The Digital Media and Learning Competition has awarded funding for its Playlists for Learning Challenge to the SciGirls Code project.
Three members of the Bright Stars Project team — Yolanda Majors, Nick Ross, and Anne Crampton — recently presented at the Minnesota Center for Reading Research's Summer Literacy Workshop (August 8, 2016).
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
Students from the Learning Technologies program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota presented at the American Education Research Association’s 100th annual conference last week in Washington, D.C.
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
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Twin Cities PBS’s (TPT) National Productions Department a $1.2 million grant for a two-year media, educational outreach and research project, SciGirls Code: A National Connected Learning Model to Integrate Computing in STEM Learning with Middle School Girls.
This project is
The LT Media Lab (LTML) and Austin Public Schools (APS) are celebrating the culmination of their first year in partnership together and the launch of a second year (2015-2016). This “research-to-practice” partnership, which began in Spring 2014, is supported by the Hormel Foundation.
Last week ten representatives from the Learning Technologies program attended the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting (AERA). The group was busy presenting posters, papers, and roundtable discussions; presenting at special interest group (SIG) meetings; and, for some, attending their first AERA annual meeting.
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