Category: Education

A Tiny Techies instructor demonstrates robotics for a group of children using a plastic red cup and markers

Samantha Dahlby NewBoCo Selected for the Reciprocal Exchange Component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship

August 12, 2024

Samantha Dahlby, Director of K–12 Education at NewBoCo, is proud to announce that she has been selected for the Reciprocal Exchange component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring,

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Supporters rally to ‘Fund the Future’

January 24, 2024

People see the need for computer science, and the relevance. At NewBoCo, we want to get that message out even further. So we held a Fund the Future event Feb. 6. Taking place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Geonetric Building, 415 12th Ave. SE, Fund the Future showcased all of our education programs. Those ranged from Tiny Techies and CoderDojo for kids, to K12 curriculum for students and teachers, to adult career programs like DeltaV.

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Linn-Mar students win Future Cities Regional Competition

January 22, 2024

Thirty-four Iowa teams competed in Cedar Rapids; winner advances to national competition in Washington, D.C. More than 30 teams of middle school students from across Iowa competed at Maple Grove Elementary School on Saturday (Jan. 20) in the annual Future Cities contest. Their goal? To show how to design a

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A Tiny Techies student places pegs into a wooden imitation circuit board while another student looks out of frame

Google awards $10,000 grant to NewBoCo’s Tiny Techies

November 28, 2023

Funds will allow creation of video library, case study for training program CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (November 28, 2023) – As computer science becomes a greater focus in Iowa classrooms, educators want young students to get as much of a head start as possible. With the help of a newly-announced grant

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In the foreground, 2 Code.org workshop participants stare exasperatedly at a computer screen; in the background, 4 more around a table look at their laptops in front of them

Registration is now open for Computer Science Professional Development Week

April 17, 2023

Attention, all PreK-12 Educators, Counselors, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators in Iowa: Join us for Iowa’s Computer Science Professional Development Week happening from June 12-16, 2023, on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls, IA. This FREE professional development program aims to support the state and K-12 district CS

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Spring Break STEM Activities for Kids

March 10, 2023

Spring break is around the corner, and many families are opting for a staycation this year. If you’re looking for fun and educational activities to do at home, consider trying out some STEM-based activities with your kids. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, and these activities can be

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Two CoderDojo students marvel at a "robot arm" they build with consumer building blocks.

STEM Gift Guide for Kids

December 15, 2022

The holidays are here! And as we all know, all of that jolly spirit comes with the dreaded “gift shopping,” too. But have no fear; NewBoCo is here! We have curated a list of STEM toys and games suitable for elementary and middle school-aged kids that encourage open-ended play and

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Samantha, Dahlby, Marcia Hughes, and Rob Merritt

Episode 14: Reinventing Education (ft. Marcia Hughes)

August 31, 2022

Join hosts Rob Merritt and Samantha Dahlby as they talk about the Montessori method of teaching with Marcia Hughes, Head of School for the Cedar Valley Montessori School. The group will discuss how this method of teaching can help kids learn at their own pace, how it may offer more

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Future City competition to take place virtually this Saturday

January 18, 2022

30th annual event asks Iowa middle school students to design a waste-free future city using the three principles of a circular economy JAN. 18, 2022 – Middle school students from throughout Iowa will face off virtually this Saturday at the regional level of the award-winning Future Cities competition, with winners moving

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Dan Tuuri

Celebrating DeltaV’s Dan Tuuri

November 2, 2021

One year ago today, NewBoCo welcomed Dan Tuuri to the team. Turns out that was a pretty good call. Dan came on board as an instructor for DeltaV. But pretty much right off the bat, we knew he was going to make an impact throughout the entire NewBoCo organization. Then

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