WELCOME
We are hi-ce--the Center for Highly Interactive Classrooms, Curricula & Computing in Education--a group of science educators, computer scientists, psychologists, scientists, and literacy and learning specialists located in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
We are dedicated to educational reform through inquiry-based curricula, learner-centered technologies, comprehensive professional development, and administrative and organizational models.
NEWS
Namsoo Shin receives a $2.5 million grant from NSF!
NSF has granted $2.5 million to the project "Developing an Empirically-Tested Learning Progression for the Transformation of Matter to Inform Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Design" headed
by Namsoo Shin (PI) and Joe Krajcik (Co-PI) - congratulations!
Joe Krajcik explains significance of nanoscience-related education to Congress
On Tuesday, April 16, Associate Dean for Research Joe Krajcik testified about the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act before the House Committee on Science and Technology in Washington, D.C. To read the testimony, go to:
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2146
Betsy Davis new editor of the Elementary School Journal
Betsy Davis of hi-ce, along with UM faculty members Joanne Carlisle and Ed Silver, has been named co-editor of the Elementary School Journal. The journal publishes research with implications for elementary and middle school classrooms. To learn more about ESJ, see
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/esj/brief.html
Latest presentations from hi-ce
Click here to see the latest conference presentations from hi-ce
Design and Technology Academy 2009
In the days of July 20 - 31, hi-ce will host a Design andn Technology Academy for Ypsilanti Public School Students who will be in grades 7-9 in Fall, 2009. The Academy is being held at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Campus.
hi-ce Staff and Students on the Move!
We wish our hi-ce colleagues well in their new ventures. Gerry Rau has left hi-ce during the summer - Gerry, best of luck for the future! On August 7, Hsien-Ta Lin defended his dissertation work successfully - counterattractions! Hsien-Ta will return to Taiwan this fall - we are sure you will do a great job there! Mandy Chambers is leaving her position as project manager of IQWST on August 22. Mandy will continue to be around School of Education, pursuing her doctoral degree here - good luck and please stop by, Mandy! Dr. BaoHui Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) has returned to Singapore after spending six weeks at hi-ce as visiting scholar.
Welcome to Visitors and New hice Staff and Students!
Terri Ridenour is the new project data manager for The Impact of Online Professional Development (IOPD) run by Barry Fishman. Terri comes to hi-ce from Mathematics Teaching and Learning to Teach Projects here at SOE, where she worked as a Project Administrator. Dr. Sanghyun Jang and Dr. BoKyung Kye from KERIS (Korea Education & Research Information Service) are working in the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) project as visiting scholars this school year. Dr. Yael Bamberger from Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and Dr. Shanna Daly from Purdue University are both new post doctoral fellows working with the Nanogroup. Dr. Andrew Falk is a new post doctoral fellow working on the IQWST project. New graduate students are Kasey McCall (UDL), Bridget Q. Maldonado (IQWST), James Hagerty (MoDeLS), Sarah Clowes (MoDeLS), and R. Joseph Waddington (LP). Yi-Ling Hsiao (IOPD) , Huma Alam (IOPD) , PreScillia Fleming (IOPD), and Paul Krajick (IQWST and IOPD) have all joined hi-ce as temporary staff.
We are excited about the opportunity to work with you all - WELCOME!