Engaging Middle School Students in Student-directed Inquiry through Virtual Environments for Learning
PAEMST Nominations
There is still time to nominate exceptional K-6 grade teachers for the 2014 competition at the PAEMST website. Nominations close April 1, 2014.
NSSME Briefing Book Released
Horizon Research, Inc. (www.horizon-research.com) announces the release of the Briefing Book for the 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education. The Briefing Book is a compilation of several hundred ready-to-use PowerPoint slides displaying results from the study. Slides are organized in the following categories:
Story in STEM Education
CADRE sat down with DR K-12 PIs Roy Gould (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Jackie Miller (EDC) to talk about their work…and specifically their passion for using story in education.
Why is story such a powerful tool in the classroom? Listen in
Resources of Interest:
IES Releases FY14 SBIR Solicitations
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides awards to small business firms and partners for the research and development of commercially viable education technology products.
The IES SBIR Fiscal Year 2014 Program Solicitations are NOW OPEN
NSF Cyberlearning Solicitation Webinar
Join NSF program officers and CIRCL staff for an informational webinar on the current NSF Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies solicitation. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 18th from 1pm – 2:30pm ET.
After registering, you will receive a follow-up email with webinar access details.
SE Regional Noyce Conference
To learn more, visit https://sites.google.com/site/senoyce/.
DR K-12 Presenter:
- Cynthia Trawick, Morehouse College (Project: Morehouse College DR K-12 Preservice STEM Teacher Initiative)
SXSW edu Conference and Festival
To learn more, visit: http://sxswedu.com/.
DR K-12 Presenter:
- Jodi Asbell-Clarke, EdGE at TERC (Proejct: Leveling Up: Supporting and Measuring High School STEM Knowledge Building in Social Digital Games)
2014 Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on Math Education and Social Justice
To learn more, visit http://creatingbalanceconference.org/?page_id=930.
DR K-12 Presenter:
Vivian Lim, University of Pennsylvania and CUNY, Brooklyn College (Project: Learning Mathematics of the City in the City)