Samsung solve for tomorrow

“Solve for Tomorrow was designed to provide schools and teachers with an innovative, problem-based learning approach to STEM education to boost student interest, proficiency, and diversity in STEM,” said Samsung Electronics America Chief Marketing, Citizenship, and Communications Officer Michelle Crossan-Matos in the Samsung press release. “This fresh crop of impressive state finalists is proof that we’re succeeding.” Microsoft stem program Brooklyn Technical High School

The curriculum introduced by IBM STEM For Girls will align and supplement the state’s efforts toward offering quality education. This initiative is part of a three-year program between IBM and the state government, with Quest Alliance and Alombro Mayu Yaku Chi Amey Aroga (AMYAA) as the implementation partners, to further help increase the participation of girl children and women in STEM careers. AMYAA will hire facilitators to support the school processes, and will anchor the advocacy and liasiing with district education officials for executing the program. Get K-12 Dive in your inbox The public can watch at www.samsungsolvefortomorrow.com at 12:50 p.m.

IOWA, LA (KPLC) - Across the nation, thousands of schools entered into Samsung’s ‘Solve For Tomorrow’ contest, and Iowa High School was chosen as a finalist. US STOCKS-Futures climb on Apple earnings cheer, jobs report on tap Samsung Electronics America today announced that 300 public schools across America have been named State Finalists in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national competition. Representing the cream of more than one thousand competition entrants, each State Finalist has won a package of $2,500 in technology and school supplies. These Finalists advance to additional stages of the competition that will culminate in three schools being selected in May as National Winners, and receive $100,000 prize packages. The full list of State Finalists can be found here.

This initiative focuses on involving teachers in co-creating relevant education materials to progress computational thinking and 21st-century skills development at secondary and higher secondary school levels. The IBM STEM for Girls program, currently running in 13 states, has successfully engaged with hundreds of thousands of students. Participating states include Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Nagaland. About IBM SkillsBuild All Things STEM is our volunteer initiative intended to reach 1 million students annually with activities to promote STEM careers, introduce 21st-century skills like machine learning or AI, and more. Launched in January 2018, it offers free resources anyone can use to lead volunteer events, and by year-end IBM employees and retirees held sessions with more than 3.2 million students worldwide. See what’s available or learn more at ibm.com.