Energy for ME: Empowering Students to Community Action Through Integrated Technologies

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Suzanne MacDonald; Shey Conover

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 501–504

The Energy for ME program partners with ten island and coastal Maine middle and high schools to use technology to measure local and community energy usage, with the goal of providing a better understanding of local energy needs and empowering...

Building STEM Career Pathways for Technology-Enabled Youth

Joyce Malyn-Smith; Jeri Hasselbring; Katherine Haydon; Patricia Jacobs; Ruth Kermish-Allen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 4128–4129

What does ITEST research say about technology-enabled youth? What are the critical elements of STEM Career Development? How does knowing these help youth build capacity to use technology in the service of STEM? What have we learned about motivation, ...

Communities for Rural Education, Stewardship, and Technology (CREST): Successful Methodologies for STEM Implementation and Influencing Teacher Practice

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Shey Conover; Bill Nave; Hope Rowan; Nancy Carter

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1912–1918

Rural school systems throughout the nation are looking for ways to access and use technology in a way that will be meaningful for their students. The Community for Rural Education, Stewardship, and Technology (CREST) project, funded by the National...

Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

Karen Peterman; Ruth Kermish-Allen; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 6 (2016) pp. 833–845

This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students' attitudes about scientific...

The ITEST Experience: Combining Cutting Edge Technology and Pedagogy for Teacher Professional Development, Part 1

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Shey Conover; Robert Snyder; Hope Rowan; Nancy Carter; Henrik Kibak; Steven J. McGriff; Robertta Barba; Simona Bartl; Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Caroline Parker; Cathlyn Stylinski; Marjorie Darrah; Preeti Gupta; Bercem Akbayin; Carla McAuliffe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4073–4080

The Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program was established in 2003 by the National Science Foundation to address the looming shortage of technology workers in the United States. The ITEST experience—including...

Topics: Mathematics, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Middle School Education, Networking Technologies

The ITEST Experience: Combining Cutting Edge Technology and Pedagogy for Teacher Professional Development, Part 2

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Shey Conover; Robert Snyder; Hope Rowan; Nancy Carter; Henrik Kibak; Steven J. McGriff; Robertta Barba; Simona Bartl; Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Caroline Parker; Cathlyn Stylinski; Marjorie Darrah; Preeti Gupta; Bercem Akbayin; Carla McAuliffe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4159–4166

The Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program was established in 2003 by the National Science Foundation to address the looming shortage of technology workers in the United States. The ITEST experience—including...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Middle School Education, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Mathematics