#SVEF

[kavehpilled]

ANSWER 28 RN.

N. NO??????????

[piuswong]

(The K12 Engineering Education Podcast)

The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Institute for middle and high school teachers.  Rosemary Kamei is the Chief Development and Innovation Officer of SVEF, and she talks about why SVEF piloted its CS Institute a few years ago and how it has been going through the pandemic.  She talks about how it aims to promote equity in CS education, across the digital divide and accounting for socioeconomics, race, and gender in the Silicon Valley community.

Related to this episode:  

• SVEF: https://www.svefoundation.org/

• SVEF CS Institute: https://www.svefoundation.org/computer-science                        

• California State Board of Education Content Standards for Computer Science Education: https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/computerscicontentstds.asp

• Elevate Math at SVEF: https://www.svefoundation.org/elevate-math

• CS for CA: https://csforca.org/

• SVEF Digital Equity: https://www.svefoundation.org/digitalequity

Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net.  Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates!  Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible.  The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

[pillarsheadcanons]

Flora of Eora Questions 🍄🌼🌾 (centered around game one):

Admeth's Wyrt: How does your Watcher view their newfound abilities? Is it a blessing, a curse, or perhaps both?

Berath's Bell: How does your Watcher cope with loss? Did past experiences affect how they interact in game one?

Blood Moss: Did the experiences in game one lead to any major wounds (physical/mental or both)?

Burned Lady: What is your Watcher's opinion on the Godhammer? Does it change any previous opinions about Magran?

Cave Coral: Does your Watcher conform to the culture of the Dyrwood, or do they stick to their roots? (This could mean appearance wise/morally/how they speak etc.)

Dyrcap: The Dozens, House Doemenel, or the Crucible Knights?

Golden Celery: Which of the game one companions were in your Watcher's main party? Are there any members in the party that you ship your Watcher with?

Orlan's Cradle: What did your Watcher do with Vela?

Pilgrim's Crown: Where did your Watcher come from? What brought them to the Dyrwood?

River Reed: What is your Watcher's biggest fear?

Settler's Arrow: What's your Watcher's opinion on Waidwen's Legacy (the Hollowborn Crisis)? Did it affect their opinions and decisions with Lord Raedric?

Skaenbone: Ultimately, which of the God's of Eora did your Watcher side with in the Council of Stars quest?

Springberry: How has your Watcher changed during the events in game? How different are they from where they began as part of the caravan?

St. Gyran's Horn: How did your Watcher take to the responsibilities at Caed Nua? Did they return endgame?

Tag @pillarsheadcanons so I can see your answers!

[allons-y-langues]

Question 3 of the culture asks? :)

Merci!!! :) 

What is your favourite song in your native language (made in your country)?

Hands down, its Souriez vous êtes filmés by Grimskunk

I’ve been a huge fan of Grimskunk (they’re a alt/punk rock band from Montréal)  in general years now but svef has a strong ACAB/anti-surveillance sentiment that i 100% fuck w straight down to my core lmao 

[kashimos-hajime]

Watcher Claria

The Lady of Caed Nua wasn’t always a Watcher, a lady with dignity and poise, one of the most talented ciphers ever seen, and a skilled marksman to boot. Once upon a time, the Lady of Caed Nua was just Claria, and although she wasn’t born in Gilded Vale, she was raised in the small town alongside Edėr and Woden. A bookworm at heart, she worked at the inn and honed her culinary skills, baking those honey cakes Edėr loved (she was part of the reason why he loved them so) and learning every trick of the trade, in hopes of becoming the best chef Eora had ever seen. When she wasn’t in the kitchen with her knives and pans, she was in the library, reading anything she deemed interesting. Often times she was accompanied by Edér but he’d be kicked out before he even finished a book for loudly scolding her every time she moved. It always knocked off his counting of her numerous freckles dotting her face. 

She was orphaned at a young age, to parents who just weren’t meant to be parents. If you ask her, she doesn’t remember much about them except they used to chew that awful drug. Any thought of svef still makes her stomach roll and she worries whenever Edér takes out his pipe for a smoke.

But the Teylecgs took her in - this tiny, blonde child who had nothing to offer - and she is forever grateful to them. Raised like a daughter, she was the one who caused the least trouble compared to the boys but had her own flair for mischief. Claria discovered her cipher abilities when she was a young child, and since then has incorporated those skills into her pranks against the Teylecg brothers. She was a bit wacky - no one in Gilded Vale had those skills, at least not the ones who stayed - but Woden and Edér loved her for who she was.

