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This Exploring Computer Science (ECS) website is supported by the Broadening Participation in Computing division of the National Science Foundation, and provides curriculum and related resources for teaching the course Exploring Computer Science. ECS’s mission “is to increase and enhance the...

This website provides information pertaining to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Fab Labs; Fab Labs, an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratories, are the educational outreach component for the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) at MIT.  A Fab Lab is a technical prototyping...

Lesson Description: This lesson is from a welding course and is provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the lesson, students create a bill of materials including detailed part weight. Topics include calculating weights based on per foot weight...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, wind energy technology, architectural technology, and internships are discussed. Community colleges provide hands-on experience in emerging fields such as green energy and...

This 41-page paper, written by Carolyn J. Heinrich, discusses major workforce development programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and publicly-funded workforce development for middle-skill employment. This paper begins with a discussion of "existing evidence on the effectiveness of...

These slides are from a presentation given by Carolyn J. Heinrich at the Symposium on the Supply Chain for Middle-Skill Jobs: Education, Training, and Certification Pathways. This presentation discusses the issues surrounding federally-funded workforce development. Topics of the presentation include...

This webinar, provided by the Centers Collaborative for Technical Assistance, includes tips for writing a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant proposal. The peer review process for proposals is also discussed. This webinar focuses on proposal specifics that...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, geographical information systems, computer aided design and water treatment technology are discussed. Community college programs emphasizing technical knowledge are a great...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, internships, information and communications technologies, and biotechnology are discussed. Internships provide students with valuable experience, and they often lead to...

Lesson Description: This lesson is the first of nine lessons from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. During this lesson, students work in groups to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to determine...