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Mission simulator offers Penn Hills students lessons in teamwork, independence

Over the past few weeks Jamie Martines, a reporter at the Tribune-Review, paid several of our simulators in the Pittsburgh area a visit.  Check out the great article she wrote about us! Fifteen crew members were at their stations aboard

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December 2016 Community of Practice Meeting

The space between Christmas and New Years provides a rare reprieve from the standard whirlwind of life—which gives us a bit of time to write about our most recent Community of Practice meeting.  Earlier last week, moments before kicking off Winter

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Keystones Technology Innovators Summit

This past week, Pennsylvania held a state-wide summit for its top innovators in education:  the Keystones Technology Innovators Summit (KTI). The term STARS stands for: State Technology Advocates Redefining Schools. Keystones STARS are advocates and influencers within their school districts when

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Remaking Learning at the IKS Titan

Last week, Shaler Area Elementary School hosted a Remake Learning event and the Simulator was center stage along with the school’s STEM program for the primary schools and their “Engin” program. This is Tim Bottegal.  He is a very tech savvy

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Simulator Inservice Extravaganza

Yesterday Mike Penn and Heather Oros hosted an inservice day for around 100 teachers in Shaler Area School District on their simulator, the IKS Titan. The teachers attended in groups by grade and specialty.  They received a general briefing just like a

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December Community of Practice Meeting

Merry Christmas everyone, and a happy New Year! All the holiday festivities have made us a bit tardy in sharing an update about our latest Community of Practice meeting, which took place on the 15th.  This was a historic event,

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Admiral Rigorious (a.k.a. Mike Penn) honored as 2014 Champion of Change

Extra, extra!  Read all about it!  Mike Penn, flight director and STEAM Coordinator at Shaler Area School District, was honored as a 2014 Champion of Change last month! Here’s a juicy snippet from the article: A dozen Shaler Area School

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Happy Birthday to the IKS Titan

It’s amazing how fast time flies!  It’s already been one full year since the IKS Titan was unveiled at Shaler Area Elementary.  In the short space of 12 months thousands of students, teachers, and thought leaders in education have passed through

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A Birthday Surprise for the IKS Titan

Can you believe it? Just 11 short months ago the IKS Titan was unveiled to the world.  We were thrilled—to say the least—but we never imagined it would have been so amazingly successful so fast.  In this short span it has served over

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A Visit from the Smithsonian

Yesterday we had the honor of hosting a group of executives from the Smithsonian at the IKS Titan.  They were very impressed by what they saw and asked many very good questions.  The guest list included: Claudine K. Brown, Assistant

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