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I was visiting Outreached Arms, a homeless outreach mission in the First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, with a game design team from the G-Mites Game Design class at Seton LaSalle. Two of the game designers were high school boys from China. We were asking Rob, one of the leaders of the of the program, about …
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Originally Published in The Cranberry Eagle Source: Eagle Staff Writer Written by:By Caleb Harshberger Published:July 19, 2017 Grant Harsch, front, and Ellen Cavanaugh, participate in a weeklong program about computer gaming at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School. The program is put on by Grow a Generation. Local students spent last week delving into game …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/07/21/g-mites-game-design-program-teaches-theory-design/
Thank you Bob for the empowering words!! My daughter Quincy Sirko will be going to 5th grade at Baden Academy next year. Quincy is part of your gifted program, and has participated in the Research Fellows program, Dragon Tags and Future Engineers. Last year I was unable to attend the Imagination Celebration. My wife …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/30/a-special-note-from-a-dad-and-engineer/
CWNC TEACHERS HONORED Three teachers from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic were recently honored for the completion of year-long Distinguished Educator Research Fellowships through Grow a Generation. Amy Murray developed a Zebrafish Aquaria in her classroom and enabled 16 of her AP Biology students to compete in the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair doing sophisticated …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/30/cranberry-incommunity-feature-cwnc-distinguished-educators/
How would you like to be part of a team making a game about the WW2 missions of the C47 SkyPlane flown by Captain Edward “Elmo” Frome. This particular plane flew two Resupply missions over the Battle of the Bulge on December 24th and December 26th, 1944 in which it dropped supplies from parapacks as well …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/26/needed-game-design-team-members/
Barbee the Bee Visits Sr. Lyn’s Beehive, the book penned by 4 Baden Academy Research Fellows, was featured in today’s Pittsburgh Catholic.
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/18/barbee-the-bee-featured-in-the-pgh-catholic/
Chris Shovlin from Frontiers in Learning recently hosted Mrs. Hannah Kimmick and I in their studio for a radio interview about the 6 Baden Academy Distiguished Educators. Tune into the recorded podcast for the interview! http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=1183473&cmd=apop
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/11/frontiers-in-learning-hosts-hannah-kimmick-and-i/
For more than two years this phenomenal woman and professional has served as Star Lord to my Galactic Problem Solving. She has helped mentor over a hundred kids in the Baden Academy Media Lab, has led another hundred on STEM Career Tours, and served as confidant, business consultant, professional organizer and project manager. She is …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/06/08/saying-a-professional-farewell-to-leah/
Thank you to Amerigo Allegretto for a great write up on Research Fellow Anna Rutkowski’s new book Nanoparticle Superheroes Defeat Evil Microbes. The text follows: CWNC senior writes children’s book about Pittsburgh scientist Source: Eagle Staff Writer Written by: Amerigo Allegretto Published: June 5, 2017 CRANBERRY TWP — Anna Rutkowski may be going to college soon …
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This ingenious tale not only recounts the story of Newton’s famous prism experiments and discovery of color, but also helps students learn about the difference between facts and inferences. The story is brought to life by the kindergarten students of Kelli Keriotis, whose faces are photoshopped into classical images of history. What questions does Newton’s …
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