RAFT Fellows from around the Bay Area set to share what hands on teaching can do to enhance learning for students and teaching for educators. RAFT Is On a Mission. For the last four years, RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) has been building a small but effective group of advocates… Read More»
RAFT awards science teachers from Challenger – Middlefield, Granada Islamic, Magnolia Science Academy, Merryhill, Milpitas Christian and Springer schools whose students used hands-on techniques and repurposed materials in the Synopsys Science Fair projects. San Jose, CA (April 11, 2012) – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) recently recognized six science educators… Read More»
Affordable and accessible RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) materials help Stanford University student make educational hands on Activity Kits to effectively engage children with special needs. San Jose, CA (March 20, 2012) – Krystal Le, a sophomore at Stanford University recently worked with RAFT to develop new hands-on educational activity… Read More»
RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION FROM FLEXTRONICS FOUNDATION TO FACILITATE HANDS ON STEM EDUCATION Singapore, February 15, 2012 – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) and Flextronics announced today that Flextronics Foundation has donated $10,000 to support the core component of RAFT’s Education program – creatively repurposing materials… Read More»
CISCO’S GRANT HELPS RAFT INCREASE ITS REACH TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NATIONWIDE San Jose, CA (Feb 07, 2012) – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT), a pioneer in hands-on teaching methods, has received $100,000 from Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking technology, to develop an education web platform that will enable… Read More»
Martin Luther King Jr. Day –United Way volunteers honor this day of service at RAFT Jan 16th, San Jose, CA – On a day when schools were closed to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., nearly 100 volunteers joined United Way Silicon Valley and Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) to make… Read More»
RAFT participates in growing the next generation of science innovators with NYSCi Jan 17th, San Jose, CA – Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), a non-profit organization that has been promoting hands-on interactive learning for 18 years, shared it’s expertise on hands-on teaching methods at the “Design, Make, Play: Growing the… Read More»
