May 28
Change the Equation (CTeQ), a STEM Education Initiative with board members from Intel, Exxon, and others, has analyzed billions of dollars of corporate donations into STEM education looking for the best Return On Investment. While they look to scalable programs, I would the partnership between FedEx and Baden Academy has met all the other criteria …
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Mar 29
FedEx opened their doors to five Baden Academy research fellows who journeyed to Neville Island to learn more about the technology behind the accurate and safe delivery of packages. The fascinating and thought provoking tour was part of 5th grade Owen R-K’s fellows project to research and test a new identification system for students to …
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Aug 25
“Going to the Moon may have been a hoax.” These were the opening lines in the Montréal Science Centre’s iDTV Newsroom space exploration activity. I visited the Centre last week while in Montréal, terribly excited and open to experience another phenomenal invitation to the public to get excited about science and technology. We bought our …
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Jun 28
Michael Jones, chief technology advocate at Google, gave the opening keynote at the 10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival. Michael was the chief technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search and the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide. He demonstrated two new technologies coming out of …
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Nov 20
It was amazing to see students at the end of 1st grade, only 2 years into the program, drawing electrical diagrams and cannibalizing circuitry from one toy to create something completely new. I attended the November 5 workshop by the Children’s Innovation Project at the CREATE LAB at Carnegie Mellon University. Melissa Butler and Jeremy Boyle presented the …
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Oct 07
I was given a chance to preview a new documentary film on the state of math education in the United States, The Biggest Story Problem: Why America’s Students are Failing at Math. The film opens with stories of Middle School students struggling in math and quotes some alarming statistics. Three quarters of US students fail …
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Sep 28
I am so excited about the recent Beaver County STEM Education Advocacy Coalition (long name – but it explains what we do) meeting. The meeting focused on assembling the numerous people in the county using robotics to share ideas and inspire those that have yet to foray into this technological jungle gym. As you read …
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Aug 03
I just finished five fantastic mornings with some brilliant hardworking middle schoolers, CMU Robotics Academy Curriculum on Robotics Engineering, seven Mindstorm robots, and five robot challenges. Life is good. Thank you to CCBC and the Beaver County STEM for sponsoring and encouraging such a great week, but most of all thank you to the parents willing to …
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May 10
A unanimous sentiment of our the co-authors is “The biggest, most important piece of advise I can give anyone interested in making games for a living is to start making games now.” A college degree is important, but that degree has to accompanied by a portfolio to the interview question: What games have you worked …
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May 03
Added April 2014: I am pleased to announce the Grow a Generation Game Design Master series in Scratch Programming for kids as young as 8 and teens new to programming. Find out more. My fourteen year old took a game design class in his school this year, one semester long, that introduced him to Multi …
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