internet libn conf: libraries as stem to steam hubs
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Fall 2013, MontereyTRANSCRIPT
Libraries as STEM to STEAM HubsMelissa Techman, [email protected] County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VA
Librarians can expand their professional roles.
Tinkering, tool using
Collaboration opportunities - within schools,across locations and platforms,between public and school libraries…
Apex Elem, NC
STEM + Arts and Humanities = opportunities to support inquiry,
creativity, PBL, and literacy.
Tackle misconceptions
• Rain comes from holes in clouds. • Rain comes from clouds sweating. • Rain occurs because we need it. • Rain falls from funnels in the clouds. • Rain occurs when clouds get scrambled and
melt. • Rain occurs when clouds are shaken. Distributed at the 2009 ASEE K-12 Workshop on Engineering Education, Austin Texas
Advocacy
Bringing in experts can show learners the cross-disciplinary nature of many STEM fields. A VCU Sculpture grad student works on modeling with medical students.
Museum activities and outreach:Partners and inspiration
Image courtesy Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley
Events and initiatives
Posted in ACPS libraries.
Funding and support
Higher ed, including engineering education outreach Corporations, local and nationalBusiness groups and incubatorsPTOGrants
Innovation guests, community experts
Cardboard Safari on Etsy.com
Highlight inventions
Multi-age, X-curricular opportunities
Including the arts supports innovation.
You don’t have to be an expert!
Chad Sansing,Nerdcamp and TechGirls meetupat Crozet PL,Crozet, VA
Hackerspaces, Maker Faires
Writing is making
Book Review kit for Mozilla Webmaker project with NWP.
Coding as Making
Webmaker activities
STEAM-focused projects and advocacy
Amy Koester (in SLJ): “…the parents stay…”
Biomechanical modeling and “Boy, Were We Wrong!”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130702-sabertooth-cat-bite-prehistoric-science-animals/
Connect a holiday or author’s birthday to a STEM topic
STEM is everywhere.
Search Diigo and Delicious, look at blogs, see publisher’s resources.
Start anywhere.
hashtags#scichat #STEM #makered #literacies #webmaker
#stemfri #devdev #tlchat #mozfest
Contextualizing opportunities.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years
Duxbury Free Library
http://librarymakerspace.blogspot.com/2013/08/summer-makerspace-mondays-recap.html
Pinterest as a search option.
http://www.pinterest.com/cari_young/science-centers/
http://www.pinterest.com/smelvin/art-class-steam/
Brand your activities.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Chattanooga Public Library
Invent to Learn
http://www.inventtolearn.com/resources/#all
Bradley Jones and crew, Skokie PL
Caldecott GreenScreen Activity
Interactive station – ask a question, answer it
http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/
http://thiskindylife.blogspot.ca/
Contact me!
Melissa Techman, [email protected] County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VAPinterest, Symbaloo, Twitter:@mtechman
My heart networks: Librarians, art teachers, and the National Writing Project.