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ITEST Project STUDIO: Build Our World Receives Communications Award
NewsSTELAR 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
January 2017 Newsletter
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Volume 4, Issue 1
STELAR Year in Review: 2016
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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
Career and Technical Education
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The goal of the ITEST program is to prepare the youth of our nation for the STEM workforce of the future. In exploring what this work will entail, and what pathways to these STEM careers will look like, many are turning to Career and Technical Education (CTE) for the answer. STELAR has recently partnered with Advance CTE, a national non-profit that works to support an innovative CTE system to prepares individuals to succeed in education and their
ITEST Dissemination Products
NewsThe 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.
POD Program Fuels Student Enthusiasm for STEM and GIS
NewsCongratulations 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
Project Spotlight: Middle School Pathways in Computer Science
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STELAR recently connected with members of the Middle School Pathways in Computer Science ITEST project, Principal Investigator Dr. Fred Martin and Akira Kamiya, Teacher Learning Center Director. CS Pathways is a partnership between UMass Lowell (UML), the Tri-City Technology Education Collaborative (TRITEC), and the urban school districts of Medford and Everett, Massachusetts. The project brings a computing curriculum based on creating socially
December 2016 Newsletter
NewsletterVolume 3, Issue 10
On the Program for K-12: Computational Thinking
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EDC’s Joyce Malyn-Smith discusses how technology can help all students extend their own thinking and solve complex problems.