Also in this issue: Cisco supports new digital PD; acoustic engineering sounds like fun; tips for integrate engineering with dance; more!
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EiE News August 2016
Cisco Awards $125K for Digital Professional Development Initiative
A Global Impact Grant from Cisco Systems, Inc. for Engineering is Elementary® (EiE®) will fund a pilot project to create digital professional development resources for elementary engineering teachers nationwide. The grant also supports teachers from 10 different schools in implementing the EiE curriculum by providing them with a blend of face-to-face and online professional development along with curriculum materials.
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Teachers Wanted! Take Our Storybook Survey

We’re pleased to announce a new EiE project: The Digital Storybook Initiative. With support from The Gordon Foundation, we’re creating digital versions of all 20 EiE storybooks. These new books, which kids can read on tablets or computers, will have a host of flexible features to support every learning style.

Now we need your help! Please take our online survey and let us know what YOU think would be the most useful features in a digital storybook. Thanks for your feedback.
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Now Available: On-Demand EiE Webinar for Afterschool Educators
As part of EiE's new Cisco-supported Digital Profession Development Initiative (above), the EiE team is creating EiE Webinars that introduce classroom and afterschool educators to K-8 engineering education. The first webinar in the series, "Introduction to Engineering for Out-of-School-Time Programs," is now available. This 45-minute, on-demand session is a great way to jumpstart your knowledge of EiE's Engineering Adventures and Engineering Everywhere curricula. Watch it and share it!
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Check Out Our Newest "Engineering Adventure"
India and Jacob, the fictional brother-sister duo who serve as your guide to the globe-trotting design challenges in EiE's Engineering Adventures curriculum, are off on their eighth adventure! This time they're designing amplifiers for a Mongolian music festival. Download the lessons today for your afterschool or camp program.
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EiE Teacher Tip: Teach Science, Engineering Through Dance!
Children learn in different ways, and some respond particularly well to kinesthetic or embodied learning—learning through body movement and dance. If you’re teaching the EiE unit Marvelous Machines: Making Work Easier, click "read more" for a brilliant idea from Amy Williams, the dance teacher at Indianola Informal K-8 in Columbus, Ohio. She's integrating dance with her students’ exploration of simple machines.
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