This Self-Driving Motorcycle | WIRED

Get to Know Each Other Aboard This Self-Driving Motorcycle | WIRED

the Cyclotron, a concept I created, inspired by the Tron Light Cycle and Lit Motors’ self-balancing C1.

Inside this enclosed, autonomous motorcycle, two passengers would sit facing one another, given a rare chance to relax, chat, and get to know one another (or ignore each other and look at their phones).

How to help kids learn? Community engagement brings success to local K-12 education

How to help kids learn? Community engagement brings success to local K-12 education

Community involvement has much to offer schools across Florida and it is imperative that business executives become involved. Investing the time and effort to partner with principals strengthens our schools and communities while developing a skilled workforce for local businesses. More importantly, public/private partnerships contribute a proven-results framework for ending the cycle of poverty by opening access to well-paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, and brighter futures.

July 2015 Update | Council for Educational Change

July 2015 Update | Council for Educational Change

Helios STEM Academy…
The Hillsborough County Public Schools and Council for Educational Change STEM Strong and Steady journey, supported by a grant from the Helios Foundation, began in August 2012. The Council obtained the grant and facilitated the process along with district leaders and participants from 17 middle schools. The academy model program began with the vision to develop a greater understanding of STEM, provide additional STEM training, and increase communication and collaboration among STEM educators. It has resulted in the development of 12 integrated middle school STEM lessons that connect inquiry-based instructional practice, rigorous science and mathematics standards and technology-augmented learning. The lessons were created, presented, vetted, recreated, enhanced, and are now available online to Hillsborough educators.

On June 9-11, over one hundred middle school educators from the growing STEM initiative attended the Academy, “Solving the STEM Equation.” The networking and conversations about integrated STEM lessons continued along with presentations of the original and new lessons. Additional presentations were made by STEM related partners from Tampa, such as the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and theMuseum of Science and Industry (MOSI).