Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
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Eighth Grade Science Teacher is 2017 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
02/27/2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 27, 2017) - Ashlie Blackstone Smith, an eighth grade physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2017 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
The award is given annually in recognition of creative and innovative use of technology by K-12 educators, or district-level education personnel. The award, named for Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard, will be presented during the 33rd Space Symposium opening ceremony on April 3 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The opening ceremony is co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and the award presentation will be followed with a by-invitation reception co-hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
The Space Foundation's annual Space Symposium is the premier gathering of all sectors of global space leadership, attracting thousands of participants from dozens of countries. Visit https://www.spacesymposium.org/ for complete conference information.
About Ashlie Blackstone Smith
Smith has been a physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls since 2003. Among her achievements there, she:
- developed 100+ science content videos that have resulted in a flipped classroom year-long experience for students. Student achievement, engagement and class time have increased, allowing more time to incorporate additional laboratory exercises and technology such as iPads, 3D printing and coding.
- created and implemented lessons incorporating technology such as augmented reality, 3-dimensional design, computer coding and programmable robotics. This resulted in student augmented periodic tables, 3-dimensionally printed atomic structures (via software Tinkercad and Autodesk I23D), coded video games (via software GoogleCS First) and robotic programming (via Sphero).
- led a middle school innovation committee in charge of facilitating the push for innovative curriculum into the classroom including maker spaces and design-thinking practices. Actions will result in the implementation of a multi-million dollar innovation center on campus, professional development for staff, and a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Edgerton Center to deliver design thinking workshops to faculty and other schools.
- facilitated Cubes in Space program (www.cubesinspace.com) supported by idoodlelearning, inc, as well as the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, NASA Wallop's Flight Facility and Langley Research Center, Lockheed Martin and CaptainJudy.com. Outcomes of past programs have led to studentdesigned experiments launched on sounding rockets and high-altitude balloons.
- facilitated Cassini Scientists for a Day program sponsored by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- co-designed and implemented annual, month-long Math/Physics Olympics program. Sixty female student participants plan and design tennis ball catapults, egg-catching devices, musical instruments, Sphero robotic coding, specially designed Pringle chip packages and structures for day-long competition.
- facilitated You Be the Chemist program sponsored by the Chemical Educational Foundation and Dow Chemical Company. Possible outcomes for students include local, state and national competitions based on chemistry with college scholarship opportunities.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental biology/zoology from Michigan State University in 2000, and a Master's degree in secondary science education from Wayne State University in 2005.
About Space Foundation STEM Programs
The Space Foundation is helping to build the next generation of space leaders, and improving the overall quality of education, through teacher, student and community programs that use space themes to improve students' interest and skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Space Foundation grassroots outreach helps communities to develop a Pre-K through 20 STEM pipeline, to grow a community's organic workforce and to strengthen economic development. To learn more about Space Foundation STEM education programs, visit https://www.discoverspace.org/.
About the Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Founded in the wake of the Challenger accident in 1986, AMF honors and memorializes 24 astronauts who sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program while on a U.S. government mission or in training. AMF, a private, not-for-profit organization, built and maintains two major facilities at the John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The Space Mirror Memorial is a 42-foot high by 50-foot wide polished granite monument designated by Congress to be the national memorial for America's astronauts. At the Center for Space Education AMF partners with NASA to inspire future generations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. Students, teachers and mentors experience building rockets, robotic competitions and other hands-on space-related learning activities led by AMF space education specialists. The recent completion of extensive renovations at the CSE created a massive conference space with state-of-the-art audio/visual capabilities. Over 750 people attended the 2017 NASA Day of Remembrance Apollo 1 Tribute ceremony in this newly refurbished space, and NASA's annual Robotic Mining Competition involving over 500 students from almost 50 colleges throughout the nation will be utilizing this space in May. For more information about AMF visit www.amfcse.org.
About the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research. Operational since 1958, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. It has led U.S. space exploration including the Mercury and Gemini space programs, the Apollo missions to the Moon, the Space Shuttle, U.S. involvement in the International Space Station, the Hubble Telescope and robotic interplanetary and distant space missions. NASA is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research and research focused on better understanding Earth, the solar systems, and the universe beyond. For more information, go to www.nasa.gov.
About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, has a public Discovery Center, including El Pomar Space Gallery, Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere® and the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center. The Space Foundation has a Washington, D.C., office and field representatives in Houston and the Florida Space Coast. It publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and through its Space CertificationTM and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, recognizes space-based innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit both of our websites -- www.SpaceFoundation.org and www.DiscoverSpace.org -- and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Flickr and YouTube, and read our e-newsletter Space Watch.
