Google is currently running a Google Science Fair 2012 in coordination a number of very well respected brands.
Needless to say, as we are a STEM Education Technology Company, we are also big fans of science fairs. In fact we try to write about science fairs often in large part because we hope that our simple act of shinning a bright light on these amazing events will in fact encourage even greater participation in subsequent science fairs.
Much like how technology has influenced so much of what happens inside the classroom, technology also is playing a very large roll in how we obtain information for all areas including STEM education. There are of course a number of great blogs as well as more traditional media outlets providing amazing coverage with regard to informing the public as well as our own education community with regard to STEM education but there are also a number of other avenues we can look to as well.
Earlier this week (February 7, 2012) President Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair. This event celebrated student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. As you are well aware if you have spent any [...]
Continue Reading →With countless digital and print books published each year, is finding reading material to engage students a daunting task? For nearly 40 years, NSTA and the Children’s Book Council have collaborated to select the best published each year for their list of Outstanding [...]
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The question of what is the most effective way to teach students is one that inspires immense passions, distinct opinions and many differing views. This is exactly the sort of question that should generate very big responses because the stakes are so high.
As times change, so to do teaching methods, and today we are [...]
Continue Reading →On behalf of everyone here at Why Science, an education technology company focused on STEM learning, we are extremely pleased to announce the pilot launch of our most recent product Adventures with Poly & Mer. Needless to say, this is a major announcement for [...]
Continue Reading →Just because teachers have classroom technology access doesn’t mean they are satisfied with their level of access, according to survey results released Monday at the Florida Education Technology Conference in Orlando. The endeavor from PBS LearningMedia, a digital division of the Public Broadcasting System, found that while more than 9 in 10 teachers [...]
Continue Reading →Of late we have seen so much potential emerging from the world of technology as relates specifically to education. From the perspective of Why Science, an education technology company, not only the pace of these breakthroughs, but also the scope of many of them has been extremely encouraging and we suspect [...]
Continue Reading →Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his third annual state of the union address. In a speech heavily focused on manufacturing, job training and tax reform, Obama took the time to outline why teachers matter. Our education technology company is committed to many of the same strategies and approaches to education [...]
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