Thanks to a continuing partnership with Trimble, Maui Economic Development Board’s Women in Technology (WIT) is making the latest SketchUp Pro software (2015) available at no charge to all K12 public, private and charter schools across the state.
Read MoreAloha, everyone. This is from our friends at PIPES. For those of you who may not be familiar with PIPES (Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science), this is a great conservation and science program for undergraduates administered by Sharon Ziegler Chong and her awesome staff in Hilo – highly recommended!
PIPES 2015!!!
Lonoikamakahiki!
If you’re an undergraduate student looking for an exciting summer internship opportunity with agencies and organizations who work in conservation science, natural resource management, and environmental education then check out our PIPES 2015 program.
Online applications are now available here. Application deadline is Monday, February 16th, 2015
Contact the PIPES office by phone at (808) 933-0705 (Hilo) or by email — uhintern@hawaii.edu.
NEW DELHI, INDIA – JULY 2: Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg attends an interactive session organized by FICCI Ladies Organisation, on July 2, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Sandberg is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during her ongoing India visit. She said, “India is an emerging global economic power, has the potential to become the largest economy in the world.” She said, Facebook will also increase its investments in India, where it has one of its four global development centres. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
MENLO PARK, California (AP) — Facebook and LinkedIn want to boost dwindling numbers of women studying engineering and computer science with a collaborative initiative announced Friday that they hope will eventually fill thousands of lucrative Silicon Valley jobs long dominated by men.
Read MoreWorking with an international team, Stanford history Professor Londa Schiebinger has used gender analysis to spark discovery in science and innovation in technology.
BY BARBARA WILCOX l Source: Stanford Report, February 2015
With an international team of more than 60 scientists, engineers and gender experts, Schiebinger has explored how gender analysis can open doors to discovery.
Read MoreWASHINGTON D.C. – On the first day of 2014 Computer Science Education Week (#CSEdWeek) – President Obama is welcoming approximately 30 middle-school-aged students from Newark, NJ, and Brooklyn, NY, to roll up their sleeves, get online together, and participate in an “Hour of Code” here at the White House. These students will join millions of people around the world who are participating in similar Hour of Code events this week to get familiar with the basics of computer programming through innovative online tutorials for learners of all ages.
Read MoreSource: careertech.org. WIT:: Interesting read and very reaffirming of our mission.
Silver Spring, M.D. December 1, 2014 – The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) report, Opportunities and Options: Making Career Preparation Work for Students, provides a call to states to transform their approach to career readiness through three critical recommendations:
States must encourage secondary schools to engage employers and businesses as partners;
States must make career pathways a high priority spanning secondary and postsecondary schools, combining academics, work-based learning, career planning and guidance; and
States must hold secondary and postsecondary institutions accountable for career readiness.
Over the past year, CCSSO convened a Task Force on Career Readiness, which included Chief State School Officers from Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Maryland, Louisiana, Minnesota and Georgia; State Career Technical Education (CTE) Directors from Vermont, Colorado and New Mexico; state postsecondary leaders; and key partner organizations, including the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, (NASDCTEc) among others. NASDCTEc enthusiastically supports the recommendations detailed in this report, and encourages states to take the necessary steps to apply them to their secondary and postsecondary systems.
By Sonia Isotov. Source: mauinow.com.
Maui Mechanical Menehunes from Kamehameha School’s Maui Campus were the overall winners and district champion in the Maui FIRST Lego League (FLL) Tournament held this past Saturday at Maui High School.
In total, six Maui County teams earned a slot in the statewide FLL Tournament to be held on Oahu at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena on December 3.
The Maui FLL Tournament award recipients included the following:
PROJECT – Kualapuu
CORE VALUES –MauiWaena FE2
ROBOT DESIGN – Upcountry Crushers
ROBOT PERFORMANCE – Tie between Torch ‘Em and the Mind Reapers
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS – Mechanical Menehunes
Teams advancing to the state tournament will be Kihei Robotics, Mechanical Menehunes, Mind Reapers, Rambots, Sapphires, and Upcountry Crushers.
Read MoreSTEMworks Industry Connection is about students learning about Innovation sector companies and to explore STEM-related career fields!
Sign up with your STEMworks Teachers today!
Tuesday, Tuesday, December 9, 2014
9am – 1pm
Various Tech Companies
STEMworks Industry Connection is about students learning about Innovation sector companies and to explore STEM-related career fields!
Sign up with your STEMworks Teachers today!
Tuesday, Tuesday, November 25, 2014
9am – 1pm
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