Alex Gurn will be conducting participant observations at the 2019 MIT App Inventor Summit from August 1st-3rd. This annual gathering of the App Inventor community, hosted by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), brings together research scientists, formal and informal educators, computer scientists, tech leaders, and others. A highlight of the summit […]
Visitor Studies Association Conference
Meet Jennifer Borland and Camellia Sanford-Dolly in person at the annual Visitor Studies Association Conference in Detroit, MI from July 10th to 13th. Saul Rockman and Claire Quimby will be attending virtually. Jennifer will be co-presenting “Adventures in Teen Evaluation” on Friday, July 12th at 3:15PM-4:30PM with Sara Davis and “Lenses on Learning: How study […]
Reframing Learning Across Boundaries Summit
Alex Gurn will be attending the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s summit on Bridging STEM Learning Environments on June 6th at PBS headquarters in Arlington, VA. This event is invitation-only, though if you will be attending please get in touch!
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25) program has announced its FY 2019 competition. This year, the NIH SEPA intents to commit approximately $2 million in funding to support educational activities that help in the training, and recruitment of a diverse workforce of the biomedical, behavioral and/or clinical science fields […]
The Arts & Social Emotional Learning
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 […]