technology

Highlights from the National Education Technology Plan (NETP)

by Mary Louise Helbig November 30, 2010 General Interest
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The US Department of Education recently released the 2010 National Education Technology Plan. You could read the entire plan, but if you’re looking for the highlights, read on below. The NETP suggests that we should apply advanced technology—technology we use today in our personal and professional lives—to improve education in the US.  In the document, [...]

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President Celebrates Winners of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Competitions

by Josh Salcman November 20, 2010 General Interest
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Last month, President Obama hosted the White House Science Fair in Washington to celebrate the winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions. The White House Science Fair is in keeping with a commitment the President made at the launch of his Educate to Innovate campaign last November to move [...]

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Check out this excellent collection of videos about math and science being put to use

by Josh Salcman April 18, 2010 General Interest
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Convoluted context alert! I found out about this site thanks to a comment posted by someone named Harley on this article about Virtual Nerd, which appeared on the website physorg.com. Harley had this to say: Excellent site – really like the “drill-down” to handle questions within a question, while not losing the “thread” of the overall [...]

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