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This report is based on the experiences of schools and communities around the country, funded by the National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. Results show that taking part in an ITEST engineering project can lead to an increase in:… Read More
PBS LearningMedia hosts a collection of of classroom-ready, curriculum-targeted digital resources. Resources are aligned to Common Core and national standards and include videos and interactives as well as audio files, documents, and in-depth lesson plans. You can browse by standards,… Read More
The Earth Exploration Toolbook is a collection of computer-based Earth science activities that high school and college teachers can incorporate into their teaching. Each activity, or chapter, introduces one or more data sets and an analysis tool that enables users to explore some aspect of the… Read More
Tuesday, 04 November, 2014 12:00 PM - Tuesday, 04 November, 2014 01:00 PM
NSF program officers and CIRCL staff hosted an informational webinar on the current NSF Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies solicitation. The webinar took place on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014, from 12pm –1pm ET.Synopsis of Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies Program:The… Read More
Tuesday, 21 January, 2014 01:00 PM - Tuesday, 21 January, 2014 02:00 PM
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.Presenters: David Haury, National Science Foundation; Robert Russell, National Science Foundation; Sarita Pillai,… Read More
Mar 03 2014
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.In its nine-year tenure (2003–2012) leading the previous ITEST resource center, EDC provided highly regarded… Read More
The report, written by Janice Cuny (U. of Oregon) and William Aspray (CRA), is the result of a workshop that was held in June, 2000. Workshop participants included long-time members of the CSE academic and research communities, social scientists engaged in relevant research, and directors of… Read More
On Tuesday, September 8, 2009, The National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council released a new report calling for improvements and expansion of K-12 Engineering Education. The report indicates that K-12 engineering education has the potential to improve student learning and… Read More
Spatial literacy is a new frontier in K-12 education. This article describes a place-based introductory GIS/GPS middle school curriculum unit in which students used measuring tools, GPS units, and My World GIS software to collect physical and spatial data of trees to create a schoolyard tree… Read More
Geospatial technologies have emerged over the last 15 years as one of the key tools used by environmental scientists (NRC 2006). In fact, educators have recognized that coupling geospatial technologies with environmental science topics and scientific datasets opens the door to local and regional… Read More