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#BigBeacon Twitter Chat Relaunches as BB Media Network: Tuesday, 6 Jan, 11am & Wednesday, 7 January, 8pm ET

Big Beacon is pleased to announce the relaunch of the #BigBeacon weekly twitter chat as The Big Beacon Media Network for Educational Transformation (BBMNET). Combining the reach of the twitter chat with new programming from both new and existing media affiliates and affiliated bloggers, BBMNET will carry the voice of educational transformation around the globe with renewed vigor and force. This…

Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 11am ET: BB Real Innovators & Innovations Hosts Dean Alessandro Moreira of UFMG,

Tuesday, 11am ET: Join host Dave Goldberg as he does a live video interview with Dean Alessandro Moreira of UFMG in Belo Horizonte, Brazil about the ENG 200 transformation initiative as part of the new Big Beacon Real Innovators & Innovations Google On-Air Hangout series at 11-11:30 am ET on Tuesday, 6 January 2015. The show will air live at 11am…

#BigBeacon Twitter Chat Taking Break to Relaunch After New Year

The Big Beacon team is reorganizing the content, format, media, and approach to out regular #BigBeacon Twitter Chat. As such, there will be an extended break through Thanksgiving and Christmas as we make these changes. The new, improved programming will restart on Wednesday, 7 January. Keep an eye on Big Beacon blog for further information. New features, format, and content are…

Go Green Radio to Interview A #WholeNewEngineer Authors, Friday, 7 Nov 2014 at 12 noon ET

Jill Buck, host of Go Green Radio and founder of the Go Green Initiative will interview Mark Somerville of Olin College and me, Dave Goldberg, on Friday, 7 November at 12 noon ET (9am PT). Join us for an hourlong and wide-ranging discussion of the book, its making, and implications for the future. Here is the episode description: Go Green…

Calling all #STEM Change Agents: #BigBeacon Networking Twitter Chat, Wed, 29 October, 8pm ET

Need some help in your classroom? Need a collaborator for a research project or change initiative? Need a mentor or an informal coach? Need someone to work on FIRST Robotics? Need a speaker or inspirational engineer? Or just want to meet like-minded individuals who want engineering & #STEM education to become more humane, more humanistic. Join Dave Goldberg, President of…

#BigBeacon Twitter Chat on Courage: 15 October, 8-9pm ET

Join Dave Goldberg, President of Big Beacon for a twitter chat on the role of courage in transforming engineering education. We will get started on Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 pm, Eastern Time (hashtag: #bigbeacon). Meet the Host: Dave Goldberg David E. Goldberg is president of the non-profit Big Beacon and also a noted computer scientist, civil engineer and professor emeritus at the University…

Wed, 1 Oct, 7:30 pm ET: You’re Invited to an Online Book Launch Party

You're Invited to an Online Book Launch Party & Twitter Chat (Be Among the First to RSVP and Receive A Free Kindle Copy of the Book) What: Google On Air Hangout to Celebrate Launch of a New Book—A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education When: Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 7:30-8:00 pm Eastern Who: All are Welcome, No…

Big Beacon SuperChat Launches A Whole New Engineer, 7:30-9pm ET, Wed, 1 October

On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 from 7:30-9pm ET join a Big Beacon SuperChat to launch the new book A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education (www.wholenewengineer.org). The SuperChat is split into two parts: 7:30-8:00 pm ET: Hangout On Air, The Making of a WNE with Q&A and discussion via Twitter. From 7:30-8pm Eastern, watch the live interview of the author/writer team…

New Book Calls for Joy, Trust & Courage in Engineering Education

Needham, Mass and Douglas, MI, 8 September 2014 – Our current engineering educational system is broken. As a result, we are not graduating enough or the right kind of engineer innovators needed to solve the complex challenges of the world, from energy production to cyber security. Less than five percent of U.S. undergraduates choose engineering as a degree, and more than 50 percent…

Bulk Pre-Order Today: A Whole New Engineer

Starting today, you can place your bulk pre-orders for A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education. The book is at the printers and will ship on 1 October 2014. Write Dave Goldberg (deg@bigbeacon.org) for pricing and expected delivery times on carton-sized shipments (in multiples of 22) today. The book is 288 pages long and is largely narrative driven. It is…