The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will hold two events to recognize its longstanding partnership with the Galen Cole Family Foundation through the Reading Recovery program in schools throughout Maine.
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Susan Bennett-Armistead, a professor of literacy education at UMaine, started Literacy Tea to honor her late mother-in-law who held a similar event every year in Michigan.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is again co-sponsoring the annual Literacy Tea organized by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor.
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Susan Bennett-Armistead, a professor of literacy education at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Public News Service report about a video learning series that claims to help infants read and learn.
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Five children’s books are being honored as part of the 2016 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text.
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A statewide outreach program of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research is featured in a new newsletter from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
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University of Maine Professor Richard Kent estimates that he’s helped hundreds of high schools establish or maintain student-staffed writing center programs.
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Justin Dimmel, an assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, will present at the Bangor PechaKucha Night on Friday, Feb. 19.
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A three-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project led by University of Maine researchers was cited in a New York Times article about Microsoft acquiring MinecraftEdu, a modified version of Minecraft tailored for use in schools. The popular video game is described as a digital sandbox, inside which players can construct anything they want, much […]
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Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine; Craig Mason, a UMaine professor of education; and Ami Gaspar, an advanced computing outreach specialist with IT and the Maine LearnToMod project manager, were recent guests on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio […]
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