Please explore a very interesting, NSF-sponsored camps this summer exploring Artificial Intelligence, Chip Manufacturing, and Physical Computing (Internet of Things) at Virginia Tech's Potomac Yard campus (Metro Blue/Yellow lines).
Friday, November 14, 2025
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Formal Recognition in the National Ecosystem
The Northern Virginia STEM Network began in 2007 as an informal network of CTE and other STEM educators with a focus on growing our own future workforce in Northern Virginia. Many years later in 2021 we were integrated with the DMV (District, Maryland, Virginia) STEM Learning Ecosystem led by our long-term collaborators at Morgan State University and continued through multiple extensions of their DSEC grant.
When that DSEC funding ended in 2024 we were encouraged by our supporters at T.I.E.S. to go big for national recognitions. Accordingly, we've "re-branded" as NoVaWISE (Northern Virginia Workforce Innovations through STEM Education). We are currently looking for highly engaged leaders in technical industries, public school leadership, after-school and out-of-school innovators, and workforce development specialists.
Virginia Tech is supporting the design of a new website. Until then you can still catch us here at www.NoVaSTEM.net or NoVaSTEM.blogspot.com.
Contact Jim Egenrieder (JimE@vt.edu) or Courtney Kissell (CKissell@vt.edu) to get involved.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
AI 101 from VASEM
The Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine issued a 2025 White Paper, An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence providing a foundation in topics such including:
- the beginnings of Artificial Intelligence;
- the emergence of Expert Systems;
- the rapid evolution of Machine Learning;
- Deep Learning;
- Generative AI;
- representative applications of AI;
- hallucinations and trust;
- ethical issues;
- Artificial Intelligence vs. human intelligence, and Artificial General Intelligence; and
- three visions for an "AI Future".
Monday, October 6, 2025
Teachers: Learn about Invention Education and Change Lives!
Are you new to Invention Education? Learn about developing future-ready skills, creativity, and executive function skills in your students? Join the Invention Virginia team on October 20th for our Jumpstart Professional Development! Register now!
Friday, October 3, 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
APS selects 2025-26 AI tools for teaching and operations
APS selects AI tools for teaching and operations in coming school year
Artificial-intelligence tools will play a larger role in Arlington Public Schools classrooms and operations in the coming school year.
After a pilot program last year that involved about 400 educators, the school system has selected SchoolAI as its primary artificial-intelligence tool. In addition, staff will have access to Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and NotebookLM for professional use.
Superintendent Francisco Durán said that SchoolAI was selected “due to its strong alignment with classroom needs, educator-control features and commitment to student-data privacy.”
“We’re looking at all the ways it can better support our school system,” Durán said in an Aug. 7 briefing to School Board members. “We need to prepare our students and staff for the future.”
The tools being rolled out will support students “with a secure and supportive environment” to explore AI, Durán said at the meeting.
The incorporation of AI tools into the curriculum represents what could be the biggest technological leap in the nation’s classrooms since computers first made their appearance in the 1980s.
AI will also provide opportunities for the county school system to be “more efficient and fiscally conscious,” School Board member Mary Kadera said at the meeting.
She pointed to the use of AI programs to streamline scheduling and optimize bus routes as opportunities going forward.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Bachelor's degrees by County
All counties in America where 40% or more have a Bachelor's degree
Source: Random Facts of the World
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