UMaine announces 2016 Correll Book Awards
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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MAIER featured in Association of University Centers on Disabilities newsletter
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.
Read moreUMaine research inspires student-staffed writing center at Foxcroft Academy
University of Maine Professor Richard Kent estimates that he’s helped hundreds of high schools establish or maintain student-staffed writing center programs.
Read moreUMaine professor to present at Bangor PechaKucha Night
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.
Read moreSTEM study cited in NY Times article on Microsoft’s acquisition of MinecraftEdu
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 […]
Read moreMason among researchers to speak about Minecraft, STEM study on MPBN’s ‘Maine Calling’
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 […]
Read moreUMaine professor uses giant map to teach middle school students about African geography, culture
Patrick Womac takes off his shoes and steps onto the huge map of Africa covering half the gym floor at Old Town’s Leonard Middle School. Womac, an assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at the University of Maine, stands on Libya as he leads a group of seventh graders in discussion. “How many people […]
Read moreSleeter gives talk on ‘Teaching With Vision’
University of Maine Libra Visiting Professor of Education Christine Sleeter gave a lecture Monday, Nov. 16, on her book “Teaching With Vision.” The book, co-edited by Sleeter and Catherine Cornbleth, features stories by and about inspirational classroom teachers. Sleeter is an internationally recognized expert on multicultural education and diversity. Her work focuses on how teacher education […]
Read moreJade McGuire: Education major passionate about travel, volunteering
This time last year, Jade McGuire was living aboard a cruise ship with 600 other college students from across the country as part of the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program that took her to more than a dozen countries spanning four continents. McGuire, a fourth-year elementary education major and honors student at the University […]
Read more$2M NSF project to use game to engage rural Maine students in computer science, math
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development Professor Craig Mason is a co-principal investigator on a research project that will use the popular video game Minecraft to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts. The three-year, $2 million project is funded by the National Science Foundation.
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