The U.S. Departments of Education and Defense announced the launch of “Learning Registry,” an open-source community and technology designed to improve the quality and availability of learning resources in education. Rather than creating an alternative destination to existing websites, Learning Registry is a communication system that allows existing educational portals and online systems to publish, consume, and share important information about learning resources with each other and the public, while respecting the privacy of individual users.Basic data about resources—grade level, subject area, and author—can be shared through Learning Registry, as well as more complex data such as curricular standards alignment information.
Via www.learningregistry.org
Archive for Education Innovation
New Open-Source Community and Registry from Depts of Education and Defense
Marlborough, MA Students Get a Head Start on Science
Marlborough High School’s early-college program, called STEM, integrates project-based learning and problem-solving for real-world applications across all subjects. Marlborough is the first of six school districts in Massachusetts to implement the STEM program. As part of it, juniors and seniors can take up to 16 college credits at Framingham State University.
Via articles.boston.com
Boston’s TILT Program Secures I3 Funding
Via blogs.edweek.org
Eighth-Grader Takes Java as a Second Language
Things have gone well: Chance hopes to get his Java certification by the end of 9th grade, and already has produced an app, Droidbox, which has been downloaded 500 times.
Via venturebeat.com
Nationwide, Community Colleges Lighting STEM Spark in K-12 Students
Science fairs, STEM-focused summer camps, and specialized teacher training are among the opportunities made available by community colleges to students and teachers interested in pursuing STEM subjects. Central Community College in Nebraska, for example, has a program called Project SHINE (Shaping High-quality Integrated Nebraska Education) that has both a teacher-training component and a STEM summer camp for 9th and 10th graders. Project SHINE director Dan Davidchik says that he has noticed “tremendous changes in the way teachers connect STEM with what goes on in business and industry.”
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The Transformative Potential of 3D Printers in the Classroom
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High-Tech Classroom Prepares Students for Careers
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Multifaceted Arizona Project Aims to Spark Young Students’ Enthusiasm about STEM
The project, spearheaded by Arizona State University, taps the expertise of faculty members from ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. “By combining the technical expertise and resources of the Schools of Engineering with the educational expertise and resources of the Teachers College, we will make a significant impact on the teachers of tomorrow as well as current teachers who are serving as mentors to our student teachers,” said Nancy Perry, assistant dean of Teachers College. “Ideally those mentor teachers will share the engineering-based learning tools with their colleagues and spread the impact of the project even further.”
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Feeding STEM Disciplines with Well-Trained Professionals Vital to Economic Recovery
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Conference Compares French, American Approaches to Science Education
Last week in Chicago, French and American scientists held a meeting of the minds to compare and contrast their respective approaches to science education. France’s mandate of primary school science reform, instated in 1996, emerged as a key difference. To date, the U.S. has not seen any unified effort to revitalize science education to the extent that France’s La main a la pate has. Prior to 1996, science was taught in less than five percent of French primary schools. Now, that number is between 30 and 40 percent. Among the challenges facing science education cited by representatives from the two countries: Teachers’ insecurities about their own science knowledge and scientists’ concerns that engaging in too much public outreach could cut in on valuable time in the lab. Read more about the “Cross Fertilization About Shared Experiences” conference.
