It is the responsibility of today's scientists, engineers, and educators to inspire and encourage our youth into technical careers that benefit our society. Too often, however, this responsibility is buried beneath daily job demands and the routines of teaching. Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT) programs leverage a train-the-trainer model to…

Real world, mathematics-based educational activities provide context for learning and break down barriers to learning in mathematics and science. SpaceMath@NASA (hereafter SpaceMath) provides teachers with real-world math activities in a space context in support of standards, by using current NASA discoveries as a starting point for motivating…

This article describes an introductory computational thinking (CT) lesson that was implemented into five educational technology classes at a large university in the southern United States. A total of 88 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the lesson. The project was the result of a collaboration between education faculty and a…

Details of the services offered by a school planetarium in upstate New York are provided. The use of computers includes a full-day simulation of a voyage to Mars and back, the finding of great-circle distances, and deriving sunrise and sunset times, moon positions, and eclipse seasons. (MP)

The Agency for Instructional Television (AIT) has proposed a cooperative project among the states and provinces to develop instructional materials combining the use of microcomputers and television in a move to improve the problem-solving abilities of students in the sixth through eighth grades. (MP)

Details are given of a program designed to facilitate record-keeping and grade averaging for college teachers. It is designed to run on a TRS-80, Model 1 microcomputer with at least one diskette drive. The program listing is included. (MP)

Describes establishment and operation of a university-based computer center at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, focusing on student/teacher programs and software development and use. The center offers a centralized source of information, training, and education in computer literacy and computer science for precollege students. (JN)

Included are abstracts of selected papers presented at the National Educational Computing Conference held in Baltimore in June 1983. The nine reports discuss varies computer uses at several levels, and includes a study of children's learning processes and software descriptions. (MNS)

Presents abstracts of selected papers on computer topics. These include: computers and mathematics education; microcomputers in school science; model for developing elementary school computer science curriculum; computer-oriented pre/inservice training for science and mathematics teachers; using databases to locate information on software;…

Thirteen papers were presented at a conference on "The Computer: Extension of the Mind." Abstracts of five of these papers are provided, covering such topic areas as integrating computer history into courses and managing the introduction of computers into Canadian schools. Titles of the remaining eight papers are included. (JN)

Presented is an annotated list of 24 references on the LOGO programing language. The information provided is intended for classroom teachers and for researchers. Topics include use of the language in classroom situations, evaluation of a LOGO training program, the educational utility of LOGO, and others. (JN)

The Association of Educational Data Systems (AEDS) conference included 102 presentations. Abstracts of seven of these presentations are provided. Topic areas considered include LOGO, teaching probability through a computer game, writing effective computer assisted instructional materials, computer literacy, research on instructional…

Discusses various ways in which computers can be used in marine science studies. Includes representative software which illustrate marine science concepts and goals of the Computerized Marine Education Network. (JN)

Project INSITE is an on-going program in the use of computers and on-line searching, electronic mail, and CD-ROM technologies to facilitate the acquisition and exchange of information among science teachers, students, school districts, and the scientific and higher education communities. (Author/PR)

The Guide is a list of favorably reviewed microcomputer software, based on critical evaluations conducted by participating organizations. Programs are listed by content (arithmetic, advanced mathematics, geometry and measurement, algebra). Title, publisher, computer used, level, and mode of instruction are included in the table. (MNS)