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School Stories
“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
Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 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
MIT STEP Lab Visits AERA
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
K-12 Educational Technologist Position Open
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
Welcoming Milly Farid
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
Breakthroughs in Biology
Biology is changing quickly, with many exciting developments every year, but teens often don’t know about these innovations. That may deter them from entering the field. In our lab, we developed Cellverse, a game for learning cell biology that incorporates Read more
Everyday AI Make-a-thon
Everyday AI Make-a-thon: Co-designing with Teachers to Advance AI Education Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the landscape of the future. At the Everyday AI Make-a-thon – a weekend hybrid hack-a-thon hosted by the MIT STEP Lab in partnership with the Read more
CSTA Presentation
Irene Lee presented at the CSTA: CS Across the Curriculum Conference on February 12. Her keynote focused on CS Integration to Enhance Disciplinary Learning. Link to the presentation can be found here.
Learning Across Realities: Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education (Report)
Dan Roy (MIT Education Arcade) and Iulian Radu (Harvard University Graduate School of Education) wrote a report on using virtual and augmented realities in education, called Learning Across Realities. This report is for anyone who cares about learning and immersive Read more