Category Archives for Science

Many years ago I went shopping for an iPhone with my 7 year-old son. I wanted to see first hand how easily the device would let me read and send emails and access my web-based client management site. In the few minutes I spend waiting for a salesperson, Arthur was browsing the web, had managed [...]

What happens when you give a student access to technology and allow them to think creatively about what they are interested in? Jack Andraka, invented a test for pancreatic cancer “that is 168 times faster and considerably cheaper than the gold standard in the field.” That right, a fifteen-year-old who was sitting in biology class [...]

I just read a great article in US News & World Report but not on the topic I was expecting.  The title of the article, The STEM Blame Game: There Are Only Losers, led me to believe the topic was going to be critical of the STEM based educational design.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, [...]