Category: STEAM Education
New report shows need for greater STEM focus
Research on Artificial Intelligence – released at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland yesterday – emphasises the need for a greater focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Australia. The research – commissioned by technology company, Infosys – involved a survey of 1,600 business leaders from across Australia the USA, UK, … continue reading
Community ties earn Gordonvale State High School STEM award
Posted on http://www.cairnspost.com.au, 9th December 2016 FAR Northern schoolchildren are putting a modern twist on ancient Aboriginal traditions under a program that has earned them national recognition. Gordonvale State High School will today receive $10,000 as the winning school in the inaugural Indigenous STEM Education Awards, which celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements in the … continue reading
$3.9 MILLION TO INSPIRE GIRLS AND WOMEN TO STUDY AND PURSUE CAREERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHS
Posted on www.pm.gov.au, 6th December 2016 The Turnbull Government has announced $3.9 million in funding to 24 organisations to rollout projects that will encourage girls and women to study and pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. The funding is the first round of the $8 million Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship grant program under … continue reading
Speeding up STEM education in low decile schools
Posted on nz.educationhq.com, November 21, 2016 Snail’s pace is how Melvin Din sums up the speed at which STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education is being rolled out at New Zealand’s low decile schools. The Energy and Technology Education Centre manager has had a chance to see what is happening in schools around the country, teaching … continue reading
Arckit inspires young inventors at the Dublin maker 2016
We’ve just come back from Dublin Maker 2016 where we were one of 55 maker stands showing our creations to over 10,000 visitors! We lost count of the number of creative little hands and inventive minds we had gathered around our booth. Many of these budding young inventors stayed for well over an hour at … continue reading
Computer Science/STEM Leaders Explain How to Spark and Nurture STEM Interest in Youth
Posted on businesswire.com, 1st November 2016 Jeanine Cook, Students@SC16 Chair from Sandia National Laboratories (Photo: Business Wire) November 01, 2016 10:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The future demands a large, diverse pool of innovative scientists, engineers and mathematicians who can work together to solve big problems. The working scientists who lead SC16, the … continue reading
Don’t let innovation agenda run out of STEAM
Posted on smh.com.au, October 27 2016 If our Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) report is right that 40 per cent of jobs existing today will be gone within 10 years, children now in primary school need an education that prepares them for a very different future. One response is a greater emphasis on STEM (science, … continue reading
Don’t let innovation agenda run out of STEAM
Posted on smh.com.au, October 27 2016 If our Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) report is right that 40 per cent of jobs existing today will be gone within 10 years, children now in primary school need an education that prepares them for a very different future. One response is a greater emphasis on STEM (science, … continue reading
This modular drone will teach children how to code the fun way
Posted on Digital Trends, October 24, 2016 It’s not fair: back when I was a kindergarten student, we learned about coding using a computer that looked prehistoric even by early 1990s standards, and which ran educational programs so archaic it may actually have been a purposeful attempt to drive people away from tech. Jump forward to … continue reading
Marbotic Smart letters Featured on Geek Dad
Marbotic Smart Letters Posted on Geek Dad, 17 October, 2016 Marbotic Smart Letters is a great new toy and set of apps for small children to learn about letters, phonetics, and reading. The Smart Letters themselves are 26, upper case wooden letters with little metal peg handles and rubber feet for protecting your tablet while kids slide and mash … continue reading