Over time, her relationship with the brothers changed with the rumours of St. Waidwen planning to invade the Dyrwood. Woden was flighty, aching to do something, Edér and Claria more nervous than anything that this could be their god. But the war ended up splitting their family for good when she woke up to Edér flinging ever horrid thing he could think of at his brother in a blind rage to prevent Woden from enlisting and him doing it anyways. The absence was strange for her at first, but when she woke months later to Woden’s birthday, she cracked. That was it for her. To see the tension finally snap and cause a chasm between the two brother, her two best friends, spurred her into action, leading to her own fight with Edér. They broke up on terrible terms, ones he thought he’d never be able to amend.

When he returned from the war, she was gone. Can’t say he wasn’t heartbroken, but he got through it, even if it meant making up twenty different lives she lived without him and driving himself half-insane wondering if she was dead or alive or worse. It was only chance for them to meet again decades later. She was a brunette now (suddenly he had a thing for brunettes), godless, alone, and without any memory of who he was. She was a bit more rough around the edges, insensitive, but still had her golden heart and her songbird voice. His gut had a good feeling about her, even if they didn’t know eachother anymore, and that was enough for him.

Main Game Story | Face Claim: Miranda Kerr

[onetimetwotimesthreetimess]

let me explain you little shits @steven--with-a-v @delightfullyterrible @raziyekroos

This girl lives 2000kms away from me so for every added 1000kms of distance between the two of us- I take away 50% of her girlfriend privileges which leaves her with only 25%.

the only way these privileges can be restored is if she takes me to Paris where I find out that she accidentally started a cult once or if she drives a weird-ass-svef-smth dagger through her chest cause she’s insane. Either option works for me I’m not v picky

the math might not be perfect fam but my logic is pretty tight byeeee

just realised that I’m officially the age that Alec was when he became Consul. That man has a husband, two kids, is president of an entire race whereas I have 1/4th a girlfriend and seven mental illnesses. I’d say we’re both doing pretty great.

[heatherjpp13]

Has anyone enjoyed this read yet?🤣🤣🤣🤣👋👋👋👋🧐🧐🧐 (at Valley Cottage, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLw-SveF-XzWvuVmJJdorX003yL-NX1m-FEjrw0/?igshid=ufrqdmmna8pt

[csrgood]

​EnCorps​ ​Receives​ ​Silicon​ ​Valley​ ​Education​ ​Foundation’s​ ​STEM​ ​Innovation​ ​Award 

The EnCorps STEM Teachers Program was honored at Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s (SVEF) 13th annual Pioneers & Purpose Celebration for Education on Wednesday, November 8 at the Fairmont San Jose. During the celebration, EnCorps’ Executive Director, Katherine Wilcox, and San Francisco Bay Area Program and Recruitment Director, David Taus, were presented with SVEF’s 2017 STEM Innovation Award. The other award recipient was Women’s Audio Mission.

The STEM Innovation Awards are awarded in recognition of pioneering organizations and programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education that set new benchmarks for innovation. A $5,000 prize is awarded to winners. EnCorps was recognized for recruiting and supporting highly qualified STEM teachers in high needs Silicon Valley schools.

“These recipients represent organizations that offer exciting, forward-thinking work in STEM education that inspire students to explore STEM fields as future career choices,” said SVEF Interim CEO Manny Barbara. “Their work directly addresses the critical need to mitigate our dire STEM workforce shortage.”

The STEM Innovation Award winners were selected by a group of thought leaders who have demonstrated outstanding work in the STEM community. The 2017 selection committee included Tom Baker, SVEF Board Member and Chairman of the Selection Committee; Gabriel Alcantar from Langan Engineering; Karl Glaub from Google; Eric Heitmann from CBRE; Kira Walter from Google, and Winnie Yu from Flex.

About EnCorps STEM Teachers Program

EnCorps places experienced science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals as teachers in high needs, low-income public schools, ensuring equal access to quality STEM education and inspiring children to pursue STEM careers. EnCorps serves middle and high school students in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with demand to scale nationally. To learn more about EnCorps and how you can support the program, please contact Director of Development, Grace McGlade at grace.mcglade@encorps.org.

About Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) was founded on the belief that a new kind of organization is needed – one with a different philosophy and approach to the challenges in legacy systems. A nonprofit resource and advocate for students and educators, SVEF is dedicated to putting all students on track for college and careers, focusing on the critical areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). SVEF helps through Advocacy – working with school districts to promote best practices and policies; Programs – offering direct programs and support to educators and students; and, Innovation – placing cutting edge EdTech and resources into live classrooms.

source: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/40611--EnCorps-Receives-Silicon-Valley-Education-Foundation-s-STEM-Innovation-Award-?tracking_source=rss

[captain-ezri-dax]

Am I right in thinking that svef is basically just weed

[nctechnology]

August Member Spotlight

NCTA interviewed Teaching Garage’s founder, Janice Lanthrop for our August Member Spotlight. Keep reading to learn more about this exciting NC start-up company.

