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KU is participating this summer in a program designed to provide local area K-12 teachers with exposure to real-world applications for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The new KU Center for Technology Commercialization (KUCTC) is hosting Carrie Lodge, an elementary teacher in the Olathe School District, as a paid intern for eight weeks at the Lawrence and Medical Center campuses. She is on campus as a participant in the UpLink TeacherTech program. Her goal is to learn about KU research and technology and how it’s applied in the private sector. She will then incorporate her observations and experiences into future classroom teaching.
For example, Lodge recently learned about Quarked!, an animated web site created at KU by Alice Bean to teach physics to students ages 7-11. Lodge plans to use Quarked! in her second grade classroom this fall. Jim Baxendale, director of KUCTC, will attend Lodge’s class in November during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Lodge is a graduate of Baker University with bachelor’s and M.B.A. degrees. The combination of education and business made her an ideal candidate for TeacherTech.
This is the second year for TeacherTech, a pilot program funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City. Ten teachers participated in 2007. This year, 175 teachers applied and 35 were chosen.
In addition to Carrie Lodge, the KU Medical Center is hosting nine other TeacherTech participants:
More information about the program and how to apply can be found at http://www.yf-uplink.org/TeacherTech/.
