…that this type of change cannot be accomplished through existing programs operating under the “culture of grant review and supervision.” Instead, PCAST says, a new entity is needed that can…
…Students used a new Chinese language version of SageModeler to model the relationship between marine biology and human activity in a unit about environmental conservation. SageModeler is a free, web-based…
…high-volume experiments. These data provide new opportunities for active science to take place. Bioinformatics researchers can conduct experiments simply by examining mountains of publicly available data for clues to unanswered…
Students significantly improved their scientific argumentation ability and understanding of Earth and space science using High-Adventure Science curriculum units. A new project—High-Adventure Science: Earth’s Systems and Sustainability—builds on these promising…
…the integration of real and virtual worlds to create new environments where physical and digital objects coexist and interact in real time to provide user experiences that are impossible in…
…then found myself in Cambridge [MA], working at a language lab as a research assistant. I wrote a new, open-source Java program to present the language tests. Other people have…
…impossible to complete. Compare that to a computer simulation, based on real genes, that immerses students in a narrative adventure. Last year, 23 teachers in 18 New England schools used…
…of the power of modern GPUs. Figure 1. A typical WebGL rendering pipeline. WebGL is a powerful part of the new HTML5 standard, bringing graphics card capabilities directly to the…
…address these issues, two new NSF-funded projects, GeniGUIDE and GeniConnect, are investigating the use of real-time student tracking, data analytics, and scaffolding with an intelligent tutoring system to assist teachers…
…them, so to speak. She utilizes the software in the way a teacher who is new to technology might, or the student hacker, or the person who just wants to…