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really motivated many students to pursue a career in the STEM ﬁelds.” Sponsored by Toshiba and administered by NSTA, ExploraVision challenges students to research scientiﬁc principles and current technologies as the basis for designing innovative technologies that could exist in 20 years. Students work in teams of two to four, and since the program’s inception, more than 246,000 students have submitted entries. The top winners of the 2008 competion were selected from a group of 4,527 team entries, representing the participation of 14,042 students from the United States and Canada. Students on the four ﬁrst-place ExploraVision winning teams will each receive a $10,000 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond. Students on second-place teams will each receive a $5,000 bond. The eight teams will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip with their families, mentor, and coach to Washington, DC, for an awards weekend in June 2009. For more information or an application for 2009, visit www.exploravision.org or e-mail exploravision@ nsta.org. ties may include after-school programs, science clubs and summer camps, nationwide K-12 programs, and teacher support. For guidelines and funding priorities, visit www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8153. education program enhancements and community service projects. Lowe’s has increased its commitment to SkillsUSA with a pledge of $1 million for 2008. For more information, visit www. Lowes.com/community. Lowe’s Increases Support for SkillsUSA Lowe’s Companies are helping to narrow the skilled labor gap by supporting SkillsUSA, a national student organization with 15,000 chapters at public high schools, trade and technical schools, and colleges. SkillsUSA chapters represent 300,000 student and professional members engaged in more than 130 highly skilled occupational areas. SkillsUSA’s programs help students develop personal and technical skills while incorporating service learning to empower students and their teachers to help improve their community. In 2007, through Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, 30 high schools received SkillsUSA/Lowe’s $10,000 education grants supporting Events Nov. 5-8. International PATT (Pupils Attitudes Toward Technology) Conference. Tel Aviv, Israel. http:c3.ort. org.il/PATT. Nov. 6-8. Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania Conference. Camp Hill. www.teap-online.org. Nov. 8-10. National Career Academy Conference. Jacksonville, FL. www. ncacinc.com. Nov. 27-28. 5th Biennial International Technology Education Research Conference. Queensland, Australia. Contact h.middleton@grffith.edu.au. Dec. 4-6. Association for Career and Technical Education Convention. Charlotte, NC. www.acteonline.org. Dec. 4-6. National Science Teachers Association Area Conference. Cincinnati, OH. www.nsta.org. Innovation Generation Grants This year, the Motorola Foundation will provide $3.5 million in Innovation Generation grants to initiatives that inspire young people, particularly girls and underserved minorities, to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math. The grants will support programs that use innovative approaches to develop interest in technology-related ﬁelds while strengthening leadership and problem-solving skills. Funding will focus on initiatives that creatively generate a love of science early in life and show young people that careers involving science and math are important, challenging, and possible. Priority will be given to programs that can incorporate Motorola employees as volunteers who are willing to guide, coach, and just about anything to encourage the next generation of inventors. Examples of grant-support activi- www.techdirections.com NEWS REPORT 11 http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8153 http://www.Lowes.com/community http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8153 http://www.Lowes.com/community http://c3.ort.org.il/PATT http://c3.ort.org.il/PATT http://www.teap-online.org http://www.ncacinc.com http://www.ncacinc.com http://www.acteonline.org http://www.nsta.org http://www.exploravision.org http://www.exploravision.org http://www.g-w.com http://www.techdirections.com

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