Phillip Coleman, National Academy of Engineering Community Manager Intern Engineering 10,000 Miles from Home PostedAugust 10, 2017 AT 3:20 PM If you want to learn something, it is possible! Read More
Beth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Program Officer Engineering is Local PostedAugust 2, 2017 AT 1:42 PM What local context have you used in your classroom? Read More
Linda Kekelis, Linda Kekelis Consulting Consultant, Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Techbridge Family Engagement PostedJuly 26, 2017 AT 12:01 PM What's the secret to engaging kids in engineering? Read More
Beth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Program Officer Engineering and Sports PostedJuly 20, 2017 AT 1:30 PM Have you integrated sports and engineering in your student activities? Read More
Nathan Kahl, American Society for Engineering Education Managing Director ASEE Welcomes First African American Female President PostedJuly 12, 2017 AT 2:25 PM What does that mean to PreK-12 educators? Read More
Maribeth Keitz, National Academy of Engineering Web Communications Manager Connections PostedJuly 6, 2017 AT 11:05 AM LinkEngineering is all about connections. Are you connecting? Read More
Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Scholar Going to the American Society for Engineering Education meeting? PostedJune 20, 2017 AT 10:44 AM Meet up with LinkEngineering colleagues in Columbus, OH. Read More
Maribeth Keitz, National Academy of Engineering Web Communications Manager Colorful Fun with Rockets PostedJune 15, 2017 AT 8:34 AM Interesting opportunity to watch a NASA test. Read More
Maribeth Keitz, National Academy of Engineering Web Communications Manager Global Grand Challenges Summit Highlights Inspirational Side of Engineering PostedJune 8, 2017 AT 2:32 PM The realization they can improve quality of life through engineering is a big motivating factor. Read More
Doug Paulson, Minnesota Dept. of Education STEM Specialist Precollege Engineering in Japan and the US PostedJune 2, 2017 AT 11:59 AM I was excited to travel to Japan to study and guest lecture. Read More
Beth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Program Officer Today in History PostedMay 24, 2017 AT 10:06 AM An engineering activity can also bring a history class to life. Read More
Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Scholar The Role of Research in K12 Engineering Education PostedMay 19, 2017 AT 11:53 AM Christine Cunningham awarded the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education! Read More
Beth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Program Officer May the Fourth Be With You! PostedMay 4, 2017 AT 11:27 AM Looking for Star Wars STEM ideas? Read More
Maribeth Keitz, National Academy of Engineering Web Communications Manager Educator Capacity in PreK-12 Engineering Education PostedApril 28, 2017 AT 2:32 PM Educators from across the United States gathered at the National Academies for the Workshop. Read More
Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Scholar Teachers as Policy Makers PostedApril 13, 2017 AT 1:57 PM Teachers can exert influence on education policy. Read More
Amy Shaw, Vanderbilt University PhD Candidate The Power of Sandcastles PostedMarch 30, 2017 AT 2:14 PM I wanted to make a tangible and lasting impact on my community. Read More
Beth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Program Officer Diversity Improves Engineering Design PostedMarch 23, 2017 AT 3:32 PM March is Women’s History Month, a great time to remember pioneering women in engineering. Read More
Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri Professor To Engineer Myself PostedMarch 16, 2017 AT 9:35 AM Reflections on engineering as a way for personal growth. Read More
Sneha Tharayil, University of Texas at Austin PhD student Developing an Engineering Educator Identity PostedMarch 8, 2017 AT 3:37 PM Engineering educator identity is a particularly unique and important issue Read More
Sneha Tharayil, University of Texas at Austin PhD student Challenges of Designing a Pre-College Engineering Curriculum Unit PostedMarch 2, 2017 AT 8:53 AM When I first joined LinkEngineering, I had just left my teaching job as a middle school science teacher at a Catholic school in Chatsworth, CA, and was getting ready to enter into UT-Austin’s STEM Education PhD program in the hopes of better understanding how to structure and develop a quality engineering education for our pre-college youth. During this time, I was reflecting on my teaching practice, particularly the few engineering design projects I had my students do. To give a sense of what these projects were like, they included things like: re-engineering a shoe for improved performance in a particular sport, designing earthquake-safe buildings, and developing concepts for a bio-inspired robot. At the time I was teaching and implementing these projects, I had very little exposure to engineering-education literature and research, and was really just trying out some intuitive ideas of what could be constituted as design projects in the hopes of making the science content I ... Read More