Technology Exploration and Expansion for Noyce Scholars
The Northeast Noyce Professional Learning Network Presents: Technology Exploration and Expansion for Noyce Scholars (TEENS), a special two-day course focusing on exploring and expanding ways to increase access to STEM education.
If you are a STEM educator in Northeastern Pennsylvania, join us to learn how to use robotics as a teaching tool while earning a $450 stipend to complete the course!
Participants will employ a universal design for learning (UDL) instrument to support the planning of technology-based lessons and make them accessible for all learners. Two days of training will include time to explore, develop, and expand STEM activities within a UDL framework, and then opportunities to put those activities into practice with undergraduate teacher candidates and secondary students from local schools.
During this learning institute, participants will:
- Learn ways to include marginalized students in STEM using universal design for learning.
- Practice how to use robotics as a learning tool that integrates storytelling as well as programming
- Grow teaching, learning, and leadership skills by facilitating learning experiences for the next generation of teachers
- All participants are eligible for a $450 stipend upon completion of the institute.
- Participants will receive a Sphero mini programmable robot to support play-based learning and educational STEAM activities to use in their context.
- Lunch and dinner are included on 10/19 and breakfast and lunch are included on 10/20.
Sunday, October 19, 2025: (Lunch & Dinner Included)
- 10:30 AM: Arrival, check-in
- 11:00 AM: Programming begins
- 7:00 PM: Program ends
Monday, October 20, 2025: (Breakfast & Lunch Included)
- 7:30 AM: Program begins (breakfast and networking)
- 2:30 PM: Programming ends
Any participant requiring overnight accommodations are expected to make them on their own. Estimated cost for recommended hotel in Wilkes Barre ranges from $100 to $150 per night. Participants can be reimbursed $70 to partially cover the cost of the hotel (hotel receipt required)
Recommended Hotel
Best Western Plus Wilkes Barre Center City
77 East Market Street
Wilkes Barre, PA 18701
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