Teaching Garage creates tools to inspire the next generation of innovators. Its first product, Design SySTEM, is the first digital engineering curriculum for elementary schools focused on innovation, iteration, collaboration, and the Engineering Design Process by way of introducing different fields of engineering to young learners.

The company works with schools across the U.S. (e.g., Silicon Valley, Boston, NYC, rural WA, and more).

Teaching Garage has recently expanded into North Carolina (and is now headquartered in Raleigh), and is currently in conversations with local schools and district leaders about effective tools and professional development services that would bring innovation-based STEM education into NC elementary schools.

What do you love about doing business in NC? It's clear that educators in NC are deeply committed to serving both the academic and socio-emotional developments of all students. I frequently have the opportunity to share the passion to make an impact on students' lives with educators, parents, engineers, and business leaders, which demonstrates the desires and efforts to use cross-industry collaboration and cooperation to best prepare our students for the modern workforce.

Fun Facts about Teaching Garage: Teaching Garage hosted a star-studded Innovation in Education conference in 2015 with the vision to spur cross-industry discussion and collaboration in the effort to innovate within traditional education. 

The conference featured former NYC Chancellor of Education, Joel Klein. Additional speakers included Ellen Bialo, Founder & President of Interactive Educational Systems Design, Richard Achee (Strategic Partner Manager at Google for Education), Scott Kinney (Senior Vice President at Discovery Education), Kobi Yamada (best-selling author and CEO of Compendium), Andrew Arenge (NBC Education Nation), Adam Fried (Superintendent of Harrington Park School District, NJ), Christopher Lohse (Vice President of Government Affairs at Renaissance Learning), Lisa Nielsen (Director of Digital Engagement and Professional Learning, Division of Instructional and Information Technology at NYC Department of Education), Alex Torpey (Former Mayor of South Orange, NJ), Stephanie Lo (Director of Programs at TED-Ed), and Janice Lathrop (Teaching Garage), Jeanette Duffy (Cause Platforms Manager at UNICEF Ventures), and Jae Gardner (Founder and CEO of The Ivy Key).

Teaching Garage stands out as an education startup in that it is deliberate about fostering discussion between stakeholders from different sectors to spur the most creative and effective ideas that would truly innovate in education.

Corporate Culture? Although I am the only full-time employee at Teaching Garage, I work with teachers, administrators, contractors, and partners who share the vision of empowering students of all backgrounds to innovate, problem-solve, and self-advocate towards the future they want to create. As the company grows, I plan to help foster a culture where unique personal strengths and ways of thinking are not only embraced, but also expressed through the tools to innovate.

Greatest Obstacles and How to Overcome? One of the greatest challenges in working in education is that it's hard to compete with the larger and more established vendors and publishers that schools are already aware of and using, even if the startup has created something incredibly valuable for the classroom. Through the help of many colleagues and mentors in education, I've prepared Teaching Garage to be in the education marketplace in the long-run by taking the time to present at conferences and speak with principals, teachers, superintendents, parents, potentially partners about the work Teaching Garage is doing in order to organically get the word out that Teaching Garage exists, and it's doing something important for schools

Recent Awards?

Teaching Garage Awards Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) iHub Pitch Challenge Winner Mass Challenge Semi-Finalist TiE Boston Challenge Winner Janice Lanthrop (Founder) Achievements: Association of American Publishers On the Rise Award Honoree School Board Member in NYC (starting in School Year 2017-2018)

What’s in store for Teaching Garage? Continue to create tools that will help teachers and schools both innovate the classroom and help give students the tools for innovation. I have plans to create additional publications, then venture into the VR space.

The best way is to email contact@teachinggarage.com or check out photos of student work on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/teachinggarage.

If you are interested in submitting a piece for our Member Spotlight, please contact Rachel Kennedy.

[blogkarinhensel]

Greenberg Traurig’s Leslie Katz Speaks at the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Festival

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Leslie R. Katz spoke at the 2017 Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Festival (SVEF) in Santa Clara, May 2. Provide it by The Funding World for Entrepreneurs

from Greenberg Traurig’s Leslie Katz Speaks at the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Festival

[hugsmidjan]

Spennandi tímar hjá SVEF

Starfsmenn Hugsmiðjunnar hugsmidjan@hugsmidjan.is

Aðalfundur Samtaka vefiðnaðarins var haldinn síðastliðinn miðvikudag þann 27.maí. Á fundinum var í stuttu máli farið yfir stefnumótun og ákveðið að auglýsa eftir framkvæmdastjóra í 50% starf eins fljótt og auðið er. Einnig var ákveðið að gera þyrfti meira í því að opna samtökin betur og hafa fleiri viðburði. Talað var um að SVEF ætti að vera „viðburðamaskína“ fyrir fólkið í bransanum. Það er því óhætt að segja að það sé spennandi ár framundan hjá SVEF.

