Meet Scott Burg at the Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity 2019 Conference May 9th-11th, 2019 in Denver, CO. Scott will be presenting current research on the impact of screentime on young children, as part of panel ‘When Should We Use Technology with Visitors and How Much?’ on May 11th in the Mineral Hall FG from […]
Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grant
The U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program has announced its FY 2019 competition. This year, the Department of Education has approximately $38 million available to support eligible partnerships that support high-quality teacher preparation and professional development for prospective teachers (with preference points for projects that prepare computer science teachers and another for […]
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 […]
Agenda Item #1: Bringing Everyone Into The Room
Company meetings at Rockman et al always begin with the same agenda item. The time allotted—one minute. The topic for discussion—none. Our company meetings start with a minute of silence. This isn’t a somber remembrance or reflection on a recent tragedy. It’s a few moments to be still and to bring our attention into our […]