…a report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education: “New technologies thus bring the potential of transforming education from a data-poor to a data-rich enterprise. Yet while an abundance of…
The National Science Foundation funds SmartCAD—an intelligent learning system for engineering design Blog Post
…United States. These new standards mandate every student to learn and practice engineering design in every science subject at every level of K-12 education. Figure 1 In typical engineering projects,…
…models that can be applied to new situations. But how do we get those ideas in the first place? Sometimes we learn from our experiences. Sometimes we learn from listening…
An array of heliostats in Energy2D (online simulation) A new class of objects was added in Energy2D to model what is called a heliostat, a device that can automatically turn…
…the first of the Beautiful Science Series that Prof. Liang has been planning. The series will include two new titles, Beautiful Simulations and Beautiful Infrared, which we will co-produce with…
…help people learn, design, and discover new things. This Monday’s Lesson unveils the incredible power of AI with a classroom-ready application. (a) (b) (c)Figure 1. AI designs that generate as…
…focused initially on three accessibility guidelines and incorporated these features into a new design framework for activities in our STEM Resource Finder. Distinguishable Distinguishable features include those that make it…
…new ways to advance engineering education through computationally enhanced children’s papercrafts, Colin says, “Magic happens when technology becomes secondary and in service of something like telling a story.” He hopes…
…and imagination as they merge datasets, filter data, calculate new data attributes, visualize information, and make other “data moves.” After the first half of the program, students apply what they…
A new report details the successes of an afterschool program designed to engage and empower underrepresented teens in using data to explore issues of societal importance. Coauthored by Concord Consortium…