HS Scholarships - Listing of scholarship opportunities

There are other summer academic programs offered throughout the USA. While the following list is by no means exhaustive, nor does it constitute an endorsement by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it is provided to help you explore available opportunities. If you have any questions about any of these programs, please contact them directly.

 College Information

1. •ACT: Education and Career Planning, ACT, college search
2. •Adventures in education: Planning for College starting in Middle School
3. •Black Excel
4. •BrainTrack
5. •Careers and Colleges
6. •CampusTours: Virtual College Tours
7. •The College Board: 100 Years of Connecting Students to College — SAT, PSAT, college search, scholarships
8. •Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid
9. •CollegeNet College Guide
10. •CollegeView: college search, financial aid, scholarships
11. •Colleges and Universities Links Listing
12. •Common application
13. •Embark.com: research, apply, finance online
14. •FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aid, and Colleges
15. •Go College: The Collegiate Websource
16. •Get Recruited
17. •Kaplan: Test Prep, College Admissions, K-12 Child Development, Career Management
18. •MACRAO Michigan College Mall
19. •National Association for Admission Counseling
20. •Peterson's Undergraduate College and University Channel
21. •Princeton Review: Colleges, Universities and Career
22. •U.S. News Online: .edu — college rankings, search & links

Technical Societies

1.  American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
   MIT Chapter
2. • American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
   MIT Chapter
3. • American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
   MIT Chapter
4. • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
   MIT Chapter
5. • Biology Undergraduate Students Association -- MIT
6. • Biomedical Engineering Society
   MIT Chapter
7. • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
   MIT Chapter
8. • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
   MIT Chapter
9. • Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association of Women (MEGAWomen) -- MIT
10. • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
    MIT Chapter
11. • Pi Tau Sigma
    MIT Chapter
12. • Society for Biomaterials
    MIT Chapter
13. • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
    MIT Chapter
14. • Society of Physics Students (SPS)
    MIT Chapter
15. • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
    MIT Chapter
16. • Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
    MIT Chapter

Program - Technovation Challenge 2013 - Dec 15

Technovation Challenge 2013 Theme

The quickest way to become a part of this movement is to start a team. This is how!

 

Technovation Challenge provides a life-changing experience to girls – an experience through which they succeed in a field they never thought they could contribute to, let alone succeed.

For the 2013 challenge, girls have to develop an app that solves a problem in their local community. This could be a health problem that affects their community, a social problem, or even a lack of a resource.
Over a short period of time (12 weeks), girls will step through an online curriculum (hosted on P2PU) that helps them develop a potential solution and program a mobile phone application to solve it. They will learn how to study their competition, identify ways in which they can gather users and earn revenue.
They will develop a business plan and pitch and will submit their ideas (through video) to a regional (online) competition.
Regional winners will travel to the California and compete at the Technovation World Pitch event on May 1st, 2013. The winning team will receive $10,000 in funding and support to complete their app development and release it on the market.
Here is the rationale behind the curriculum: Rationale

Article - Nate Silver’s model has correctly predicted 50 out of 50 states

Triumph of the Nerds: Nate Silver Wins in 50 States

http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/nate-silver-wins/

Program - Scholarship Academy

http://www.scholarshipacademy.org/online/

http://www.scholarshipacademy.org/online/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TSA-One-Pager-2012.pdf

The Scholarship Academy (TSA) is a comprehensive scholarship preparatory program that uses a series of curriculum-based activities to teach low-income, first generation students how to develop social entrepreneurship projects that leverage the chances for successfully navigating the financial aid maze.

Program - Summer Institute for the Gifted

Summer Institute for the Gifted | River Plaza, 9 West Broad Street, Stamford CT 06902-3788

SIG Beyond Offers the Online Learning Program for Spring

Experience a SIG Program from Home!

The SIG Online Learning Program is a unique 10-week online course that allows students ages 9–14 to engage in thought-provoking topics, as well as connect with peers from around the world, all from the convenience of home.

