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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: Supporting Children’s Online Information Discovery
Dr. Jerry Alan Fails and Dr. Sole Pera present CAST, a new search engine interface developed to empower emergent searchers and improve …
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iSchool Professor Receives $1 Million NSF CAREER Grant to Develop Data Science Curriculum
Dr. David Weintrop will be working with D.C. Public Schools to address inequities in high school data science education.
Dr. Tamara Clegg alongside Rubble from one of Nickelodeon’s newest shows, PAW Patrol.
iSchool Professor Dr. Tamara Clegg Stars in Nickelodeon Commercial
Clegg is an expert in youth experience and digital practices working with Nickelodeon to enhance its online learning platform, Noggin.
A Robot Rolls Into a Math Class…
Understanding how a spherical robot can help more students gain access to early computing education while enhancing their learning in m …
STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing
In The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …
Cogitatio Press: Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity
A team of UMD iSchool researchers aim to strengthen children's privacy literacy.

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A Tale of Two Identities: How Data Literacy Can Serve Underrepresented Student-Athletes in STEM
Examining how health and fitness data tracking tools can help athletes learn about data literacy, inspire STEM pursuits, and simult …