Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Which they love. Do you see what I’m doing?

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

STEM, an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an essential component of the educational experience. As the country rolled into the 21st century, STEM achievements in the US were behind those in other countries. In turn, the NSF came up with solutions to boost STEM programs in schools.

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Futurum

MAY 10, 2023

GeoPaths is an educational project designed to cultivate the scientific knowledge and skills needed to start a successful career in the field of geoscience. Led by Dr Lisa Doner, the project also provides mentors for its students and helps them find internships and develop skills that can boost their resumes and career prospects.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2024

So many discoveries, so many inventions, so much achieved, so much learned. And key to everything we do is leveraging what we have already done—often taking what in earlier years was a pinnacle of technical achievement, and now using it as a routine building block to reach a level that could barely even be imagined before.

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