Can eMentoring in Elementary School Make a Difference?

This article is published with permission from PYXERA Global and originally published here. “They’ve given up hope in learning,” Mrs. Jackson told us, describing the 10-year-olds in her Jacksonville, North Carolina class. Many of her students were second language learners, some were homeless, and all were economically disadvantaged. She was seeking a solution that would […]

Cricket Media Announces Partnership with Follett to Shape the Future of Literacy with Online Mentoring

CricketTogether connects Westchester Intermediate School students with Follett volunteers McLean, VA: Cricket Media today announced a new partnership with Follett Corporation, a leading provider of education technology, services and print and digital content, to provide online mentoring services to students at Westchester Intermediate School in Westchester, Illinois. This partnership will use the innovative eMentoring program […]

Winning Entries Announced in Smithsonian—Cricket Media’s 8th Annual Spark!Lab Dr. InBae Yoon Invent It Challenge

More than 564 Students, through individual and team entries, submitted pioneering inventions to help improve and enhance the lives of older adults. WASHINGTON, DC, USA, May 24, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Aging affects people’s ability to stay socially engaged, mentally and physically active, and complete everyday tasks, but if the highly original concepts and inventions proposed […]

TryEngineering Together Named SIIA Education Technology 2019 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Instructional Solution

TryEngineering Together earns prestigious industry recognition MCLEAN, VA, USA, May 16, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Cricket Media today announced that TryEngineering Together was named a 2019 SIIA CODiE Award finalist for the Best Instructional Solution. Award finalists represent applications, products, and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services, and related technologies across […]

Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces Innovative STEM eMentoring Program

TryEngineering Together will connect 170 middle school students to Northrop Grumman employee volunteers. MCLEAN, VA, UNITED STATES, April 9, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — McLean, Virginia, April 9, 2019 – The Northrop Grumman Foundation, in partnership with Cricket Media and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is expanding its commitment to providing students with science, technology, […]

Smithsonian and Cricket Media Launch the 8th Annual Spark!Lab Dr. InBae Yoon Invent It Challenge for Kids Worldwide

Young inventors are invited to use their creativity to create a new tool or technology to enhance the daily lives and activities of older adults. WASHINGTON, DC, USA, January 17, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Smithsonian and Cricket Media Launch the 8th Annual Spark!Lab Dr. InBae Yoon Invent It Challenge for Kids Worldwide WASHINGTON, DC – Today […]

Cricket Magazine Titles Available on Apple News+

Content from all nine award-winning children’s titles to be included among 300 premium digital magazines and newspapers on Apple News+ MCLEAN, VA, UNITED STATES, March 29, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Cricket Media is pleased to announce that content from all nine award-winning children’s titles will be included among the 300 premium digital magazines and newspapers which […]

Aerospace Shapes the Future of Students through Online Mentoring

TryEngineering Together’s eMentoring program provides a platform for students and Aerospace volunteers to communicate on STEM topics. EL SEGUNDO, CA, USA , February 20, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Demonstrating an ongoing commitment to innovation in STEM education, employees of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) will provide online mentoring to fifth grade students from Kujawa Elementary School, a […]

Cricket Media® Writer Receives 2018 AAAS Kavli Gold Award

CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — MUSE contributor JEANNE MILLER has won the 2018 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award in the category of Children’s Science News. Her winning article, “Fighting to the End,” appeared in the October 2017 issue of MUSE Magazine, a publication of Cricket Media®. The article described the years-long effort to […]

A Straw That Obtains Water from Soil and a Thermal Energy-Generating Water Purifier Are Among the Winning Entries in Smithsonian-Cricket Media’s 7th Annual Spark!Lab Dr. InBae Yoon Invent It Challenge

More than 490 Students, through individual and team entries, submitted innovative solutions to natural disaster preparation and relief issues; other winning entries from around the world included a catastrophe care kit for kids, a mobile application that helps people find shelter for their pets, and an emergency drone that brings supplies and food to people […]