{"id":244,"date":"2016-04-13T06:32:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/gigabit\/?p=244"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:23:22","slug":"the-white-house-science-fair-is-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/the-white-house-science-fair-is-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House Science Fair is today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, for the sixth consecutive year, President Obama is celebrating all things STEM with students from across the country at the White House Science Fair. View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/04\/13\/fact-sheet-white-house-science-fair-president-obama-calls-generation\" target=\"_blank\">White House press release<\/a>, full release can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/whitehouse.gov\/files\/documents\/WHSF_fact_sheet_41316_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. You can join us at the fair virtually by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live\"> watching the live webcast<\/a> or by sharing your inventions and ideas on Twitter using the hashtag #WHScienceFair.<br \/>\nFrom robots to rockets, Mozilla loves science, technology, engineering and math. Add in gigabit technology and you get STEM education projects that wouldn\u2019t be possible with traditional broadband internet connections, making learning more immediate, immersive, and accessible. Move over baking soda volcanoes.<br \/>\nHere are a few of the projects we\u2019ve supported through the Gigabit Community Fund:<br \/>\n[Chattanooga] The brainchild of Gig City Production\u2019s Jonathan Susman,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adagio.is\/\"> <b>Adagio<\/b><\/a> is a cloud-based remote audio mixing tool co-developed with UTC Computer Science Professor Craig Tannis and several of his graduate students. Utilizing Chattanooga\u2019s gigabit network, Adagio\u2019s cloud-based platform drastically lowers the financial and technological barriers to mixing audio, granting students and professionals alike access to studio-quality tools right in their browser.<br \/>\n[Kansas City]<a href=\"http:\/\/thegigabots.com\/\"> <b>The Gigabots<\/b><\/a> from Big Bang bring connected robotics and devices to classrooms using existing educational robotics platforms. A Gigabot is a combination of hardware, software and a cloud platform. Each Gigabot is connected to others from any location in real-time. This project takes robotics to a new frontier in science and engineering through programming, all while teaching kids how to share innovation in collaborative ways.<br \/>\n[Chattanooga]<a href=\"https:\/\/gigbridge.wordpress.com\/\"> <b>GigBridge<\/b><\/a>, proposed by Girls Preparatory School (GPS) senior Anjali Chandra, connects students via streaming video at Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy and East Lake Academy, two Title I schools in Hamilton County. With the help of Jill Pala, GPS\u2019s Chair of Computer Science, the Spanish department and her classmates \u2014 as well as support from UTC and TVA \u2014 Anjali ran an after-school program focusing on English as a second language and healthier lifestyle skills through app design, developing a publicly-available digital literacy curriculum along the way. Students learned the basics of and built mobile applications over the course of eight weeks, creating English and Spanish versions. Anjali has since received additional funding from Causeway to help continue the project.<br \/>\nYou can learn more about these projects and others in<a href=\"http:\/\/hivecha.org\/\"> Chattanooga<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/hivekc.org\/\"> Kansas City<\/a>. Living in a city where you can leverage gigabit technology for education? Join us at the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabitcitysummit.com\/\"> Gigabit City Summit<\/a>, May 16-18 in Kansas City, exclusively designed for leaders in current and emerging gigabit cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, for the sixth consecutive year, President Obama is celebrating all things STEM with students from across the country at the White House Science Fair. View the White House press release, full release can be found here. 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