High Touch High Tech Program Beginnings

High Touch High Tech has developed a programming network of
over 150 STEM programs over the past 27 years. Our programming extends from
introductory chemistry, paleontology, climate change, to 3-D printing! As an
author and leader in the STEM enrichment education, High Touch High Tech has
adapted and created hands-on education content that has resonated with
students, teachers, and parents across the globe. 

We at High Touch High Tech like to say, “we were STEM before
STEM.” Since 1992, we have adapted to education standards, trends, and
scientific advancements to provide our students with up-to-date enrichment. Teachers,
parents, and High Touch High Tech franchise owners can feel confident in the
content we provide to students.

Each year we are creating fresh, original experiment content
to satisfy our customer and franchise networks. Many teachers have built High
Touch High Tech in-school field trips into their year-to-year teaching agenda,
and we will continue to grow with the education standards.

Announcing Our Newest Franchise Location in Dubai!

From Left to Right: Daniel Shaw, Nada Ksaibati, Ilham Sebti Benani, and Terri Connolly

High Touch High Tech is pleased to announce our newest Franchise location in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ilham Sebti Benani and Nada Ksaibati traveled to Asheville, NC during the week of January 25th – January 31st, 2016 to complete their franchise training. 

Check out Ilham and Nada in action during Franchise Training Week!!

 

High Touch High Tech of Turkey Promotes Science to 40,000 Students!

Recently the Master Franchise of High Touch High Tech in Turkey, Eglenceli Bilim, was selected as the content developer of  a major project of TEGV. TEGV is a major non-governmental organization focusing on children education in Turkey. The project will last 3-5 years to promote math and science skills of 40,000 children in Turkey with the support of one of the big holdings of the country.
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Who is the NGO : TEGV (http://www.tegv.org/en)
Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) was founded in January 23, 1995, with the aim of “supporting the basic education provided by the government” by a group of industrialists, managers and academics lead by Suna Kıraç, who believed by their whole hearts that education comes before everything else. The objective of Educational Volunteers is to create and implement educational programs and extracurricular activities for children aged 6-14, so that they can acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes supporting their development as rational, responsible, self-confident, peaceable, inquisitive, cognizant, creative individuals, who are against any kind of discrimination, respect diversity and are committed to the basic principles of the Turkish Republic. TEGV implements unique educational programs, with the support of its volunteers, in the Education Parks, Learning Units, Firefly Mobile Learning Units, City Representative Offices and in primary schools through the “Support for Social Activities Protocol”. TEGV uses personal and corporate donations to fund its programs.
Reach of NGO : 60,000 volunteers, 550,000 donators and 2 million children…
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What is the Project ?
The project is developed to help children’s math & science skills in Turkey where PISA scores have shown that Turkey is 44th country among 65 countries in math and science and getting worse throughout the years. The project will take 3-5 years to reach 40,000 children in 37 different cities of Turkey. 3 different layers of children will be targeted (1-2 grade, 3-4 grade and 5-7 grade) with creative math & science programs to stimulate the learning process of students. The programs will be developed together with the experts and delivered through the volunteer trainers of TEGV in the targeted cities. Programs will be supported with e-learning modules as well as hands on learning modules to combine both learning models.
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Role of Eglenceli Bilim:
Master Franchise of High Touch High Tech in Turkey, Eglenceli Bilim, was selected as the expert to develop science programs for the project. Eglenceli Bilim will create the content of the science programs in line with the content of public education by using its global know-how on current experimental programs. After creating the content and details of the execution, Eglenceli Bilim will train the volunteers of TEGV to further help to the deployment of programs to targeted children. The project results will also be measured through pre and post researches to understand the contribution of the programs to the skills of children.
For more information please visit: http://www.eglencelibilim.com/

Here We Grow Again…HTHT Welcomes Morocco into it’s International Franchise Family!

High Touch High Tech is happy to announce a new addition to our ever-growing, global science family. The new HTHT franchise location will soon be opening its doors in Morocco. Franchise training took place at the HTHT Global Headquarters in Asheville, NC at the end of February into early March 2015. As you can see in the pictures below, Terri-dactyl Terri & Dinosaur Dan had a blast teaching the new franchise owners that FUN science is a universal language! 

New franchise owner, Yasmine, pokes the needle through the balloon without it popping!

Yasmine, erupts her first volcano during franchise training

We are thrilled to be expanding into Morocco & are looking forward to bringing our signature hands-on science experiences to children in this new part of the world.  From the corners of Western North Carolina to the coasts of Africa, the new HTHT of Morocco joins our outstanding family of existing franchises serving 29 locations across the globe!

Terri-Dactyl, Yasmine, & Dinosaur Dan