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WQED is looking for a Coordinator & Coaches for Gaming Events!

WQED is searching for a Game On Coordinator and several Game On Coaches to assist at education video game events! Apply for either position today!

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5 Great and Geeky Books for Kids

Selecting books for kids can be fun, but it’s not always easy. The world of children’s books is vast and as varied as its audience. Matching a young reader with the book they’ll fall in love with is itself a labor of love. Luckily, children’s authors are happy to help, and every year they publish […]

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5 New Apps That Give Students an Edge

Suggestions for mobile apps that really help students get the most out of their education.

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‘Embodied learning’ blends lessons with student-computer interaction

eSchool News profiles SMALLab as "First Pennsylvania lab of its kind immerses students in computer simulations for what educators hope is more effective learning"

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Spark launches new RFP funding opportunity for Activation Program Enhancements

Funding announced to support pilot programs that leverage collaborations between organizations to create pathways for learning activation

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Fostering Tech Talent in Schools

Resuscitating computer science in the high school classroom, engineers from major tech firms are volunteering their time to teach tomorrow's technologists.

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Toyota's New Robot Makes Life Easier, Lacks Cuteness

Does the Human Support Robot points to the future of human-machine interaction?

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What's happening at World Maker Faire?

Maker Faire brings thousands to New York Hall of Science for two days of tinkering, hacking, and DIY innovation

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Program Evaluation Lunch & Learn Recap

Yael Silk informed K+C Network members about all types of program evaluation this afternoon. Miss out? Read here to see what went down!

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SMALLab turns classroom on its head at Elizabeth Forward Middle School

Elizabeth Forward Middle School opens a SMALLab to create multimodal learning environment that reinvents the traditional classroom.

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Local Pittsburgh Teachers Get Slimed This Saturday

The city of Pittsburgh is a great place to be a kid. Growing up in Pittsburgh means year-round sports games, long afternoons exploring wooded parks and field trips spent in planetariums, zoos and even submarines. But our best resource of all? Our people -- especially our teachers.

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Stop Staring at Me — Tech Tools Remove Embarrassment, Make Room for Learning

Today in a crowded inner-city classroom, a teacher will ask, “Are there any questions?” and although he desperately wants to raise his hand, one boy in the back row won’t. “Okay then,” the teacher will say, and she’ll spin around, erase her white board and move on, taking the mass of nodding students with her […]

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Win a Chance to Have Bill Nye Take Over Your Science Class

Bill Nye possesses a power that millions of adults lack. It's something like the Midas touch, only instead of transforming everyday objects into gold, he morphs the boring into the cool. That's no simple task.

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Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh receives $440K IMLS grant to make more Makeshops!

Funding will enable the Children’s Museum to partner with the New York Hall of Science to conduct emergent research on family participation in museum-based "makerspaces."

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CMU Professor Never Imagined Emoticon Would Go Global

Who would have thought a quirky inside joke would become part of our digital vocabulary? Scott Fahlman, research professor at CMU's School of Computer Science originated the smiley face emoticon :-) 30 years ago

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Spark Network Update for September 13, 2012

Catch up on Network and National news, as well as hear about upcoming opportunities, through the Spark Network Weekly Round Up!

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4 Innovative and Inspiring Tech Tools

If you’re a part of the Spark network, you know that we’re always on the lookout for innovative tech tools. Last week, we showcased five unique tools that helped students and adults get creative in some seriously inspiring ways. This week, we’d like to shine a spotlight on four more new digital devices. From wireless […]

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Spark Network Weekly Round Up for September 7, 2012

Catch up on awesome local opportunities and national news with the Spark Weekly Round Up!

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Pittsburgh STEM Summit 2012: Recap

Get the recap of the 2012 Pittsburgh STEM Summit here. Learn about presenters and their STEM-forward projects and ideas.

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7 Tips to Develop an Authentic Sense of Success in Students [MindShift]

MindShift calls out psychologist and author, Madeline Levine, in determining how to measure student academic success and achievement.

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5 Tech Tools with a Creative Twist

If you've been following this blog, we don't need to tell you that tech tools are a great way to make learning fun. You already know this, and if you're a parent, teacher, caregiver or simply a lifelong learner, you probably have your own strategies for making the most of digital learning tools in your daily life.

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Space Oddity — will.i.am Blasts New Jam From Mars

Curiosity's landing on Mars has re-lit our collective imagination and will.i.am captures that spirit in song

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"Play the Election" Game Will Do for Civics What Bill Nye Did for Science Class

If there's a single tool that can get kids excited about the 2012 Presidential Election, Play the Election is it.

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Bayer MaterialScience president says STEM skills critical

At the 2012 STEM Summit, Bayer MaterialScience North American president Jerry MacCleary told the audience about the importance of connecting business and education to ensure the U.S. has a strong pipeline of workers with science, technology, engineering and math skills.

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