Educate to Innovate
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Blog entry by Ambrea Kuhn, The Leonardo's Fall 2009 Intern
Educate to Innovate hopes to pique interest in STEM learning in young children. For instance, Sesame Street will focus two years of its programing on helping children become science and math literate. And an annual science fair will be held at the White House for top science fair winners from across the country. (One more local plug: check out the Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair on your way to the top.)
The MacArthur Foundation is helping to develop the Digital Media and Learning Competition, a national contest to recognize changes in the ways children learn. The open competition, which starts Dec. 14, is searching for digital media ideas that will help children develop their math and science skills. The competition has all sorts of partners we've tweeted our love for in the past, including National Lab Day and HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). So, genuises, get those proposals ready.
"It's about expanding opportunity for all Americans in a world where an education is the key to success," President Obama said. "It's about an informed citizenry in an era where many of the problems we face as a nation are, at root, scientific problems."
The MacArthur Foundation is helping to develop the Digital Media and Learning Competition, a national contest to recognize changes in the ways children learn. The open competition, which starts Dec. 14, is searching for digital media ideas that will help children develop their math and science skills. The competition has all sorts of partners we've tweeted our love for in the past, including National Lab Day and HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). So, genuises, get those proposals ready.
"It's about expanding opportunity for all Americans in a world where an education is the key to success," President Obama said. "It's about an informed citizenry in an era where many of the problems we face as a nation are, at root, scientific problems."
In short: let's get going, America!
Labels: education, science, technology
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