Tech education
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Advanced Placement TestingLink: http://iei.nd.edu/programs/advanced-placement-training-incentive-program-ap-tip-in/
The Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program for Indiana (AP-TIP IN), in partnership with National Math and Science (NMS), works with educators statewide. The goal is to expand the expert teaching of College Board Advanced Placement (R) or AP courses to make significantly more public high school students better prepared for careers in the workforce of the future. We prepare Indiana students for college by engaging them in rigorous math, science, and English coursework. We support them by delivering high quality professional development to their teachers and we continue to support those teachers through the use of our Content Directors. We provide greater opportunities for students to engage in their work and we reward them for their success. The two main goals are
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Bloomberg Brink TV SeriesLink: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/bloomberg-brink/
Each of these episodes shows the remarkable advancements we are making in technology. |
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Challenger Learning CenterLink: http://www.clcnwi.com/
Our mission is to create an exciting learning environment that promotes the continued exploration of the Earth and space sciences through innovative programs that challenge how teachers educate, students learn and businesses operate. We seek to foster in the community a long-term interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Our vision is to merge the power of a child’s imagination with the excitement of discovery. On January 28, 1986, the seven crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger/STS-51L “Teacher in Space” mission set out to broaden educational horizons and advance scientific knowledge. Their mission exemplified man’s noblest and most wondrous qualities – to explore, discover, and teach. To the nation’s shock and sorrow, their Space Shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. In the aftermath of the Challenger accident, the crew’s families came together, firmly committed to the belief that they must carry on the spirit of their loved ones by continuing the Challenger crew’s educational mission. In April 1986, they created Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center). They envisioned a place where children, teachers and citizens alike could touch the future: manipulate equipment, conduct experiments, solve problems, and work together-immersing themselves in space-like surroundings. The goal: to spark youth interest and joy in science and engineering; a spark that could change their lives. The result: the creation of a Challenger Learning Center. |
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Code AcademyLink: http://www.codecademy.com/
Codecademy is an education company. But not one in the way you might think. We're committed to building the best learning experience inside and out, making Codecademy the best place for our team to learn, teach, and create the online learning experience of the future. Education is old. The current public school system in the US dates back to the 19th century and wasn't designed to scale the way it has. Lots of companies are working to "disrupt" education by changing the way things work in the classroom and by bringing the classroom online. We're not one of those companies. We are rethinking education from the bottom up. The web has rethought nearly everything - commerce, social networking, healthcare, and more. We are building the education the world needs - the first truly net native education. We take more cues from Facebook and Zynga in creating an engaging educational experience than we do from the classroom. We do not want to open up universities. We want to open up knowledge. Everyone knows something they can teach someone else and we want to help them do it. Our community has created tens of thousands of courses and taken millions of courses. At this point, more than a billion lines of code have been submitted to Codecademy. Education is broken. Come help us build the education the world deserves. Local Contact: Ms. Beth Harsch |
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CourseraLink: www.coursera.org/
Coursera provides universal access to the world’s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses online. Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions. Courses include recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums. When you complete a course, you’ll receive a sharable electronic Course Certificate. |
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EdLab GroupLink: http://www.edlabgroup.org/
The EdLab Group is a dynamic organization dedicated to educational innovation, developing and implementing programs and projects that create meaningful and widespread impact. We deliver programs statewide, regionally, nationally and internationally. Our staff have expertise in managing and scaling up large projects that include professional development for educators, informal educational experiences for youth, and exemplary practice dissemination for practitioners. |
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FastCompanyLink: http://www.fastcompany.com/
FastCompany is highlighting many of today's cutting edge ideas. |
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GALE, Lynda, Code Academy, Udactiy, Duolingo and Khan CoursesLink: http://www.libraryforlife.org/online-courses
The St. Joseph County Public Library offers free online Tech Courses to library card holders. |
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Harvard Business ReviewLink: http://hbr.org/
Get a free Harvard Business Education delivered to your computer by signing up for their daily Management Tips. If you are an educator, you can teach Harvard Business Case lessons here: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/ |
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Home Science tools - science projects for kidsLink: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/science-projects/c/1072/
Find fun science fair project ideas and hands-on experiments!Make science fair projects fun with quick & easy demonstrations, step-by-step tutorials, and lesson plans for all ages. Shop for great science supplies in some of our top categories: Science Kits, Microscopes, Chemistry Supplies, Agar & Petri Dishes, Force & Motion Apparatus. Free Monthly Science Newsletters! For step-by-step science projects, how-to project videos, fun worksheets, and more free content! |
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Huffington Post Science blogLink: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/science/
The Huffington Post Science Blog features national and international stories about Science. |
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Indiana Girls Collaborative ProjectLink: http://www.ngcproject.org/collaborative/indiana-girls-collaborative-project