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Margaret Rhule Baguio is 2016 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
03/10/2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 10, 2016) - The opening ceremony of the Space Foundation's 32nd Space Symposium will begin with the presentation of its highest education award. Margaret Rhule Baguio, Senior Education Outreach Coordinator for NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium, has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2016 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given annually in recognition of creative and innovative use of technology by K-12 educators, or district-level education personnel.
The award, named for Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard, will be presented during the Space Symposium's opening ceremony on April 11 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The ceremony is co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and the award presentation will be followed with a by-invitation reception co-hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
About Baguio
Margaret Rhule Baguio has worked for more than 30 years in youth development and education in public schools for the Texas Cooperative Extension Service 4-H & Youth Development Program, she managed a USDA Science and Literacy project for underserved youth and she has promoted space education to students, teachers and the general public through the Texas Space Grant Consortium.
Highlights of her accomplishments include:
The Space Foundation's Space Symposium is the annual gathering of all sectors of the global space community. The 32nd Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor, and will include programs for select educators and students. See more about the Symposium atwww.spacesymposium.org.
About the Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Founded in the wake of the Challenger accident in 1986, AMF honors and memorializes 24 astronauts who sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program while on a U.S. government mission or in training. AMF is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by NASA to build and maintain two major facilities at the John F. Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex: The Space Mirror Memorial and The Center for Space Education. Through the Center for Space Education, AMF partners with NASA to provide space-related educational technology training to teachers and students to foster an understanding of space exploration, to improve education through technology and to improve the quality of the space industry workforce. For more information, visit www.amfcse.org.
About the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research. Operational since 1958, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. It has led U.S. space exploration including the Mercury and Gemini space programs, the Apollo missions to the Moon, the Space Shuttle, U.S. involvement in the International Space Station, the Hubble Telescope and robotic interplanetary and distant space missions. NASA is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research and research focused on better understanding Earth, the solar systems, and the universe beyond. For more information, go to www.nasa.gov.
About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, has a public Discovery Center, including El Pomar Space Gallery, Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere® and the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center. The Space Foundation has a field office in Houston and conducts government affairs from its Washington, D.C., office. It publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and through its Space CertificationTM and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, the Space Foundation recognizes space-based innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit www.SpaceFoundation.org, follow us onFacebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Flickr and YouTube, and read our e-newsletter Space Watch.
03/10/2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 10, 2016) - The opening ceremony of the Space Foundation's 32nd Space Symposium will begin with the presentation of its highest education award. Margaret Rhule Baguio, Senior Education Outreach Coordinator for NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium, has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2016 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given annually in recognition of creative and innovative use of technology by K-12 educators, or district-level education personnel.
The award, named for Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard, will be presented during the Space Symposium's opening ceremony on April 11 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The ceremony is co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and the award presentation will be followed with a by-invitation reception co-hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
About Baguio
Margaret Rhule Baguio has worked for more than 30 years in youth development and education in public schools for the Texas Cooperative Extension Service 4-H & Youth Development Program, she managed a USDA Science and Literacy project for underserved youth and she has promoted space education to students, teachers and the general public through the Texas Space Grant Consortium.
Highlights of her accomplishments include:
- Developing the LiftOff Summer Institute, held at NASA Johnson Space Center, a nationally competitive, week-long professional development program for educators. Evaluation results show that annually, this one week-long workshop reaches 50 educators, who train an additional 1,250 teachers, who then use the materials with 130,000 students.
- Implementing the Summer of Innovation program along the Mexican border of south Texas, with a 97 percent minority population and where the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. She trained 600 teachers, who then conducted week-long NASA-themed camps to more than 10,000 students in a four-year period. In addition, she initiated the first Space Camp at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, where students had the opportunity to engage in hands-on NASA STEM activities. She was instrumental in receiving funding to engage Hispanic girls in NASA's Minority Student Forum and Girls in Science.
- Through partnerships and collaboration, she has provided opportunities for teachers to fly on NASA's reduced gravity aircraft with experiments. She also arranged for students' protein crystal flight experiments to be launched on the Space Shuttle for use by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The students conducted authentic research, working with and being mentored by NASA scientists analyzing Earth-observing satellite data.
- During the past year she conducted STEM professional development training to 3,260 teachers and engaged 17,036 youth in STEM activities.
The Space Foundation's Space Symposium is the annual gathering of all sectors of the global space community. The 32nd Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor, and will include programs for select educators and students. See more about the Symposium atwww.spacesymposium.org.