Program Details:

• All courses run for 10 weeks
• The first week includes an orientation to the SIG Beyond Online learning community
• Students typically spend 3–5 hours per week on course assignments
• Instructors will hold assistance hours online each week

Program Dates:	Tuesdays from January 15 through March 19, 2013
Cost:	$300 (plus $95.00 application fee)
Eligibility:	Open to students who have been identified for a gifted and talented program or who can demonstrate eligibility for any SIG program

Courses:

• Paleontology: Remains to be Seen (Ages 9-10)
• The Search for Life in Outer Space (Ages 11-12)
• Magical Mythical Tour (ages 13-14) 
  See course descriptions

Learn more about the SIG Beyond Online Learning Program at www.giftedstudy.org/admissions.asp

Questions? Call Michelle Holleran at (866) 303- 4744 ext. 5159 or emailmholleran@giftedstudy.org.

Contest - Google Code-in contest for 13-17 year old students worldwide starts Nov 26th

Google Code-in contest for 13-17 year old students worldwide starts Nov 26th

I am writing to let you know personally that Google Code-in, our
international online contest to introduce 13-17 year old
pre-university students to open source software development begins on
Monday, November 26th, 2012. Prizes for participating in the
online-only contest include certificates, tee-shirts, and an all
expenses paid trip to Google headquarters in California, USA for 20
winners and their parent or legal guardian. You can learn more about
the details of the contest on our blog post -

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-code-in-contest-for-high-school.html

and the program site -

http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2012/index.html.

The contest is similar to the Google Summer of Code program for
college students 18 and older, in that it gives participants the
opportunity to work with mentors from carefully chosen free and source
software projects on real-world coding and related tasks. Last year
542 students from 56 countries participated. We hope to expand the
program this year and would appreciate your help and that of the
schools in your association to spread the word to students around the
globe.

Thank you in advance for any help. Please let me know if you have any
questions: we'd be happy to answer them.

Regards,
Cat

--
Cat Allman

allman@google.com
1-650-214-4886
Open Source Programs Office
Mountain View, CA USA
code.google.com

FYI - Brooklyn Teenager on Track to Become First African-American Female Chess Master

Brooklyn Teenager on Track to Become First African-American Female Chess Master

Free Event - The 3rd Annual "I Am College Material" Scholarship Fair

FREE EVENT for TEENS Seeking COLLEGE $$$$

The 3rd Annual "I Am College Material" Scholarship Fair hosted by Atlanta City Councilmember Aaron Watson and APS Board Member, Yolanda Johnson (District 6). 

The "I Am College Material" Scholars

hip Fair provides a unique opportunity for students to interact with local and national scholarship programs. From our Scholarship Scavenger Hunts to our Scholarship Pitch Competitions and Speed Essay Editing sessions, students are able to gain first-hand experiences in building solid scholarship profiles.


When: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Where: Turner Field Stadium, 755 Club
Time: 4 p.m. - 8 p.m
*A Special Black Male Achievement Reception will be held from 4 - 5 p.m.

http://www.scholarshipacademy.org/online/register-an-individual/

Internship - Emma Bowen Foundation HS students

The Emma Bowen Foundation is a National PAID Internship Program. 2013 will mark our 24th year of successfully placing minority students in multi-summer internships at media companies throughout the United States. We are recruiting minority rising high school seniors and incoming college freshmen. Qualified applicants should have at least a 3.0
GPA, plan to attend a 4-year college and have an interest in media, communications, business, engineering, or technology. Selected recipients are PAID and receive a matching funds scholarship to help pay for college expenses throughout their college years.

Please visit our website for a more detailed description of the program and the application: http://www.emmabowenfoundation.com/ .

Discounted software - Adobe

Adobe Students - Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/adobestudents

About

This page is dedicated to serving Adobe's vast student community! We post everything from tutorials, tips for students, to the latest Adobe news.

Mission

Every ideas churning, 4 a.m. project finishing, short-film filming, T-shirt designing, final term paper writing, do everything student can save up to 80% off Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 with Adobe Student and Teacher Editions.

