The LT Media Lab (LTML) and Austin Public Schools (APS) are celebrating three years of partnership. This “research-to-practice” partnership between is sponsored by the Hormel Foundation . LTML and APS have accomplished a lot together, but the true highlight of our work together has been the relationships and collaborations.
The Digital Media and Learning Competition has awarded funding for its Playlists for Learning Challenge to the SciGirls Code project.
Cassie Scharber was interviewed for a recent article in Minnesota Monthly magazine called “Battle of the Ages: Millenials vs Boomers.”
Scharber discussed how technology shapes connections between people, and that an "individu
LTML’s Lana Peterson and Cassie Scharber, along with Austin Public School’s, Amy Thuesen, recently offered a 6-hour workshop on Makerspaces at the Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls, MN.
Cassie Scharber recently presented at a Symposium focused on Youth Media and Digital Citizenship, sponsored by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.
Scharber joined others from the field of education, including b
The SciGirls Code project officially kicked off with a session and advisory board meeting at the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) conference in San Diego (July 11-14, 2016). LTML’s Cassie Scharber is a Co-PI on the project.
The SciGirls Code project is funded by NSF’s STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM + C) program.
Cassie Scharber and Rita Karl (Twin Cities Public Television) presented a poster at the recent 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE/GSE Program Workshop Broadening Participation: Research, Interventions, Impact in Baltimore, Maryland (May 22-May 24).
This workshop brought together leaders from the NSF ADVANCE and the Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE
LT staff and PhD students, Dr. Cassie Scharber, Lana Peterson, and Yu Hui Chang co-led a half-day Makerspace workshop for elementary teachers at Galtier Community School in St. Paul, MN. This LTML team co-led the workshop with Marc Patton, Galtier's technology integrationist.
"The day flew by!", one teacher shared during the final reflection with staff.
LT faculty, staff, and Phd students shared many presentations at the state’s largest educational technology conference, TIES 2015 = Breaking Through: Transforming Pedagogy with Technology from December 12-15, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.
Kris Isaacson presented with Richard Beach (professor emeritus in C&I): Sharing the Wealth: Fostering Teacher Participation on Instructional Re
Cassie Scharber and Nick Ross, LT Ph.D. student, participated in the National Council for Teachers of English Conference on November 21 in Minneapolis, MN.
Scharber and Ross led roundtable discussions as part of the Master Class, The Power of Transmedia: An Exploration into Literature Plus.