As technology continues to advance and to make inroads into so many aspects of our every day life, the classroom in particular has been very keen to find new and more effective ways to deliver on the core mission statement: teaching.
One aspect in particular that has generated both massive interest and dialogue has been [...]
Why Science, an education technology company, welcomes the release of the first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) today. At Why Science, we are very excited about the NGSS, because it validates the approaches we have used to implement the STEM teaching and learning recommendations of the 1996 [...]
As you may already know, we are in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7 – May 11, 2012). There are so many things to enjoy about this particular event, but we should start at the top with a recognition that we appreciate everything that teachers do.
Walking into a classroom every day, [...]
Continue Reading →Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) and the New Haven Public Schools co-sponsored an event to honor two of our nation’s most influential outstanding scholars and education reformers, Dr. James P. Comer and Dr. Edmund Gordon, for their lifetime achievement towards closing the achievement gap.
The event, “A Conversation with Dr. James P. Comer and Dr. [...]
Continue Reading →On National Teacher Day, thousands of communities take time to honor their local educators and acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education. Why Science, an education technology company, is celebrating teachers by featuring a series articles on the use of technology to improve [...]
Continue Reading →Education Week is hosting a free webinar on how innovation and technology can improve student learning. The event will take place Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 3 to 4 p.m. ET.
See below for details of the webinar provided by Education Week.
Districts and schools across the country are leveraging digital technology to deliver individualized [...]
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Bulletin Issue 20, April 27, 2012: Earth Day With A Splash of STEM
Past Issues of Why Science Bulletin
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We are super excited about the upcoming 2012 Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC). The final event program is being held on Saturday, April 28 and will be on the UConn Campus. Complete details can be found here.
This is a big event for us for a number of reasons.
The first being that everyone here at Why Science places a tremendous value on the role of events like this within the large “edu-ecosystem”. Science fairs, technology contests and invention conventions are wonderful opportunities for us all to celebrate the best in our field.
Continue Reading →This year, 2012, will go down in history as the year Earth Day was celebrated by more people around the globe because of technology. At Why Science we celebrated Earth Day by exploring issues pertaining to the unintended consequences of technology on the environment by publishing a series of articles on the potential and drawbacks [...]
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Why Science delivers education technologies focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning. Our company creates customized technology learning solutions and educational workshops [...]
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- Video in the Classroom
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- New Haven CT Celebrates National Teacher Day by Honoring Researchers, Educators and Students for Outstanding Educational Achievement
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