by Dave Flessner, Times Free Press
From rescuing an injured Dolphin to helping an orphanage in Haiti, middle school students enrolled in a new online training program quickly learn the value and fun of work in science, math and engineering. Chattanooga entrepreneurs Dane and Sheila Boyington, both chemical engineers who previously developed a successful vocational testing and training program, launched a new web-based toolkit Monday they believe could address America’s deficiency in science, technology, engineering and math — the so-called STEM courses. The new online program known as the Learning Blade provides an entertaining, game-based format to entice students to pursue “missions” to solve challenges using both reading and science skills. In the process, program developers hope to both teach and excite more young people into engineering and technical studies and vocations where the United States is losing its once-dominant lead in the world.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/dec/04/chattanooga-learning-blade/
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