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DAILy AI Curriculum and STEP Researchers in the NY Times

By Eric Klopfer / February 6, 2023

Natasha Singer, a technology reporter in the Business section of the New York Times, highlighted the work of the MIT STEP Lab’s Everyday AI PD program in the article “At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots.”   The Read more…

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Members of the STEP Lab are running a special issue of well played!

By Mary McCrossan / January 23, 2023

Posted on the Carnegie Mellon University ETC Press Website: https://press.etc.cmu.edu/news/well-played-journal-special-issue-cfp-ar-and-vr-games Well Played Journal Special Issue CFP: AR and VR Games Posted by: etcpress January 17, 2023 Edited by Ira Fay and Dan Roy AR and VR games are growing in popularity Read more…

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Advice and responses from faculty on ChatGPT and A.I.-assisted writing

By Mary McCrossan / January 13, 2023

The full post can be found on the CMS/W website here: https://cmsw.mit.edu/advice-and-responses-from-faculty-on-chatgpt-and-a-i-assisted-writing/#future-of-writing “Several faculty members in CMS/W have expertise, both technological and pedagogical, in what the use of ChatGPT and other A.I. tools may mean for the instruction of academic writing. Because Read more…

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Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 2023- Applications Open

By Mary McCrossan / January 6, 2023

The application is live for our Science and Engineering Program for Teachers! Please check out our site (https://sept.mit.edu/apply) to download the application and apply. Decisions will be made by Pi-Day (03.14.23).  Applications are due by February 15th, 2023. SEPT 2023 Read more…

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School Stories

By Mary McCrossan / December 7, 2022

“School Stories”, a special subject course in literature that explores education equity through the eyes of creative writers and critical theorists, is looking to partner with MIT education outreach programs this spring to provide an experiential learning component to the Read more…

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Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 2022

By Mary McCrossan / August 8, 2022

Due to the continued impact of Covid, which led to restrictions on travel and being on MIT’s campus, the Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT) offered a remote conference, the past two summers. We were thrilled to host the Read more…

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MIT STEP Lab Visits AERA

By Peter Woods / July 19, 2022

The experience of attending the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Conference (better known as AERA) often feels much closer to diving into a tidal wave than it does attending a conference. With literally thousands of presentations spread Read more…

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K-12 Educational Technologist Position Open

By Colleen Laude / June 22, 2022

K-12 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIST, Comparative Media Studies/Writing-MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP)/Education Arcade, to join a highly collaborative team.  Will assume two primary roles:  1) curating existing resources and co-creating original computing curriculum for integration into grades 5-8; and 2) in a Read more…

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Part-Time STEM Teacher Education Lecturer at MIT

By Colleen Laude / June 13, 2022

Looking for a part-time paid lecturer for two introductory education courses at MIT.    One year (one course in the fall and one in the spring) substitute lecturer wanted for two introductory education courses at MIT (Introduction to Education: Looking Read more…

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Welcoming Milly Farid

By Angie T / June 6, 2022

We are thrilled to welcome our new postdoctoral learning designer Milly Farid to the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program. Milly will be joining the XQ Math Team, helping us to create Project Based Learning curriculum and playful assessments. Her research Read more…

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