…efforts across our organization as we open new doors in the world of technology integration, learning analytics and more. She brings a wealth of expertise in cognitive science that will…
Andy Zucker’s article, “Transforming Schools with Technology,” was featured in Independent School magazine. The special issue, focused on the theme of Teaching in a 2.0 World, won an award from…
…on a video game that’s teaching you something other than just blowing something up.” The Concord Consortium’s Geniverse software fits this description precisely, immersing students in a narrative game-like world…
…or in parallel. (Conflict does not mean combat.) Narrative. A story sets the game context with plot and characters in a fictional world. Ideally, the conflict provides the opportunity for…
…eclipse circulars for decades, and NASA’s eclipse bulletins after that. Fred retired in 2009, depriving the eclipse-chasing world of these marvelous documents, but the eclipse of 2017 pulled him back…
…Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is a strong advocate of cool roofs. It was estimated that painting all the roofs and pavements around the world…
…of the science behind climate change. But the “educational experiment” the world is conducting requires policymakers and the public to learn far more than science. Better understanding the economics, political,…
…February 13, 2014, is currently the world’s largest solar thermal power plant. With a gross capacity of 392 megawatts, it is enough to power 140,000 homes. It deploys 173,500 heliostats,…
The National Science Foundation funds SmartCAD—an intelligent learning system for engineering design Blog Post
…Simulations based on solving fundamental equations in science such as Newton’s Laws model the real world accurately and connect many science concepts coherently. Such simulations can computationally generate objective feedback…
…In the absence of real-world data, we have to rely on mathematical modeling. Fig.3: Daily air and ground temperatures on 1/1 This mission was accomplished in Version 4.9.3 of Energy3D,…