As a fourth-grade teacher at Hopkins Elementary School in rural Somerset, Kentucky, Kayla Simpson leverages mobile technologies to nurture her students’ interest in learning and to grow effective critical thinkers and problem solvers. Since September 2018, Hopkins Elementary students have engaged in interactive, differentiated, self-directed learning experiences using connected tablets and mobile educational apps that support learning while in school.
Written by Cassandra Savel, corporate social responsibility intern
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The ON Semiconductor Foundation seeks to serve and provide for the needs of communities across the globe. Through its grant making, the ON Semiconductor Foundation is empowering and providing opportunities for growth among underrepresented populations. As an underrepresented population, the Latinx community in the United States faces challenges related to discrimination, economic poverty, immigration and community opportunity, which affect the experience of youth as they navigate childhood, adolescence and beyond.
Mark Case, Science Teacher at Southern Guilford High Schools
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Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride famously said: “If you can see it, you can be it.” This now common phrase has special truth in education. Wherever students are learning, seeing people like them represented – especially in ever-growing fields like STEM – helps build their confidence that they too can do anything.
Ishanya Singhal is currently pursuing her BFA in fibers at SCAD
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CALHOUN, Ga., November 18, 2020 / 3BL Media / — Durkan, together in partnership with NEWH, announced today that Ishanya Singhal of the Savannah College of Art and Design is the grand prize winner of the 2020 dscvr Student Design Competition.
The Subaru University Scholarship for Automotive Excellence Provides Six Scholars Per Year a Scholarship for an Associate Degree in Automotive Technology at Camden County College
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CAMDEN, N.J., November 12, 2020 /3BL Media/ – Today, Subaru of America, Inc. – in partnership with Rainbow PUSH Coalition (Rainbow PUSH) – announced a new scholarship program that will champion local students interested in pursuing a future in automotive technology.
by Saki Hashimoto, Learning Facilitator, TGR Foundation – A Tiger Woods Charity
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Student engagement, in either the in-person or virtual environment, is critical to learning. One way to immediately connect with students and heighten engagement is to teach in the student-centered approach. The student-centered approach emphasizes authentic opportunities for students to be creators of information, not just consumers of information.
Here’s a two-step process to make the student-centered approach come alive in your own teaching, no matter where learning is taking place:
STEAM/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Day, which falls annually on November 8, celebrates the importance of promoting these skills. These subjects inarguably advance society and STEAM/STEM programs promote fun and engaging ways for students to immerse themselves in these subjects.
SILVER SPRING, Md., November 6, 2020 /3BL Media/— Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are partnering to offer engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances. Held annually on November 8th, National STEM Day unites communities around the importance of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math to students in grades K-12.