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Below you can search a library of resources related to the major themes of the ITEST program. This library contains publications, newsletters, curricula, presentations, news items, and more. These resources will be useful to a variety of educators, policy-makers and researchers concerned with expanding the interests and skills of students and teachers in the fields of Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (STEM). Staff in the NSF ITEST Learning Resource Center (LRC) regularly add relevant resources. If you would like to suggest a resource, please send email to itestinfo@edc.org. You can sort the resources by any of the fields below. To search the STEM Education Instrument Database, please click here.

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News and Event

  • Science Museum of MN 'Invention Crew' paves way for future engineers

    Source: KARE 11.com
    By Kim Insley | May 2010
    Cash-strapped school districts struggle to come up with ever-changing demands for technology education. Increasingly, schools are developing partnerships to meet the demand.

    Saint Paul Public Schools is working with the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and Saint Paul College to bring a high level engineering program to students at Saint Paul public high schools.

    Students interview...

    07/12/2010 - 2:26pm
  • Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) - Summer 2010 E-News

    ITEST project Principal Investigator Beth McGrath shares news from CIESE
    Some of you may recall Nat King Cole’s summer anthem, that cele-brated the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” The summer of 2010 at CIESE has been anything but lazy--but maybe a bit crazy!

    Since last fall, CIESE has played a leadership role in garnering nearly $20 million in federal and state funding to advance K-20 (elementary through graduate) STEM education. As a result of these grants...

    07/28/2010 - 10:30am
  • Students say goodbye to CREST

    Published by the Island Institute - The Waterfront
    by Cherie Galyean

    After five years, thousands of students, and over 40 community-based projects, the Community for Rural Education Stewardship and Technology project, CREST, is winding down. The $2 million National Science Foundation-funded Island Institute program, part of the Information Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers (ITEST) initiative, has spent the past five years linking...

    07/28/2010 - 10:55am
  • Scientist Goes Mad for Philanthropy and Teaching

    Memorial Sloan Kettering scientist brings graduate-level research opportunities to underprivileged students; launches 10th Year of NSF-funded Harlem Children Society.

    NEW YORK, 25 June 2010 – Memorial Sloan Kettering molecular geneticist, Dr. Sat Bhattacharya, has set out to bring serious science to poor and minority students of New York. Working with a handful of volunteers in a tiny, cluttered office on the Upper East Side, Dr. Sat, president of...

    08/05/2010 - 12:44pm
  • Getting NYC Teens Into Science

    Monday, July 19, 2010
    Source: WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820
    By Beth Fertig

    Educators have long complained that U.S. students are falling behind other countries in science. There’s also a shortage of blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans in the sciences. An organization in New York City has been devoted to increasing those numbers for the past 10 years through summer internships in prestigious science and medical labs.

    At City College's chemical engineering lab, students...

    07/19/2010 - 1:34pm
  • Wireless Ed-Tech Conference--Hosted in part by ITEST PI Chris Dede

    Wireless EdTech Conference 2010

    October 29th, 2010

    Westin City Center | Washington, DC

    The United States is embarking on a groundbreaking effort to redesign education for our 21st century society. The policy, process and technology infrastructures that are adopted over the next few years will shape education for decades. A key component is the ability to harness wireless technology that is designed to evolve with advances in today’s education environment.

    Please...

    10/29/2010 (All day)
  • Awakening the 'tech' in girls' brains

    Source: Arizona State University (ASU) online
    Written by Julie Newberg and Sharon Keeler
    Fifteen-year-old Rosenda Rivera is gradually watching her Akimel O’odham language fade away. Only 8 percent of the people in her Gila River Indian Community know it and most are elderly. Rivera is producing a video that explores this language loss to raise awareness of the issue.

    An hour away in downtown Phoenix, Aimee Angulo, 13, has watched girls in her community face the...

    08/10/2010 (All day)
  • Bioinformatics Education Should Start in High School

    Source: Xconomy
    Jodie Spitze 9/7/10
    The Puget Sound region is home to more than 175 biotechnology institutions. These facilities have many of the brightest minds focused on improving health here and around the world. As a high school science teacher, one of my aims is to excite students about rapidly growing and rewarding career pathways. Those who excel in the sciences typically hope to pursue careers in medicine or veterinary science.

    But what about discovering cures...

    09/07/2010 (All day)
  • Helping students reach higher

    Reach for the Sky program offers White Earth students a closer look at STEM disciplines
    Source: University of Minnesota news
    By Rick Moore

    Keeping middle school kids enthralled with the idea of a career in math, science, or engineering is never an easy task, and it can be even more of a challenge in Native communities. That’s where the Reach for the Sky (RFTS) program comes in.

    Reach for the Sky has been a three-year partnership—funded by the National...

    09/23/2010 (All day)
  • NCSU researchers build STEM Teams for rural areas

    Source: localtechwire | October 2010
    RALEIGH, N.C. – Students who grow up in small, rural towns do not have the same exposure to high-tech jobs as their "big city" counterparts and may not be aware of what it takes to be a rocket scientist or video-game programmer, according to N.C. State University.

    With an increasing need for workers to fill science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers in the United States, educational researchers at N.C. State are finding...

    10/04/2010 (All day)
  • Cyberlearning Tools for Stem Education (CyTSE) Conference

    This ITEST project will be bringing together researchers, developers and K-12 STEM educators who want to use new cyberlearning tools to engage and educate the current net-savvy generation about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Visit the website for more details and register at http://cyberlearningstem.org/.

    03/08/2011 (All day) - 03/09/2011 (All day)
  • Girl Game Company featured in Compendium of Best Practice K-12 STEM Education Programs

    The Research Department and the Center for Youth Success at ETR Associates are proud to have our Girl Game Company program featured among 38 best practice programs in the 2010 edition of the Bayer Corporation’s Planting the Seeds for a Diverse US STEM Pipeline: A Compendium of Best Practice K-12 STEM Education Programs. View the document at the website or attachment listed below.

    09/09/2010 (All day)
  • CT Science Center hosting cyber-challenge

    Source: Hartford Business Journal Online
    Nearly 200 Connecticut high school freshmen will spend Monday competing in mental gymnastics and exploring the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, courtesy of the state's biggest business lobby, the science center and others.

    The second year of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association's Education Foundation's Cyber-Challenge places high-school students in teams to answer complex questions posed by four of...

    09/24/2010 (All day)
  • Worms May Hold Clues to Neurological Disorders

    Source: National Science Foundation website
    Basiru Leigh is conducting research on motor neuron disease in the Columbia University lab of Oliver Hobert, thanks to an NSF-supported Harlem Children Society science and engineering mentoring program

    Basiru Leigh peers into a microscope in the lab of Oliver Hobert of Columbia University in New York. Leigh is examining mutant ground worms from a species known as C. elegans.

    "There! You see?" he exclaimed. "They are moving...

    09/22/2010 (All day)
  • Why Social Media Tools Need to Be Used in Educational Settings

    Presenter: Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, Dissemination/Social Media Specialist, Education Development Center

    Session Format: Concurrent Session
    Social media has a bad reputation, but it offers many benefits to students and teachers that can aid learning. Students are already using these tools to communicate outside of the classroom. Learn how to use them wisely and effectively in the classroom to enhance learning and engagement, particularly in the...

    10/31/2010 - 9:45am - 10:45am