NASA Virtual University Offers Two New Courses

Written by Nathan Smith on September 18, 2014. Posted in STEM and STEAM.

NASA Education is presenting a pair of free online courses for educators who wish to integrate NASA educational lessons and activities into their learning environments. Offered through the NASA Virtual University, each course consists of a series of webinars led by NASA education specialists. Each webinar will be offered twice. Courses are free, but you must register to attend.

Engineering: NASA Design Challenges for the Classroom
This course consists of four weeks of weekly webinars, and is designed to introduce educators to ways to integrate engineering design into existing curricula. The first webinar in the series takes place on Sept. 29, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. EDT.

Mathematics: Algebraic Equations
This course consists of three weeks of weekly webinars, and is designed to introduce educators to tools for teaching algebraic equations. The first webinar in the series takes place on Nov. 3, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. EST.

For more information about these webinars and to register online, visit http://helixtraining.gtpe.gatech.edu/.

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State