technology

Jan 24, 2019

Spring 2019 MOOC-Eds Now Open for Registration

Free high-quality online courses for educators are now open for registration for the Spring 2019 session, which starts on February 5. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is offering five… 

Jan 3, 2019

Computer Science for All

Why computer science for all? Computer science opens more doors for students than any other discipline in today’s world. Learning even the basics will help students in virtually any career… 

Jan 2, 2019

Blended Learning That Connects Teachers, Students and Parents around Learning Differences

Part 1 of the Friday’s Institute’s insights on effective blended learning to understand learning differences.  

Dec 18, 2018

Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School Participates in Hour of Code with Friday Institute Staff

During Computer Science Education Week, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation staff helped neighboring Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School students participate in Hour of Code, a global movement that introduces… 

Dec 6, 2018

New $1 Million Grant Will Support Broadening Participation in Computer Science and Computational Thinking

A team of faculty and researchers at NC State University were recently awarded a three-year $1 million National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with Wake County Schools, UNC-Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools… 

Nov 30, 2018

How Educators Can Build Student Agency and Help Students Advocate for Themselves

Educators must purposefully cultivate both sides of learner agency. Fortunately, there are many valuable resources available to teachers interested in going deep into this work. 

Nov 26, 2018

New Guide Helps Parents Support Students in LEADing in Their Learning

For more than a century, educators have iteratively tried to improve the structures of schooling by refining the environment design, adopting new resources, and adjusting the requirements for high school… 

Nov 24, 2018

HI-RiSE Fall 2018 Updates

One of the goals of the HI-RiSE team is to disseminate the work done by the team to as many audiences interested in statistics education as possible, and this Fall… 

Nov 13, 2018

What’s in a Name? The Potential for Students to Self-Advocate

Sometimes the hardest part is just getting started. That probably holds true for a lot of people. 

Oct 9, 2018

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Announces Commitment to Computer Science Education at 2018 CSforALL Summit

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation announced a commitment today to expand their professional learning programs and their Massive Open Online Courses for Educators as part of the second annual CSforALL Summit. The commitment will reach 500 teachers in 50 North Carolina schools districts and 1,500 educators throughout the US and around the world in 2018-2019.