Something for the News Team? 'UNCW, School Districts Using "Squeak"'

Brad Fuller brad at bradfuller.com
Tue May 22 20:14:48 UTC 2007


forwarded to the news team mailing list

Michael Davies wrote:
> Interesting press release here:
> http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/article.asp?ID=2148
>
> I've extracted a one-paragraph summary suitable for posting to
> news.squeak.org:
>
> "Teachers and students in North Carolina will soon be learning to use
> "Squeak" software to create virtual models that simulate actual
> science and math-related experiments. A grant-funded partnership
> between the University of North Carolina Wilmington and the New
> Hanover, Pender and Brunswick County schools is addressing concerns
> over students' declining interest in computing by infusing IT skills
> into the curriculum in grades 7-12. The three-year-long project will
> work directly with about 75 educators who teach the Science,
> Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) curricula and 150 of their
> students. "
>
> By the way, should there be an official 'news' address on the site
> that such proposed articles could be sent to?
>
> Michael
>
>


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