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Showing posts with label project tomorrow news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project tomorrow news. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2014
Speak Up News June 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
Exciting News! Project Tomorrow Named as Partner in 100Kin10, National Network to Grow STEM Teaching Force!
Project
Tomorrow commits to advancing the goal of recruiting, preparing, and retaining
100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in 10 years
100Kin10, a multi-sector network
addressing the national imperative to train 100,000 science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) teachers by 2021, today announced that Project
Tomorrow has been accepted as a partner.
With a highly selective and competitive selection process, Project Tomorrow is extremely honored to be one of only 31 organizations chosen nationwide in this year's application process. As part of 100Kin10, Project
Tomorrow will recruit 2,050 excellent STEM teacher candidates, with 25% (512)
from groups traditionally under-represented in STEM, in California by 2018, as
measured by the number of students majoring or minoring in education and a
science or math discipline.
More and better-trained STEM
teachers are essential to prepare America’s students to fully participate in
our democracy and to understand and respond to complex national and global
challenges. To compete in the global marketplace and provide opportunity to all
young Americans, all students—not just
those fortunate enough to attend certain schools— must have basic STEM skills
and knowledge. Project
Tomorrow is one of nearly 200 100Kin10 partners unified by
a single, ambitious goal: to prepare all students with the high-quality STEM
knowledge and skills to equip them for success in college and the workplace.
Organizations are accepted as 100Kin10 partners following a rigorous
vetting process conducted by a team of partner reviewers and the University of
Chicago. Reviewers are looking for organizations that bring innovation,
boldness, and a proven track-record to their commitment(s) toward expanding,
improving, and retaining the best of the nation’s STEM teaching force, or
building the 100Kin10 movement.
A complete list of partners—with new partners highlighted— is available on the 100Kin10 website.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Report Release:
Making Learning Mobile 1.0:
Leveraging Mobile Devices to Transform Teaching and Learning
“This project represents a landmark study in the developing K-12 mobile learning space, this study is important because it gets beyond simply putting a tablet in the hands of students, and it examines how to effectively implement tablets within instruction to improve student learning” —Julie Evans, CEO Project Tomorrow
As part of the Making Learning Mobile study, Chicago 5th grade and Fairfax County 8th grade students were provided with educationally-managed broadband Android tablets using the Kajeet Sentinel® platform to connect kids in school and at home. The objective of the study was to evaluate how the students used the devices, in school and out of school, to support their schoolwork and extend learning beyond the classroom. While the majority of 8th graders in the Fairfax County study had high-speed Internet access at home, only 39 percent of the Chicago 5th graders had similar access. Therefore, the Chicago study represented an opportunity to provide first-time home access to the Internet for many families, a ground-breaking initiative within Chicago schools.
While each study resulted in different findings based on the student grade level and demographics, some common results included:
- Students appreciated having a personal tablet because it made it easier for them to get online at school, review class materials whenever they wanted and read online textbooks outside of school all without competing for home computer access.
- Teachers creatively used the tablets in a variety of ways to engage students in learning, to increase student-teacher communications, and to support instruction.
The Making Learning Mobile study is continuing this school year within Chicago Public Schools.
Register for the webinar at http://tinyurl.com/webinarMLM and download the complete report from both school districts on the Kajeet website at: http://www.kajeet.com/4u/education/MLM-form.html.
About Kajeet®
Kajeet, the only wireless service provider dedicated to kids and education, is solving the digital divide in schools. Kajeet for Education provides portable Wi-Fi hotspots with school-managed off-campus Internet connectivity. Giving teachers or administrators the ability to set access hours and filter out non-educational content, the Kajeet Sentinel® platform, gives students the access to essential academic resources on the Internet anytime, anywhere. The Kajeet SmartSpot™ is compatible with all devices students use today and is 100 percent compliant with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). For more information, please visit us at www.kajeet.com/education.
Kajeet, the only wireless service provider dedicated to kids and education, is solving the digital divide in schools. Kajeet for Education provides portable Wi-Fi hotspots with school-managed off-campus Internet connectivity. Giving teachers or administrators the ability to set access hours and filter out non-educational content, the Kajeet Sentinel® platform, gives students the access to essential academic resources on the Internet anytime, anywhere. The Kajeet SmartSpot™ is compatible with all devices students use today and is 100 percent compliant with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). For more information, please visit us at www.kajeet.com/education.
About Project Tomorrow
Project Tomorrow®, the national education nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering student voices in education discussions, designed and implemented this program evaluation for Kajeet for Education. Project Tomorrow has 17 years of experience in the K-12 and higher education sector and regularly provides consulting and research support to school districts, government agencies, business and higher education institutions about key trends and research in science, math and technology education.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Exciting News & Events at Project Tomorrow
Happy Monday to all our followers and supporters!
Below, you will find our Fall 2013 newsletter that highlights the latest exciting news and events occurring at Project Tomorrow.
Be sure to read up on all the new changes, like the launch of our BRAND NEW website! Log onto to tomorrow.org to witness the new site for yourself! Please let us know what you think by commenting below, or on Facebook and Twitter.
In other related news, we are so thrilled to announce that our blog has reached over 2,000 page views! We are thrilled with your readership, and invite you to check back each day for new posts that will feature news and discussions concerning all things education related.
We would also like to apologize to those that tried to register for Speak Up 2013 earlier this morning. Due to the launch of our new site, you may have received an error message, or were simply unable to complete your request. We are happy to announce that registration is now up and running, and you may now register here. Thank you for your understanding. We appreciate all of you.
Don't forget to vote for Project Tomorrow's CEO Julie Evans' panel ListenUp! SpeakUp! GameUp! A Game Data Discussion at the SXSWEdu conference in Austin, Texas, which, with your help, will be scheduled to occur in March 2014!
Happy Reading!
- The Project Tomorrow team
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