AMD (continued)
The Learning Game Network (Massachusetts) AMD co-sponsored with the Learning Games Network the A-Ha Moment video contest, which challenged students to share their ideas on how education can and will change with digital games. First-place winners in each age group received a 16-inch HP Pavilion dv6 series notebook, powered by an AMD Turion™ Mobile Processor ZM-84.
X2 Ultra Dual-Core
Boys and Girls Club of America (Colorado / Massachusetts) AMD provided funding for two 10-PC technology centers for Boys and Girls Clubs in Fort Collins, CO and Marlborough MA. Each Boys and Girls Club will also pilot the “Game Tech Curriculum” that was developed by PETLab in 2009.
Skillpoint Alliance (Texas)
AMD funded Game On!, a four week, project-based internship experience in which twenty high school students designed and produced socially conscious video games in Austin, TX.
Science Buddies (California) AMD supports Science Buddies’ Video and Computer Games Interest Area, which helps students create science fair projects that explore the science and engineering behind game design.
AMD SITE COMMUNITIES’ EDUCATION GRANTS (HIGHLIGHTS)
Boys & Girls Club of Larimer County (Colorado) AMD supports the Tech Team program, which provides basic and advanced computer skills through project based learning.
Breakthrough (Texas) To encourage talented high school and college students to pursue careers in education, AMD provided stipends for “student teachers” to spend the summer teaching math, science, English and social studies to Austin area middle school students.
Discovery Science Center (Colorado) AMD supports the Early Childhood Science program. The program fosters science literacy among the community’s economically disadvantaged preschoolers by providing challenging, enriching opportunities in hands-on science education.
Tech Museum of Innovation (California) AMD provides funding for The Tech Challenge, an annual event where teams of 5th 12th
Girlstart (Texas) AMD supports after-school and weekend STEM programs for middle school girls.
through graders are presented with a design challenge to solve a reality-based problem.
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