RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION FROM FLEXTRONICS FOR HANDS-ON LEARNING STEM EDUCATION San Jose, January 15, 2013 – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) announced today that Flextronics has donated $10,000 to provide continued support of RAFT’s Education Program. RAFT repurposes or “up-cycles” materials donated by local businesses… Read More»
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»
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»
RAFT and Citizen Schools partners on a pilot project to evaluate effectiveness of RAFT Activity Kits San Jose, Calif. – Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) and Citizen Schools are collaborating on a ten-week pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of ’Hands-On’ activities in after school STEM education through December 13th,… Read More»
RAFT to provide prototyping resources for upcoming Big Ideas Fest Action Collabs San Jose, CA (November 29, 2011) – “Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.” – Brian W. Aldiss Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) and Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education… Read More»
New series of educational training videos focused on STEM curriculum to benefit educators and students Sacramento, CA (Nov 22, 2011) – “Strengthening STEM education is vital to preparing our students to compete in the 21st century economy and we need to recruit and train math and science teachers to support… Read More»
