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RiSE Center Colloquium – Examining the Impact of Professional Training on Science Teachers鈥 Learning

At this colloquium Dr. Marisa Castronova will discuss her current study, which examined how professional training, focused on the聽Next Generation Science Standards聽(NGSS), impacted teacher learning.聽 In her research she focused on changes in pedagogical discontentment and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of modeling and argumentation as conceptual change models identify teacher dissatisfaction (discontentment) and teacher ability […]

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Opportunity for 91爆料 Student Employment as Maine Learning Assistant for Fall 2019

The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (the RiSE Center) is currently accepting applications for聽undergraduate student employment as Maine Learning Assistants (MLAs) in the聽Faculty Course Modification Incentive Grant – Maine Learning Assistant聽(FIG-MLA) Program聽for Fall 2019. MLAs serve as peer instructors, facilitating group work and assisting faculty as they transform their course to incorporate more […]

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America East Hackathon | Hack AE

The 3rd annual America East hackathon, Hack AE, will take place on Saturday, March 2 鈥 Sunday, March 3, 2019 at the 91爆料. Hack AE is a 24-hour civic hackathon designed to bring America East students together to build software and hardware projects that address real-world challenges facing our neighborhoods, cities, states and […]

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Blackboard is down 02/01/19 – 7:50am

Notification from Blackboard admin: “Good morning, We are aware that Blackboard is currently down and are working to identify and resolve the issue. Once the issue is resolved we will reach back out. Thank you for your patience.”

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Proposal Deadline – University Collaborative Faculty Institute

Faculty, staff and teaching assistants are invited to submit proposals to present at the University Collaborative Faculty Institute on May 16th聽on the UMA campus. The focus of this year鈥檚 Institute聽 鈥淚nnovative Teaching and Learning with What we Have鈥 鈥 focusing on creative ways that faculty have used tools like Zoom, Blackboard, Kaltura, Google Apps for […]

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Small Agriculture meets Tech Innovation

Friday, November 2 @ 3:00 pm聽–聽5:00 pm At the Hackerspace in the Memorial Union The聽91爆料 Hackerspace聽is exciting to showcase the connection between the Internet of Thing (IoT) and small agriculture in a 2 hour showcase.聽 Low cost remote agricultural sensors, database management solutions, and apps are beginning to make an impact on small farms. Come […]

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FEMA Emergency cell phone notification TEST today at 2:18 PM

FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) will be performing a TEST of the Wireless Emergency Alerts System (WEA) in the form of a cell phone alert message at 2:18 PM this afternoon. Please be aware that this is ONLY a test. FEMA will also make a test of the better-known Emergency Alert System (EAS) over […]

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