Open Letter to Iridescent Mentors
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] A version of this letter was shared on Iridescent’s blog and wi...
Read MoreJanuary Awesome Award: Allison Colyer
This month’s awardee is Alli Colyer, one of our amazing Engineering Curriculum Developers. Alli began volunteering with Iridescent through our Engi...
Read MoreNovember Awesome Award: Audra Torres
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] This award recognizes the Iridescent team member who has gone above a...
Read MoreIntroducing the Iridescent Awesome Award
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] We are proud to introduce the new Iridescent Awesome Award and our fi...
Read MoreNew resources to celebrate National Biomechanics Day and National DNA Day
Exciting things in STEM are happening this month! April celebrates two days dedicated to fascinating subjects – National DNA Day and National B...
Read MoreHow Do I Learn?
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Read MoreUS2020 STEM Mentoring Awards
Technovation (formerly Iridescent) Recognized for Excellence in Volunteering Experience at US2020 STEM Mentoring Awards July 23, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C�...
Read MoreWhat Can Mentoring Organizations Learn From Each Other? What Data is Missing?
By Tara Chklovski The last article we wrote focused on how mentoring enables personalized and deep learning (by employing a “Cognitive Apprenticeshi...
Read MoreVisualizing learning assessment data in a physics game
Understanding how to assess learning is a big topic in education today, and as games are coming to the forefront as a valuable education tool, people ...
Read MoreTechnology is bringing back the apprenticeship model. It just has a different name – Mentoring.
If you do a Google search for “Role Models”, you get 5 million results. “Mentor” yields 2.6 million results, “STEM mentors” 1.6 million an...
Read MoreIntroducing Movable Game Jams
When you hear the phrase “game jam” likely you’re picturing a room full of adults working, hacking, playing through the night to push forward th...
Read MoreUsing online science tools in informal science education settings: Curiosity Machine at camp
By Rusty Nye It’s understandable that many educators might approach the idea of using an online resource to teach STEM content with a hint of trepid...
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