How many students have the opportunity to pursue their own passions and create their own learning? Learn from Marianthe Williams about how students from Riverdell had this amazing opportunity to do so and to also become life long learners!
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Another link between STEM and personalized learning --powerful practice!
When students are engaged in STEM projects, it is the perfect opportunity to assess and give feedback on 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, information literacy and self-direction. My new website provides information and many resources for assessing these skills.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is at the forefront of national and state workforce development efforts. In the Northwes
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Great video for kids, by kids explaining what STEM is and encouraging students to enter into STEM career fields!
In 2011, I wrote a blog post, titled Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century. It described how I learned about a new version of the traditional KWL (What do I Know, What do I Want to know and wh...
KWL is an essential part of the PBL process - which is how to design learning for STEM. I love the additions to this process that provide more scaffolding for learners to connect with not just prior knowledge but also interests, think about their information search strategies, design their own way of showing their learning, and continue to question and wonder - making it clear that learning does not stop once the grade is recorded! Great work by @langwitches!
Great examples of taking ordinary, content-specific lessons, infusing them with problem solving, critical thinking & invention -thus transforming the learning into STEM.
Adopting a Maker Movement in your school has got to be one of the strategies to integrate STEM into the culture of the school.
"A more direct way to support the Maker Movement in education is to establish hackerspaces affiliated with schools that can be accessed by students either during school as part of classes or after school. During school access would require flexibility on the part of teachers – but this also lends itself to a more traditional, structured curricular approach. Students can be provided with the tools and given general guidance, but also be allowed to explore within those parameters"
I believe school libraries are the best place to build hackerspaces in schools. This describes the 21st century library perfectly, "In a hackerspace the idea is to play, experiment, explore, pursue interests, and see where these things take you."
Fantastic work done in the state of Maryland on STEM education. Excited that my district is adopting the definition and STEM Standards of Practice:
Definition: STEM education is an approach to teaching and learning that integrates the content and skills of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM Standards of Practice guide STEM instruction by defining the combination of behaviors, integrated with STEM content, which is expected of a proficient STEM student. These behaviors include engagement in inquiry, logical reasoning, collaboration, and investigation. The goal of STEM education is to prepare students for post-secondary study and the 21st century workforce.
Ben Johnson served as an administrator in large and small schools, and at a charter school. He was the assistant superintendent of the Natalia Independent School District where he helped bring a
How many students have the opportunity to pursue their own passions and create their own learning? Learn from Marianthe Williams about how students from Riverdell had this amazing opportunity to do so and to also become life long learners!
Nancy White's insight:
Another link between STEM and personalized learning --powerful practice!
Teaching and learning with digital teaching platforms and immersive authentic simulations. GUEST COLUMN | by Chris Dede Editor’s note: The following is based on what was originally a thought piece...
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This is particularly interesting as we are talking about our current primary students! "By 2025, DTPs and immersive authentic simulations can transform STEM learning, in and out of school."
I often talk with educators (and parents and administrators) who are convinced that their students are working within Project Based Learning environments. They tell me about the wonderful projects ...
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One of my basic understandings about best practice for STEM learning is that it needs to be project based. This is a great post that helps you think through if you are just doing projects, or are truly doing project based learning.
Rubik's cube is more than a puzzle- it's a question waiting to be answered. And when the right person finds the right question, it can set them on a journey ...
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Yes! We must teach questioning. Love this: "When the right person finds the right question, something amazing happens." This is where all STEM learning should begin!
When students curate, they own the learning. This is my latest blog post with some of the highlights from a recent collaborative student curation project I supported in my district.
My latest blog post describes an 8th grade student curation project. Through curating, students experienced the freedom to learn about what most interested them, and to follow their questions in the direction that they needed to go, as they explored topics of the 19th century social reform movements in their social studies class.
Watching a bit of the US Open last night, I was struck with the question of the source of motivation by athletes to work without cease, endure pain, sustain focus, and intensify commitment to a spo...
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Wonderful article has me thinking...what if? What if the maker movement really permiated public education in such a way that students could pursue their passions? What if we allowed time for this kind of learning beyond sumerrtime enrichment? In my mind, this is what STEM should look like. We need to stop teaching in silos, rushing to "cover content" and start creating an environment where flow can happen. Allow time, provide resources & support - then watch the magic happen! Thanks @pammoran for sharing some of your magic with us!
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STEM education isn't complex. It's not a doctrine, a program, or a product. Yet defining and implementing STEM education continues to challenge the education community.
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I think this sums up why schools are slow to implement pretty well:
"To effectively implement a STEM program requires providing teachers with common planning time. Most STEM efforts require interdisciplinary, project-based learning. This challenges the very segmented and bell-driven school day that most of us recall from childhood and that continues to exist today."
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