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Presentation at 2013 Morgridge Family Foundation's Share Fair Conference at the University of Denver, COTRANSCRIPT
1. Form a group of 2 or 3 2. Take a piece of paper 3. Write your names at the top and where you are
from 4. Show what STEM education looks like below
o Creativity encouraged
Opening Activity
Kyle Schu3 @ktschu3 [email protected]
Spelunking for STEM Resources: free tools from Discovery Education
Edmodo Group Code: ru4kw4
Director, Education Outreach & Curriculum Integration [email protected] Twi3er: @ktschu3 160 Character Bio: Husband father friend; Outdoors lover; lifelong learner, listener; DIYer; Director, Discovery Education; DEN STAR, PA Teacher
Goals
• ShareFair: at least 2 formal opportunities to share
• I'll share some of our (Discovery Education’s) free resources from our partners
• connect resources to good instructional strategies in order to provide ideas for learning opportunities for your students
Peopleslide Video
Insert our video here…
STEM Anthem
STEM! STEM!
Identify a problem in the community Have your students solve it and soon they will be Ready to collaborate and able to communicate Using science, tech, engineering and math With a group of our peers, yea we react Giving solutions that are making sense To this global audience
Chorus: STEM is a method of teaching Yea engaging all across the curriculum Challenge-based,and an authentic way Of having inquiry instruction Yea, problems for real life that we simulate To prepare our students for the workplace
Prepare us for jobs of the 21st century We’re working together, thinking - critically To solve problems and make decisions With our creative intuition Using science, tech, engineering and math We use modern tools to document And prepare for high tech careers Like creative engineers
STEM! STEM!
h3p://www.iamlodge.com/kevlar/?p=125 • Scroll down to middle of the page
Paperslide Videos
h3ps://www.fi.ncsu.edu/project/fizz/pd/differentiationresources/paperslidedif
Discovery Education Streaming h3p://www.discoveryeducation.com/DEN/drlodgevideochallenge.cfm
Sir Ken Robinson
“Most&great&work&happens&in&groups;&
Collabora6on&is&the&stuff&of&growth.”&
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NatureWorksEverywhere.com
How have you been recording this information?
How do you plan to share it?
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Then: Curating in the Classroom
Edmodo
Padlet/Wallwisher
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Siemens STEM Academy
Stem.discoveryeducation.com
WolframAlpha
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Kyle Schu+ @ktschu+ [email protected]
Spelunking for STEM Resources: free tools from Discovery Education