Exploring Partnerships in Creativity We at Rockman et al have been studying the role and impact of incorporating visual, musical and performative arts in K-12 education. Through independent evaluations of education programs led by the San Jose Museum of Art, SFJAZZ, and Silicon Valley Creates, we’ve examined what happens when outside teaching artists partner with […]
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Common Sense Media: The State of the 21st-Century Classroom
In a recent national survey, over 1200 K–12 teachers weighed in on their classroom use of educational technology. Common Sense Media and Rockman et al teamed up to conduct this survey to provide an overview of teachers’ experiences with and perceptions of digital tools for increasing student engagement, knowledge, and skills. The survey focused on […]
KQED Presents ‘Cracking the Code’
Rockman et al is proud to serve as external evaluator for KQED’s recently awarded $3 million dollar NSF funded project ‘Cracking the Code.’ For this project, media producers from KQED Science will collaborate with leading social scientists in media and science communication to test ideas to advance best practices for engaging diverse, millennial audiences in […]
Citizen Science Association (CSA) Biennial Conference
Meet Camellia Sanford-Dolly at the Citizen Science Association (CSA) Biennial Conference in Raleigh, NC March 13th-March 17th. Camellia will be presenting a poster, “Impacts of an Online Macroinvertebrates Observation & Identification Tool on Volunteers’ Accuracy & Confidence in Water Quality Biomonitoring & Training,” on Thursday, March 14th from 4:45-6:45PM in the RCC Ballroom. The poster […]
Kristin Bass serves on editorial board of new Journal of STEM Outreach
If your work involves connecting educators with practicing STEM professionals, you might consider checking out the new, open-source Journal of STEM Outreach. The primary goal of this new journal is to provide a “bridge between the STEM and education worlds” by disseminating: descriptions of programs that might be of value to other researchers; research studies […]