The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is pleased to announce that the 2016–2017 application period is now open. Please consider nominating a talented seventh- through twelfth-grade mathematics or science (including computer science) teacher today using the PAEMST website.
A two-year comprehensive professional development program from the eMINTS National Center strives to change how teachers teach and students learn with technology.
For the past two years, the IBM Foundation has worked with teachers and their union, American Federation of Teachers, to build Teacher Advisor, a program that uses artificial intelligence technology to answer questions from educators and help them build personalized lesson plans.
Digital fabrication labs, makerspaces, innovation labs are popping up in K–12 schools all over the country (and the world!) but are still rare enough that many educators aren’t living in close vicinity to other, similar labs. A group of K–12 educators are participating in the Fab Labs and Makerspaces discussion group on Google to share best practices, tips, and challenges of managing and running such labs.