This year marks the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In honor of this historic celebration, NASA’s Johnson Space Center has launched a special four-part Spanish-language series of its popular show “Space to Ground.” This show provides a weekly look at what is happening aboard the International Space Station.
Three of the four episodes are currently available online:
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