A version of this letter was shared on Iridescent’s blog and with its community of volunteer mentors, all of whom are professional engineers and scientists. As Iridescent’s model has developed we have faced challenges with finding the right role for mentors in online learning and blended learning environments. I wanted to share my gratitude and […]
This month’s awardee is Alli Colyer, one of our amazing Engineering Curriculum Developers. Alli began volunteering with Iridescent through our Engineers as Teachers Program while she was an undergraduate at Cooper Union in New York. Through EasT Alli helped teach family science and in-person programs in our Hunts Point Studio, and currently helps develop and teach […]
We are proud to introduce the new Iridescent Awesome Award and our first awardee! This award recognizes the Iridescent team member who has gone above and beyond in their work over the past month, and demonstrated amazing teamwork and dedication. The first Iridescent Awesome Award is presented to Mike Larsson, our Senior Developer! Mike joined […]
Exciting things in STEM are happening this month! April celebrates two days dedicated to fascinating subjects – National DNA Day and National Biomechanics Day. To help you celebrate and explore these concepts, we’ve put together guides on Biomechanics and DNA. Each topic has an educator guide and a student guide. The educator guides include some facilitation tips […]
By Tara Chklovski The last article we wrote focused on how mentoring enables personalized and deep learning (by employing a “Cognitive Apprenticeship” framework). For this article, we will share insights gathered from high performing mentoring organizations and from the research conducted by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. Mentoring has a profound, life-changing impact on youth, especially […]