Teaching Chinese Teachers About Technology

A special summer workshop at the University of Colorado is teaching Chinese teachers about working with educational  technology.  Teachers of Mandarin Chinese have 10 days to learn to incorporate technology in K-12 classrooms that encourages active foreign language...

Buddy Bench Helps Kids Not be Left Out

Here’s a great idea – a buddy bench helps kids not be left out on the playground.  Students who feel lonely or left out can sit on the buddy bench and ask to be included without saying a word. If a student doesn’t have someone to play with,...

The Engineering Piece of STEM Learning

There are so many schools working to make the engineering piece of STEM learning fun. Centaurus High School freshmen had a great time in the engineering lab at the University of Colorado. They designed acrylic towers and then watched machines crush them. Sounds like a...