Human babies and animal babies talk to each other at UMaine’s Witter Farm
The Language and Literacy Play Partners program recently went to UMaine’s Witter Farm to meet the animals and build language for the babies in the group.
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IMRE lab mentioned in WABI report on virtual reality in classrooms
The University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) Laboratory was mentioned in a WABI (Channel 5) report about using virtual reality in rural Maine classrooms.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: UMaine IMRE Lab helps East Grand School bring virtual reality to the classroom
Through its work to investigate how room-scale virtual reality can be used as an instructional technology, UMaine’s IMRE lab recently installed two HTC Vives at the East Grand School in Danforth, Maine.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports—Statewide Professional Development in Maine
Since 2015, the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) and the University of Maine System (UMS) have worked in partnership to support schools through Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS).
Read moreLifespan Literacy Community now registering families for young child play programs
The Lifespan Literacy Community at the Lindlof Center on the University of Maine campus is now registering families for its Language and Literacy Play Partners Program.
Read moreVirtual reality software for teaching math featured on WVII
Researchers with the University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments lab showcased on WVII (Channel 7) HandWaver, a virtual reality software they developed.
Read moreUpward Bound Math Science students to present research at STEM symposium
Students in the University of Maine’s Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program will present their summer research/explorations at the annual UBMS STEM Symposium 5–9 p.m. Monday, July 31.
Read moreRooks-Ellis quoted in BDN article on landmark autism research project
Deborah Rooks-Ellis, director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the largest research project to be conducted on autism.
Read moreUMaine team develops virtual environment for learning mathematics
A team from the University of Maine recently released a beta virtual reality program that allows students to learn geometry in a virtual 3-D space.
Read moreLogue cited in Morning Sentinel article about Head Start
Mary Ellin Logue, an associate professor of early childhood education at the University of Maine, was cited in a Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal article about a proposed $1.8 million budget cut that would have would have eliminated 83 slots statewide in the Early Head Start program.
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