The strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain predicts performance on basic arithmetic problems, a new study by researchers at UT Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found.
Dear Class of 2016: Planning Steps to College Success
August 31st, 2012 by Rich Feller
Wall Street Journal encourages a timeline on the moves college students should make over the next four years.
STEM. Disability. And Adaptive Technology.
August 30th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Learning a new videogame can be frustrating. But for kids with disabilities, the experience can be especially hard. If you can’t play what the other kids are playing, it’s like being picked last for the kickball team. See how STEM works to create new technologies to assist individuals with disability.
Posted in: Adaptive Technology, Disability, STEM
How Many Entry-Level IT Jobs Are There?
August 29th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Do I wish I could interest my 15-year-old son in technology data analytics? Or in the architecture of cloud-based information technology systems? Apparently if he were to delve into either of those fields, the world would be his oyster, career-wise. At least that is what Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager of Learning@Cisco, would have me believe. Learning@Cisco is a division at the giant San Jose-based technology company that coordinates skills training and recruitment at Cisco and at learning institutions that feed it and its partners. Dunn’s office got in touch with me and encouraged me to write a piece about the surfeit of technology jobs available to young people.
Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82
August 27th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. A quiet, private man, at heart an engineer and crack test pilot, Mr. Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, as the commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the mission that culminated the Soviet-American space race in the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy had committed the nation “to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.” It was done with more than five months to spare.
Industry Ready Certificates: Incentives for STEM Training?
August 27th, 2012 by Rich Feller
Following Perkins IV, states have been urged to use technical skill assessments aligned with industry-recognized standards to measure CTE students’ technical achievement. Industry-recognized credentials—a component of Perkins IV-mandated POS—offer a strategy for improving instruction and signaling that students have acquired a defined set of skills and knowledge.
Posted in: Certification, STEM
NPR Offers Career Guidance: Future Jobs
August 24th, 2012 by Rich Feller
Check out this simple career information system driven by Bureau of Labor Statistics data…
Posted in: BLS, Career Guidance, STEM
ACT Scores Steady – Math & Science Rising!
August 23rd, 2012 by Brad Graham
Average scores on the ACT exam held steady for the high school class of 2012 but the results show modest progress in the number of students who appear ready for college-level work in math and science. The scores, being released Wednesday, cover the first-ever class in which more than half of graduates nationally took the ACT. Traditionally the ACT has been a rival college entrance exam to the SAT, but it is now taken by almost all students in nine states, and by at least 60 percent of graduates in 26 states.
