Tech Matters Philanthropy
We believe in paying forward by investing time and talent in our community.
Tech Matters is passionate about education. We work with local K-12 and secondary educational institutions by providing experiential educational opportunities and joint projects for both.
Tech Matters supports local businesses by volunteering our time to the Small Business Development Center at KSU.
Tech Matters volunteers time as members of the Education Committee of the Aviation Museum and Discovery Center in Marietta, Ga.
News
Tech Matters recognized as Partner In Education
January 14, 2010
The Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) welcomed Tech Matters as their Partner in Education (PIE) recognizing their support of STEM education at MCAA over the past 2 years. Tech Matters established a computer game development collaboration project partnering MCAA 5th grade gifted students (MILE) with Southern Polytechnic State University game development students beginning in the 2008/09 school year. Tech Matters continues to manage the ongoing education collaboration projects and has expanded their support to the MCAA Tech Club.
Additionally, Tech Matters has participated as judges for the MCAA Digital Science Fairs in 2009 and 2010. Students define a science problem, conduct experiments to test their hypotheses, and report their results using digital media.
Tech Matters Sponsors MCAA Tech Club
October, 2009
Tech Matters is working with Dr. Karen Smits, the Tech Club faculty sponsor, to provide this year’s 3rd and 4th grade Tech Club participants a unique learning experience. The students are using Scratch (a free downloadable computer programming application developed at MIT) to program a story about their school. They are exposed to storyboarding, developing images, and programming. This is an excellent way for these students to set goals, use trial and error, and learn by doing.
Tech Matters Receives Grant to Support STEM
Septemtner, 2009
SPSU has been very supportive of Tech Matters this year by providing a STEM grant to help further the Scratch extracurricular learning experience at MCAA.