Link: http://www.ngcproject.org/sites/default/files/ngcp-collaborationguide_0.pdf for program overview The Indiana Girls Collaborative Project brings together organizations throughout Indiana that are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Too often programs that serve girls in STEM are limited in service and impact due to size, location, funding, expertise, and equipment. In other cases, projects compete with each other, duplicating services and seeking the same resources. The Indiana Girls Collaborative Project provides the opportunity for programs to increase their ability to maintain interest and participation of girls in STEM within Indiana through collaboration. The Indiana Girls Collaborative Project is based upon a model developed by the National Girls Collaborative Project, and replicated through a grant from the National Science Foundation. Project activities are designed to facilitate connections between organizations to maximize access to shared resources. Collaboration, as an interactive process, enables professionals across projects and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond what one project or community could accomplish. The model is structured to bring organizations together to leverage resources, share information and exemplary practices, and to plan strategically to expand STEM-related opportunities for girls |
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iTunes ULink: https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/
"Apple’s iBooks Textbooks and iTunes U Course Manager products are being launched in brand new markets in Asia, Latin America, Europe and beyond according to a new press release from Apple, bringing the total number of markets that iBooks Textbooks now reaches to 51, and the total for iTunes U’s Course Manager to 70. Some of the new countries which now have access to the platforms include Brazil, Italy, Japan, Russia, Thailand and Malaysia. If you’re not familiar with the programs, iBooks Textbooks allows publishes to create interactive, digital-native texts for students that can be accessed using the iBooks app on any Mac or iOS device, while iTunes U Course Manager allows educators to create fully-guided course programs for use with the iTunes U iOS app. The two are tightly integrated, as texts used in iTunes U courses can be made available via iBooks." TechCrunch |
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John Hopkins University - Open CoursesLink: http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/find.browse#courses
OCW offers open materials and images from more than a hundred courses developed by the faculty of JHSPH, the world’s foremost institution of public health education and research. OCW is an expression of our mission to provide learning opportunities and teaching resources to all who pursue improvement of health and prevention of disease around the world. |
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MakerLink: http://makezine.com
Event Link: http://makerfaire.com/ Robot Maker Faire: http://www.robots21.com/ The Maker Magazine covers the Maker Movement. We are hoping to bring a Robot Maker Faire to our area. Want to be a part of it? Let us know! |
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MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)Link: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Get an MIT Education Free delivered to your computer. “The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.” Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT School of Engineering Unlocking Knowledge: MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Empowering Minds: Through OCW, educators improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them succeed; and independent learners enrich their lives and use the content to tackle some of our world’s most difficult challenges, including sustainable development, climate change, and cancer eradication. MIT is also having a Digital Summit: http://www.technologyreview.com/pressroom/pressrelease/20140303-mit-technology-review-announces-speakers-and-schedule-for-upcoming/ |
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New Tech High SchoolsLink: http://www.newtechnetwork.org/schools to find one in your area.
Link: http://www.newtechnetwork.org/sites/default/files/blocks/ntnoverview.pdf to read about the program An organization called the New Tech Network was formed through multiple generous grants, most notably from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and was tasked with opening more of these schools throughout the nation. Fast forward to today and there are now over 80 New Tech high schools in 16 states. Think this is just something for the west coast? Think again! Northeast Indiana has FIVE – soon to be SIX – New Tech high schools. New Tech Network works nationwide with schools, districts and communities to develop innovative public schools. We provide services and support that enable schools to fundamentally rethink teaching and learning. Our goal is to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life, college and the careers of tomorrow. |
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Oxford Math - OpenLink: https://courses.maths.ox.ac.uk/
Mathematics has a long history. Oxford Mathematics is younger, if 800 can be described as young. For an account of those eight centuries, see Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences, edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson, and published by Oxford University Press (second edition, published in September 2013). |
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Science News for StudentsLink: https://student.societyforscience.org/sciencenews-students
Blog of interesting science stories for students. |
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Scientific AmericanLink: http://www.scientificamerican.com/
One of the oldest publications to support, educate and foster scientific discoveries |
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TEDLink: http://www.ted.com
Fun Scinece: http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/05/fun-interesting-science-10-amazing-online-sources/ TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference and TEDGlobal -- TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize. TED conferences bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less). On TED.com, we make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 1500 TED Talks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks are subtitled in English, and many in other languages, too. |
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UdemyLink: https://www.udemy.com/
Udemy is a global marketplace for learning and teaching online where students are mastering new skills and achieving their goals by learning from an extensive library of over 42,000 courses taught by expert instructors. Learn from real-world experts on the topics they know best400+ leading practitioners, consultants, and luminaries at your fingertips. |
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UdacityLink: https://www.udacity.com/
Our online courses are built in partnership with technology leaders and are relevant to industry needs. Upon completing a Udacity course, you'll receive a verified completion certificate recognized by industry leaders. We offer a variety of tech courses to match your interests and skill level. Courses are self-paced and available 24/7, meaning you can work on them at a pace that accommodates your schedule. |
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WiredLink: http://www.wired.com/
Wired Magazine covers the business and innovation of technology. |
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Yale Courses - OpenLink: http://oyc.yale.edu/
Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.
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