*NEW* Logo Summer Institute

Registration for the 2021 Logo Summer Institute is now open. This immersion in creative computing is for K12 teachers, parents, and technology integrators. Explore coding in Scratch, TurtleArt and other programming languages. Work with robotics and physical computing as you design and build personally meaningful projects. Last summer we successfully transitioned this annual workshop to an online format. For 2021 the Logo Summer Institute will again be online. You can join from anywhere in the world. With an easy-going, flexible schedule over a two-week period you will be able to participate while also attending to other professional and personal needs.

*NEW* 2021 Panhandle STEM Conference

Empower STEM Creativity This two-day conference, held at Region 16 ESC in Amarillo, will bring together K-12 STEM educators from across the Panhandle South Plains, and surrounding areas. Participants will experience a keynote Jake Miller and can also attend multiple breakout sessions in STEM areas.

*NEW* ASM Materials Camp

This week-long, hands-on lab experience shows educators how to use applied engineering techniques in their classroom. ASM Materials Camp®-Teachers is an idea-generating workshop introducing teachers to methods that make math and core science principles more enticing and relevant to their middle and high school students. Materials topics are great motivators in any engineering, technology or science course as students learn concepts that are reflected in their everyday lives.

*NEW* ASM Materials Camp

This week-long, hands-on lab experience shows educators how to use applied engineering techniques in their classroom. ASM Materials Camp®-Teachers is an idea-generating workshop introducing teachers to methods that make math and core science principles more enticing and relevant to their middle and high school students. Materials topics are great motivators in any engineering, technology or science course as students learn concepts that are reflected in their everyday lives.

*NEW* NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) Applications Opening Soon

NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) needs your help! Please share this great NASA STEM opportunity with your grade 10 students this spring to learn how to apply in September 2021 when they become a junior! HAS is an authentic learning experience for Texas high school juniors to engage with NASA’s mission to become the next Artemis Generation of explorers and learn about different STEM-related fields of study they might want to pursue in college. Students who complete a series of online assignments and pass the online course participate in Moonshot! Moonshot is a virtual gamified team experience to plan an Artemis-themed mission to the Moon and Mars under the guidance of NASA scientists and engineers. Both the online course and virtual Moonshot are free to participants.

We sifted through and pulled out the educator-specific professional development opportunities and digital learning and teaching tools aimed at educators to create this list for Texas educators.  We will continue to update as we receive resources.

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