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CEEO in Thailand
By Elissa Milto, Director of Outreach In October 2017, the Thai Ministry of Education visited the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) to learn about the Center and invited us to participate in the 2018 International Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Conference (ISMTEC). A year later on October 17th, Elissa Milto, CEEO Director […]
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The Jack of All Trades
The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) is currently recruiting its 5th cohort for this Fall 2019 for the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP). TEEP is a graduate course through Tufts University for any practicing elementary, middle school, or high school teacher who is seeking to change or expand their approach through the integration […]
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A Look at Novel Engineering in a Classroom
By Becky Cogbill, 4th Grade Teacher in Medford Public Schools I started my journey with Novel Engineering through the course offered by Tufts. I was a relative newcomer to teaching engineering and eager to learn how to do so effectively. Novel Engineering represented a large shift from my original approach. I had to let go of […]
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From Specialist to Coach: How TEEP helped a Science teacher become an Engineer
by Magee Shalhoub, Program Administrator Tufts Center for Engineering E ducation and Outreach (CEEO) is currently recruiting its 5th cohort for this Fall 2019 for the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP). TEEP is a graduate course through Tufts University for any practicing elementary, middle school, or high school teacher who is seeking to change or […]
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E-Team at the CEEO
By Laura Fradin, Educational Specialist Here at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), we are constantly testing new equipment and activities to teach engineering to kids. To help us, we need kids who are willing to try out the new tools and projects to see how well they work. The E-TEAM consists […]
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Digital Big Band 2018
By William Church, CEEO Collaborator From September 17th through the 21st I traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to attend and present at the Digital Big Bang 2018 conference. My visit was hosted by LEGO Education and their partners, Gammaco. The conference was part tech trade show and part education expo. It was all future facing. There were […]
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LEGO Engineering Conferences in India
by Barbara Bratzel, Educator in Residence Barbara Bratzel, an Educator in Residence at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), recently gave talks and ran workshops at two LEGO Engineering conferences in India. The two conferences, with the theme Driving Innovation in India through STEM Education, were the first LEGO Engineering conferences held […]
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CEEO’s Summer 2018 Undergraduate Internships
by Lynne Ramsey, Staff Assistant Every summer, Tufts Centering for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) hires between 30 and 40 Undergraduate Student Interns to work on various research, outreach initiatives, or operations support projects at the CEEO. This past summer we had 37 undergraduate students from Tufts and from a few other Universities working at […]
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Engaging Middle Schools Girls in Chemical Engineering
by Abey Klotz, Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering The National Science Foundation awards grants to young faculty to launch their research. Entitled CAREER grants, these grants task faculty with not only working on cutting-edge research but also sharing their work with the broader community. In Summer 2018, Professor Ayse Asatekin, from the Tufts Department of […]
