In January, I posted about my acquisition of the 3Doodler from a Kickstarter project. My students used it with varying degrees of success in our Makerspace (B.O.S.S. HQ) this year. Some were frustrated immediately, and some went to that center any time they had the chance. I’m trying to encourage them to expand their thinking … Read more
In the past couple of years, there have been an overwhelming number of stories from media outlets that point out the huge amount of computer science jobs that are available and the dismal number of American students prepared to fill them. You can see some of the sobering statistics on this infographic provided by Kodable. Although … Read more
Continuing my series about “making stuff” for this week, I thought you might be interested in “Howtoons.” (I love their motto – “Tools of Mass Construction”.) This site is devoted to comics that show you how to make all sorts of things – mostly using materials that you can find around the house. For example, … Read more
GoldieBlox, the company devoted to encourage more females to develop interest in STEM, has had its controversies. But I think they’ve done an excellent job with their latest PSA, a video that parodies the “This is Your Brain on Drugs” campaign. The ad creatively shows the use of its toys to highlight the entertainment value … Read more
In the fortuitous way that things seem to often happen in my life, I spent a fabulous Saturday morning with my daughter at a free event designed to spark girls’ interest in all things STEM related, then 24 hours later stumbled across a “Women Role Models” video on We the Geeks that reinforced all of … Read more
Connect a Million Minds is a program that is sponsored by Time Warner Cable with the aim “to address America’s declining proficiency in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).” The program includes some videos, a website, grants, and other initiatives. In today’s post, I want to focus mainly on a couple of sections of the website … Read more