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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøhosts U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Annual National Summer Teacher Institute
Educators from across the nation gained hands-on experience while learning about inventions and innovations as part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s annual National Summer Teacher Institute at the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøTampa campus.
August 15, 2018Centers and Institutes
VEX Robotics Teacher Training helps educators bring robotics programs to their schools
More than 40 K-12 educators participated in a week-long teacher training to learn how they can bring robotics curriculum into their classrooms.
August 13, 2018Centers and Institutes
Training session aims to equip more K-12 educators to teach robotics in schools
More than 40 educators from across the U.S. are participating in a week-long training to learn how they can implement robotics curriculum in their schools.
July 23, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
CyberCamp inspires high school students to explore careers in cybersecurity
To encourage more high school students to pursue careers in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry, the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøCollege of Education hosted a week-long cybersecurity camp at SecureSet Cybersecurity Academy in Ybor City.
July 17, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
Film camp puts local students in the director’s chair
Students in grades 3-12 learned the process of digital filmmaking during the Tampa Theatre's 15th annual summer film camp, hosted in collaboration with the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
July 17, 2018Centers and Institutes
Tampa Bay Area Writing Project Leadership Institute empowers writing teachers to share expertise, improve practice
The Tampa Bay Area Writing Project hosted a two-week leadership institute to welcome a new cohort of writing teacher consultants to the program.
July 2, 2018Centers and Institutes
Animation camp helps students with disabilities discover passions, career opportunities
The Animation Gets Real summer camp celebrated its fifth anniversary, welcoming students between 13 and 22 years old with autism and related disabilities to camps in both Tampa and Miami to learn the basics of creating animated videos, music and sound effects.
June 28, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
State Farm makes $20,000 gift to Gus A. Stavros Center Free Enterprise and Economic Education
The ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøCollege of Education announced that State Farm awarded $20,000 to the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education in support of the Center’s 2018 K-12 Economics Education Professional Development Program.
June 18, 2018Centers and Institutes
‘My Art My Way’ program empowers students with disabilities to explore artistic potential
Home to the artwork and installations of notable contemporary artists, the University of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s (USF) Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) held a reception for the work of another group of rising artists in May.
June 1, 2018Centers and Institutes
College of Education hosts ‘Girl Powered’ workshop to inspire girls to participate in robotics
At the Girl Powered Robotics Day, school-aged girls from across the Tampa Bay area got a hands-on experience in the field of robotics.
October 9, 2017Centers and Institutes, College of Education News, Community Engagement
Stavros Center workshop empowers educators to use cars to teach analysis, decision making
A financial literacy workshop at the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Education helped educators prepare their students to analyze data and make decisions.
September 18, 2017Centers and Institutes
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇølaunches online prep courses to help teachers pass state certification exam
USF's Florida Center for Instructional Technology has launched a series of online courses that provide test takers with the skills needed to pass the General Knowledge Test portion of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam.
September 5, 2017Centers and Institutes