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This presentation slide deck, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), highlights key strategies and best practices for successfully planning and delivering a professional development event. Communication, technical support, no-shows, hosting best practices, surveys,...

In this webinar from EvaluATE, participants learn how to integrate assessment into professional development (PD) to boost learning for participants and classroom students, while simultaneously generating evaluation data. A registration survey, information on rethinking assessment, examples of...

This module, created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link), introduces students to "the phenomenon of band gaps in light emitting diodes using readily accessible experimental materials, LEDs, and inexpensive digital meters." During the learning activity students build a simple Light...

This video presentation provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center explores scanning electron microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM/FESEM) image best practices. In the video, Liu Bangzhi simplifies SEM/FESEM imaging by drawing analogies...

This 79-page document from the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE) highlights the work done by two National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Education (CD), including Whatcom Community College and Jackson State Community College. The cybersecurity...

This 2-page resource, from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is a checklist intended for manufacturers hosting a tour during the Minnesota Manufactured Statewide Tour of Manufacturing. This checklist details best practices for 7-10 days before the tour, the day of the...

In this webinar from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), Jim Pytel provides an overview of how educators can teach motor control using a low-cost collection of components. In addition, Pytel shares free online instructional resources and lab...

This 25-page report from by Alexandria University describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the M.I.A. Robotics team for the Explorer Class of the 2024 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to...

The M8-R SIM is a virtual simulation game made for educating users on the operation of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV). In the simulation, users maneuver through coral reefs and hunt for crown-of-thorns sea stars. Designed by a team at the Clemson University Center for Workforce...

This webinar, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, discusses making evaluation a central focus of an ATE proposal. The webinar provides instruction on how to: "focus an ATE evaluation, develop a plan for data collection and analysis, describe the...