About the Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Founded in the wake of the Challenger accident in 1986, AMF honors and memorializes 24 astronauts who sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program while on a U.S. government mission or in training. AMF is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by NASA to build and maintain two major facilities at the John F. Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex: The Space Mirror Memorial and The Center for Space Education. Through the Center for Space Education, AMF partners with NASA to provide space-related educational technology training to teachers and students to foster an understanding of space exploration, to improve education through technology and to improve the quality of the space industry workforce. For more information, visit www.amfcse.org.
About the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research. Operational since 1958, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. It has led U.S. space exploration including the Mercury and Gemini space programs, the Apollo missions to the Moon, the Space Shuttle, U.S. involvement in the International Space Station, the Hubble Telescope and robotic interplanetary and distant space missions. NASA is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research and research focused on better understanding Earth, the solar systems, and the universe beyond. For more information, go to www.nasa.gov.
About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, has a public Discovery Center, including El Pomar Space Gallery, Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere® and the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center. The Space Foundation has a field office in Houston and conducts government affairs from its Washington, D.C., office. It publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and through its Space CertificationTM and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, the Space Foundation recognizes space-based innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit www.SpaceFoundation.org, follow us onFacebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Flickr and YouTube, and read our e-newsletter Space Watch.
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June Scobee Rodgers is 2015 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 29, 2015) – The opening ceremony of the Space Foundation’s 31st Space Symposium will begin with the presentation of its highest education award to one of the nation’s most notable educators.
June Scobee Rodgers, Ph.D., Founding Chairman for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2015 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given annually in recognition of creative and innovative use of technology by K-12 educators, or district-level education personnel.
The award will be presented to Rodgers during the opening ceremony on April 13 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The ceremony is co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and the award presentation will be followed with a by-invitation reception co-hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
The Space Symposium is the annual gathering of all sectors of the global space community, to be held April 13 - 16 at The Broadmoor, and includes programs for select educators and students. See the agenda, speakers and registration information at www.spacesymposium.org.
About June Scobee Rodgers
Rodgers has taught every grade-level from kindergarten through college. As Founding Chairman for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, she has appeared on numerous national television programs promoting innovative educational partnerships, and has served on the President's National Advisory Council on Education. Each year more than 500,000 students participate in programs at the nearly 50 Challenger Learning Centers located throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea.
Rodgers holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, and a Master's from Chapman College, both in curriculum and instruction. She also attended San Antonio Community College, Charleston Southern University and received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Leicester, UK.
Rodgers is the widow of Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, who was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, after booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
About the Award
Alan Shepard, one of the nation’s original seven Mercury astronauts, was the first American to fly in space, one of only 12 humans who have walked on the Moon and a former AMF board member. The award named for him recognizes excellence, quality and innovation in the development and application of technology in the classroom, or to the professional development of teachers. More information about the award is available at www.amfcse.org, and see the list of past recipients at www.spacefoundation.org/about/awards.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 29, 2015) – The opening ceremony of the Space Foundation’s 31st Space Symposium will begin with the presentation of its highest education award to one of the nation’s most notable educators.
June Scobee Rodgers, Ph.D., Founding Chairman for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2015 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given annually in recognition of creative and innovative use of technology by K-12 educators, or district-level education personnel.
The award will be presented to Rodgers during the opening ceremony on April 13 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. The ceremony is co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and the award presentation will be followed with a by-invitation reception co-hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.
The Space Symposium is the annual gathering of all sectors of the global space community, to be held April 13 - 16 at The Broadmoor, and includes programs for select educators and students. See the agenda, speakers and registration information at www.spacesymposium.org.
About June Scobee Rodgers
Rodgers has taught every grade-level from kindergarten through college. As Founding Chairman for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, she has appeared on numerous national television programs promoting innovative educational partnerships, and has served on the President's National Advisory Council on Education. Each year more than 500,000 students participate in programs at the nearly 50 Challenger Learning Centers located throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea.
Rodgers holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, and a Master's from Chapman College, both in curriculum and instruction. She also attended San Antonio Community College, Charleston Southern University and received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Leicester, UK.
Rodgers is the widow of Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, who was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, after booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission.
About the Award
Alan Shepard, one of the nation’s original seven Mercury astronauts, was the first American to fly in space, one of only 12 humans who have walked on the Moon and a former AMF board member. The award named for him recognizes excellence, quality and innovation in the development and application of technology in the classroom, or to the professional development of teachers. More information about the award is available at www.amfcse.org, and see the list of past recipients at www.spacefoundation.org/about/awards.
