At the Uniprix Stadium this morning, Bombardier, BMO Financial Group, Youth Fusion, Robotique FIRST Québec and Montreal Hooked on School, along with partners from the education community, launched the first Quebec Robotics Festival. Bringing together more than 5,000 people from 67 schools in Quebec, one in Ontario and four in the United States, this major event features high school and elementary students taking part in a series of significant technological challenges. The initiative aims to familiarize students with science and new technology, and inspire young Quebecers to stay in and succeed at school. Read the rest of this entry »
An international team of astronomers is planning something audacious: a revolutionary telescope so vast and distributed, it will comprise 3,000 dishes spanning the area of an entire continent. This $2 billion international mega-science project is coming in the next decade to provide new insights about the darkest corners of our universe. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a recent survey commissioned by DeVry Institute of Technology, seven in 10 Calgarians perceive a gender gap in the science, technology and engineering employment sectors. The same gap is also perceived in the post-secondary programs providing training for these careers. Read the rest of this entry »
Enterprise teaching and learning platform Desire2Learn Incorporated has announced the launch of Edge Challenge 2012 – a competition that challenges developers and students aspiring to be developers to shape the future of education by building apps that improve the experience of teachers, students, and administrators. Read the rest of this entry »
To celebrate its 10 Year Anniversary, the Centre for Arts and Technology is pleased to announce they will be awarding scholarships totaling $475,000. To apply for a scholarship, students are asked to fill out an application including a short essay detailing where they see themselves 10 years from now. Read the rest of this entry »
Acceleware Ltd., a Calgary-based developer of high performance computing applications, today announced an expanded CUDA training schedule to meet the growing demand for expertise in GPU computing. The 2012 training schedule features a doubling of frequency and location over last year, plus several new industry focused courses. Acceleware’s training classes, presented in association with Microsoft® will provide programmers with comprehensive instruction on advanced parallel architectures to maximize GPU performance using the NVIDIA® CUDA® parallel programming environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Best Buy Canada has announced the winners of the 2011 Best in Class Fund. More than $200,000 in technology grants is being awarded to teachers and students to help fund creative new programs to enhance learning and incorporate new and updated technology into the classroom. The first year the program has been open to schools with students in Kindergarten through Grade 8, all entries showed a lot of creativity and imagination to answer the submission question: How do you plan to use the technology with your students to inspire and enhance their education? Read the rest of this entry »
Teachers College Press is pleased to announce the publication of Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, the newest book from best-selling education authors, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan. Co-published with the Ontario Principals’ Council, Professional Capital promises to be the most important collaboration yet by Hargreaves and Fullan, both of whom are recognized internationally at the highest levels as experts on teaching and educational change. This book is so different, TC Press has not revealed the title and its central idea until today. Read the rest of this entry »
At the Uniprix Stadium this morning, Bombardier, BMO Financial Group, Youth Fusion, Robotique FIRST Québec and Montreal Hooked on School, along with partners from the education community, launched the first Quebec Robotics Festival. Bringing together more than 5,000 people from 67 schools in Quebec, one in Ontario and four in the United States, this major event features high school and elementary students taking part in a series of significant technological challenges. The initiative aims to familiarize students with science and new technology, and inspire young Quebecers to stay in and succeed at school. Read the rest of this entry »
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