Greg Palmer was part of a four member team that responded to a request from the Haitian Minister of Education’s Task Force on Education to visit the country that was devastated by the earthquake on January 12th of this year. The U.S. based consortium has been discussing a long term, broad-based approach with three key elements that would assist the Haitian people recover from losses to their...
On July 23, 2010 MAGPI announced the addition of its newest member, ITHAKA. ITHAKA helps the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. ITHAKA provides several services to the academic community including JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R, the strategy...
On Wednesday, June 9, 2010 the Engineering and Design and Development students within the Engineering Academy at North Penn High School offered an engaging and exciting presentation about their nanotechnology research projects to an audience of parents, peers, educators, and underclassmen. The students' research topics included hydrophobic nanofibers, polymer tensile strength, sound detection...
The Internet2 Inter-Operability Network (ION) has the capability of creating dynamically allocated circuits across many parts of the globe. On March 3rd at 9:45 AM EDT, the WINLAB at the Rutgers University Technology...
Can't travel to the ISTE Conference (formerly NECC Conference) in Denver this summer? Are you a MAGPI member? Enter our 21st Century Educator video contest to win a scholarship to attend the ISTE 2010 conference...
On Friday April 6, 2010 the Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand team at the University of Pennsylvania was awarded a Models of Excellence Honorable Mention Award. Introduced in 1999, the Models of Excellence Award program recognizes notable staff member accomplishments at Penn that reflect initiative, leadership, increased efficiency and a deep commitment to service.
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MAGPI, in conjunction with Digital Tech Frontier, conducted a 7 hour hands-on training workshop on the Virtual Reality Development Lab (VRDL) suite for several State of Delaware School Districts and Educational Techology administrators and staff on February 24, 2010. The custom designed workshop allowed participants the opportunity to learn hands-on how to use the Virtual Reality Development...