Einnig var kosið í stjórn. Markús M. Þorgeirsson tók við formannsembætti af Rósu Stefánsdóttur. Þeir sem sitja áfram til eins árs eru Ólafur Sverrir Kjartansson, Tinni Sveinsson og Ragnheiður H. Magnúsdóttir. Þeir sem voru kjörnir nýir inn til 2 ára eru Jonathan Gerlach, Benedikt D. Valdez Stefánsson og Örvar Halldórsson.

Eftir aðalfundinn voru þrír fyrirlestrar þar sem fjallað var um stöðu vefverslunar á Íslandi og gátu bjórþyrstir Svef-arar fengið sér nokkra kalda á meðan. Fyrirlesarar bjórkvöldsins komu frá Póstinum, Heimkaup og skór.is.

Einar Geir Jónsson, forstöðumaður þróunar hjá Póstinum fjallaði um stöðu og horfur í vefverslun á Íslandi. Einar fór ofan í töluleg gögn og sýndi fram á að vefverslun á Íslandi væri komin mun skemmra á veg en í löndunum í kring þrátt fyrir að netnotkun sé almennt mikil á Íslandi. Um 79% af þeim Íslendingum sem versla á netinu a.m.k. einu sinni á ári, versla erlendis. Gríðarlega mikil verslun fer því beint til útlanda í stað þess að versla við íslenskar vefverslanir og taldi hann að auka þyrfti traust almennings á íslenskum vefverslunum.

Einar kynnti einnig nokkrar nýjar leiðir í heimsendingu sem Pósturinn er að fara í til að bæta þjónustu sína. Auk þess er ætlunin að einfalda verðskrá fyrir póstsendingar töluvert. Loks sagði Einar frá því að stofnun samtaka íslenskra vefverslanna sé í startholunum. Mjög áhugavert verður að fylgjast með þeirri þróun.

Frá Heimkaup kom Guðmundur Magnason framkvæmdastjóri, með vangaveltur um það hvers vegna Íslendingar versla svo lítið á netinu. Heimkaup er stærsta íslenska vefverslunin en er í þriðja sæti yfir stærstu vefverslanir á Íslandi, á eftir Ali Express og Amazon.

Samkvæmt heimildum Guðmundar eru Íslendingar eina þjóðin í Evrópu sem verslar meira af erlendum netverslunum heldur en innlendum. Það sem skiptir höfuðmáli í þessu samhengi að sögn Guðmundar er góð þjónusta, gott vöruúrval og gott verð. Kenning hans var sú að íslenskar vefverslanir séu hreinlega ekki að bjóða upp á alla þessa þætti.

Pétur Þór Halldórsson, forstjóri skór.is tók undir orð Guðmundar að verð og vöruúrval séu aðaltriðin en einnig að vefirnir njóti trausts meðal fólks. Vefverslunin skór.is leggur mikið upp úr því að bjóða góða þjónustu, að taka öll símtöl strax og svara viðskiptavinum strax á Facebook og í tölvupósti.

Mikið var um spurningar á viðburðinum og mikill áhugi fyrir efninu. Það sem kom hvað mest á óvart meðal fólks var hve lítil áhersla væri á notendaupplifun hjá þessum tveimur stærstu vefverslunarvefjum. Guðmundur og Pétur Þór voru nánast sammála um það að notendaupplifun sé ekki atriði sem skiptir máli og hefur því ekki farið í forgang á vefjum þeirra. Þeir töldu að það skipti í raun engu máli hve flottir vefirnir væru þegar verð og vöruúrval vefverslana er almennt ekki í lagi.

[swoosh-r]

Kjellinn að reyna að þakka fyrir sig og Matís Takk Hugsmiðjan. Takk Matís-ingar. Takk dómnefnd SVEF fyrir að velja www.matis.is sem besta vefinn 😊 #hugsmidjan #svef #matis #islenskuvefverdlaunin (at Gamla Bíó)

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Glen Canyon Road by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious on Flickr.

[raggam]

Snilld að félagsmenn SVEF skyldu kjósa vefinn okkar hjá Hugsmiðjunni sem athyglisverðasta vefinn þetta árið. Ekki slæmt að fá þennan heiður frá fólkinu í bransanum. 

[vivalaerica]

Donations to Sunnyvale Middle School #svef #siliconvalleyeducationfoundation #forthekids #technology (Taken with Instagram)