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Entries from March 2007

Video Games and our children – Was our gut feeling right?

March 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Video Games and Your Child’s Brain
Even though I asked parents to monitor the use of video game gadgets in STEP, I have come to the conclusion that this is virtually impossible. So I asked some of our students this past Saturday while we were at the Dolan center waiting to begin the DNA lab, how [...]

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Tags: Parent Beat

Check out the first student interview (in Our People)

March 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments

Congratulations to D’Andre Grosvenor who has submitted the first student interview for publication on this blog. Please click the link under the post Our People featuring Muhammad Ali and Chef El Amin’s photo. Also, note that you must have Adobe Reader™ (A free download from Adobe.com) on your computer to read this file.

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Tags: About STEP

JITI Special -For Parents- How Can parents and teachers develop Students’ Motivation — and Success?

March 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Do you believe there is a relationship between your child’s intelligence and the development of mastery-oriented qualities ?
In a very interesting article in the online magazine Education World, a conversation with a Columbia University professor of psychology, Carol S. Dweck, highlighted the need for parents and educators to do everything necessary to encourage students [...]

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Tags: Learning and Teaching · Parent Beat

Today is Match Day at NYMC -and one of Ours celebrates. [Steph replies in "comments"]

March 15th, 2007 · 8 Comments

“Dancez Marie Dancez” the chorus of an old creole calypso is an apt caption for this pic. Stephanie -then a senior in high school, performed a Haitian dance at our first STEP Female Leaders Conference ~~
One of our very own STEP graduates, Stephanie Lovinsky matched today at her top choice -a residency program with a [...]

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Tags: STEP Alumni News/ Views

Reflecting on our world

March 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This video reflection by a student who posted his school project on YouTube should make us all think about using what we’ve learned to help heal the world. Here is a case of the internet being a supermarket of ideas -some junk food-but also many, many, good treats. Take a look at [...]

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Tags: The Creativity Curriculum

New York State Ed Department wants you to know about STEM Licensing

March 8th, 2007 · 4 Comments

For information Go Here

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Tags: About STEP