To ensure the satisfaction of our fans, links to non-Adobe websites for personal gain, spam, off-topic posts, or posts that contain inappropriate and offensive content may be removed.

Adobe Education - Website

http://www.adobe.com/education.edu.html?showEduReq=no

Adobe in Education

Whether you're an educator developing a more engaging curriculum, an administrator working to improve collaboration, or a student creating projects, portfolios and resumes, Adobe has the tools you need to stand out in the classroom and beyond. Finally, your tools can keep up with your ideas.

Article - Andrea Lawrence Honored As HistoryMaker

Dr.Andrea W. Lawrence, Spelman College Computer and Information Science department chair is honored as a History Maker by Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets

Andrea Lawrence Honored As HistoryMaker | Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets

CS Awards - NCWIT Program for HS girls

"Calling all HS digital divas, web chix, and coder girls! Apply now for @NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing: www.aspirationsaward.org."

Article - Wielding the Double-Edged Sword of Social Media

On Educational IT - by Susan Fogarty - Wielding the Double-Edged Sword of Social Media

http://www.educationalit.com/author.asp?doc_id=252574&f_src=EducationalIT_schoolit

Very good article on and about the use of Social Media.
"It should be clear by now that social media are not a passing trend. For many adults and even more young people, social media are an integral part of life -- so they must become an integral part of education."

Free software - Microsoft Dreamspark

https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Default.aspx

if you can imagine it, you can create it

3 simple steps to access Microsoft Software and Development Tools at no cost.

create an account and verify your student status

Although some products are accessible immediately, in order to download the same tools and products used by professional developers you need to create a student account and verify your academic status the first time you access DreamSpark. Your account will be valid for 12 months.

Free software - Phrogram for programming

http://phrogram.com/content/whatisphrogram.aspx

If you want to make games or software programs for your Windows PC, you may try to start with Java, C++, or Visual Basic - but their "syntax" (how commands are written) can be very challenging. You will also need to use a complex "development environment" like Visual Studio or Eclipse - great for big projects, but not for getting started.

There are also products like Alice and Scratch that are great if you want your program to tell a story or show animation, but they won't really convey how programmers write, test and debug software code - and that's what makes Phrogram different.

With Phrogram, you can learn the experience of programming using a development environment that is similar to what working programmers use to write, test and debug their software programs.

Phrogram does not try to "hide" the source code or over-simplify programming concepts by basing them on visual, "drag-and-drop" techniques. It's built on the principle that it's better to get acquainted with source code right away, because learning how to read and write it is not as hard as it may look, and if you give it a try, you will learn faster, and gain real skills that you can put to use in creating games and other fun programs.

Phrogram's programming language is concise and the tools are easy to master, so you won't need to absorb vast amounts of information to learn how to use it. There are also dozens of built-in sample programs and hundreds of user-uploaded examples on our website. And because Phrogram is built on Microsoft's powerful .NET Framework, your programs can do much more with much less code.

Phrogram's development environment is designed for learning and teaching. Don't worry about managing many of the complex tasks that make programming seem hard - with Phrogram, you will learn the skills and techniques that working programmers apply all the time. 

So start writing your own code in a powerful yet straightforward way, and create programs in both 2D and 3D environments. It's easy to learn powerful programming concepts - even networking, databases, precision math, file input/output and many other extensions - with Phrogram!

Free software - Scratch for programming

http://scratch.mit.edu/

About Scratch

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Educators - Information for educators using Scratch News - Stories about Scratch in the media Research - Papers and presentations about Scratch Donate - Support the Scratch project
Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Intel Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, Iomega and MIT Media Lab research consortia. See the Credits page for a list of people who worked together to create Scratch. To find books, T-shirts, and other Scratch-related products, visit the Scratch Store. To learn about Scratch events, visit the Scratch Conference and Scratch Day sites.

The Scratch project is based upon research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 0325828. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.