released paper explores the future of work, expanding the conversation to include the importance of work for social stability, the challenges associated with broadening participation at the Human-Technology Frontier, the psycho-social factors affecting career development at the

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What does it mean to be literate and equitable in engineering?

About 50 researchers and practitioners from around the country convened at the University of Texas at San Antonio on May 2-3, 2017, to set an agenda for research and practice towards making engineering and engineering education more equitable.

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On the Program for K-12: Computational Thinking

EDC’s Joyce Malyn-Smith discusses how technology can help all students extend their own thinking and solve complex problems.

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STELAR Insider: A look at the ITEST Management Information System (MIS)

The Management Information System (MIS) survey is distributed to ITEST projects annually every fall. This blog post was written about the 2015-2016 MIS, our eighth running of the MIS.

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ITEST projects address NSF priorities on youth participation, teacher professional development and broadening participation in STEM

STELAR is excited to announce the publication of four syntheses that describe results of the ITEST program since its beginning in 2003.

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Outstanding STEM Learning For All: New EDC Report Shares NSF Forum Findings

This is a reposting of a blog originally published on Education Development Center, Inc.'s Learning and Teaching website.

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Reflections on Youth Motivation in STEM Webinar

What role does community, family, and culture play in the motivation to learn? What motivates young people to participate in STEM learning experiences? What do these experiences teach them about STEM educational and career paths?

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STELAR Reception at NSTA

On April 2, 2014 the STEM Learning and Resource Center (STELAR) hosted an outreach event to introduce the goals of STELAR, celebrate the launch of our website, and to make new connections in conjunction with the NSTA conference in Boston.

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Cultivating a STEM-Savvy Workforce

Today’s world is a global marketplace driven by technology. Rapid advances in technology have changed both the work we do and how we do it. With the new affordances of the “cyberinfrastructure” we now have access to vast amounts of information online.

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STELAR Center Launches

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected EDC to continue its role as the resource center for the ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) program.

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