Category Archives: STEM Education

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    TEDxNYED 2013 Inside-Outside
    April 27, 2013

    TEDxNYED is a New York City-based TEDx event focused on education. The theme of this year’s TEDxNYED is Inside-Outside, a discussion about education from both inside and outside schools and classrooms. This year, TEDxNYED will take place at Brooklyn Technical High School on April 27, 2013. This year’s event will feature frequent GETideas.org Hangouts on Air guest Don Buckley, Director of Innovation at the School at Columbia University.  What is TEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth…

      Related to: Cultivating Leadership, Designing Modern Learning Environments, Education Reform, ICT in Education, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, Social Media, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation
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    Constructing Modern Knowledge 2013
    July 9 - July 12, 2013

    The 2013 Constructing Modern Knowledge Conference will take place July 9-12 in Manchester, New Hampshire. From the event web site: Constructing Modern Knowledge is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out the fantastic event. Dale Doughtery, Eleanor Duckworth, Deborah Meier and…

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    GETideas.org’s Technology-Driven Innovation: What’s on the Horizon?
    March 20, 2013

    GETideas.org will be hosting another Google Hangout on Air focused on one of our four Learning Trends: Technology-Driven Innovation. Join GETideas.org’s Executive Director, +Mary Anne Petrillo  and distinguished thought leaders as they ponder current trends in educational technology and computer science education.   Show notes can be found here: http://goo.gl/Ld2KhVisit our Google+ page on the day of the event to watch the live broadcast: http://goo.gl/KSakm. You will also be able to view this in our…

      Related to: E-Learning, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation
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    Design Thinking Institute at Nueva’s Innovation Lab
    June 17 - June 20, 2013

    David Kelley, founder of IDEO and Stanford’s d.school, will be a special guest at a Design Thinking Institute hosted by the Nueva School in HIllsborough, Californina, June 17-20, 2013. During this hands-on event, educators will participate in the design thinking process themselves and will apply this knowledge while creating their own curriculum. All sessions will be held in Nueva’s unique innovation lab. 

      Related to: Primary/Secondary Education, Project-based Learning, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
    February 23, 2013

    Join this amazing in person or virtual event scheduled for Saturday, February 23 in US Time Zones. Over the course of the day, participants are going to build an online course that will serve as an “Introduction to Open Science”. According to the host organization, Creative Commons, the course, “will guide learners through concepts of Open Access, Open Research, Open Data, and finish with leading them to Open Science Communities….

      Related to: Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation, The Future of Digital Content
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    The 2013 School Leadership Summit
    March 28, 2013

    The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the inaugural virtual and worldwide School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March 28th, 2013. This free conference will be held online and will be a unique chance to participate in a collaborative global conversation on school leadership with presentations by your peers. The conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to leadership in a changing…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Cultivating Leadership, Designing Modern Learning Environments, E-Learning, Early Education, Education Reform, Game-based Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Media Literacy, Open Educational Resources, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, Research, Social Media, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Tech-driven Innovation, The Future of Digital Content, Transmedia
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    21st-Century Mathematics Conference
    April 22 - April 24, 2013

    The Center for Curriculum Redesign hosts the 21st-Century Mathematics Conference, focusing on top-level changes in the math curriculum in terms of topics and branches that should be added, as well as content that should be removed. Key questions for exploration at the conference include: What should the goal of mathematics be in the 21st century? What are the best-practices math curricula from around the world? 21st-Century Math Conference  |  Apr…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    California State Unis to Experiment with Offering Credit for MOOCs
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 15, 2013

    State universities in California, looking for creative ways to reduce education costs at a time of budget stress, are turning to massive open online courses (MOOCs) to offer low-cost options for students. San Jose State University (SJSU) today announced a pilot project with Udacity, a for-profit provider MOOCs, to create three introductory math classes. The courses will be free online, but students who want credit from SJSU will be able…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, E-Learning, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning