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During the summer, you'll likely find most kids in swimming pools, collecting Pokemon or at camp.Most kids.But for 20 Cleveland high school students, their summer has been devoted to building an all-terrain, bomb-seeking robot.A team from the Youth Technology Academy at Cuyahoga Community College built the bot in anticipation of the Republican National Convention, to rove the grounds around the Quicken Loans Arena.Professor George Bilokonsky

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Students from Cuyahoga Community College's Youth Technology Academy have designed and built a specialized robot for use by the Cleveland police department's bomb squad. The all-terrain "YTA ScoutBot" allows officers to remotely view potentially hazardous areas to assess for threats. A panning camera on the mobile device provides a live video feed to the operator, who can be up to 400 feet away.The police department didn't have a

NARRAGANSETT, R.I., March 24, 2016—Teachers from Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts are participating in a year-long program in marine technology and ocean sciences at the University of Rhode Island’s Inner Space Center.The Marine Technology for Teachers and Students Project—funded by a $1.2 million National Science Foundation award—focuses on providing opportunities for teachers and students to explore new technologies in ocean sciences

Summer program in Rhode Island aims to expand interest in ocean studies at other schools.By Sean F. Driscoll for the Cape Cod TimesHYANNIS - Two Sturgis Charter Public School students will be getting a deep dive into the world of underwater sensors and robotics this summer at the University of Rhode Island.Sophia Beauregard, a sophomore from Bourne, and Cece Kane, a freshman from Harwich, will travel to Kingston for a week in July with Sturgis

Sturgis East mathematics teacher Stacey Strong has been selected as one of 12 teachers from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to participate in a yearlong "Marine Technology for Teachers and Students" professional development project at the University of Rhode Island's Inner Space Center. The project is financed by a $1.2 million National Science Foundation award and focuses on providing opportunities for teachers and students to

Two EDC instructional resources—the Grades 6-10 Transition to Algebra curriculum published by Heinemann and the free, related SolveMe Mobiles app—have won 2015 New England Book Show awards. For 58 years, the New England Book Show has recognized “outstanding work done by New England publishers, printers, graphic designers, and developers.” At a May 5 ceremony held at Symphony Hall in Boston, Bookbuilders of Boston conferred the awards to the two

STELAR congratulates ITEST collaborative research project, Creating a STEM Pipeline for Low Income and Immigrant Youth, also known as STUDIO: Build Our World, for receiving a silver medal in the 2017 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District VIII Communication Awards for the project video appearing below. STUDIO: Build Our World is an after-school STEM mentoring partnership between the University of Washington (UW) 3DL

STELAR released the following publications featuring the work of the ITEST community in 2016: Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research: a report on the one-day NSF-supported Forum, organized by EDC and SRI International. ITEST Syntheses: four reports that synthesize findings from ITEST projects over 13 years. STEM Learning Games and Game Design in ITEST Projects highlights 12 projects that

The attached document lists a selection of ITEST dissemination products as reported on the 2014-2015 MIS including articles, books, curricular materials and videos.View the ITEST Data Brief: ITEST Dissemination Strategies for more information on how ITEST projects communicate their findings.

Congratulations to ITEST PI Lori-Rubino Hare and her Power of Data colleagues on their article in Directions Magazine, the geospatial industry’s oldest and most respected source of information and news. The below is a brief excerpt, be sure to read the full article: http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/pod-program-fuels-student-enthusiasm… 27,000 middle and high school students rolling their eyes as they are asked the