STEM CAREERS IN 3D: The Change over Time

ProjectVirginia Career VIEW

Virginia Tech, School of EducationVirginia Children’s Engineering Convention 2013

CoT Team Transdisciplinary Student

Team

• Greg M. Industrial Design, Creative Technologies, Architecture

• Evelien Communication Science, Instructional Design and Technology

• Greg W. Computer Science

• Kendall Instructional Design and Technology

• Emily Educational Psychology

Faculty Team• School of Education (SOE)

Liesl Baum Phyllis Leary Newbill Teri Finn

Advisors• Dr. Mitzi Vernon – School of

Architecture and Design• Dr. Kathy Cennamo – SOE• Dr. Kelly Parkes – SOE• Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang –

College Librarian• Misty Culler- Middle School

Teach• Sarah Gerrol- High School

Teacher

Background Fall semester Spring semester Kindergarten to College Glenvar Middle School Video Game/Graphic Design course

collaboration Final Outcomes

• Website• Kit

Design Problem

To use creative technologies to create a product of the arts that can be used to teach science.

Process Research Design Development Testing Review Implementation

Change over Time (C/T) challenges students to creatively represent learning in a

tangible form; through the process of creating paper art

sculptures to represent abstract concepts. C/T, a project-based learning activity,

encourages students to think critically and creatively

as they discover firsthand how art and science inform each other

But Why? Mae Jemison – astronaut, doctor, art

collector, and dancer– advocates for integration of art and science. Jemison calls on educators to teach both art and science, and to create bold thinkers through teaching intuition and logic.

Mae Jemison’s TED Talk

Let’s Play

What does it mean to visualize?

Prompt Card

Paper

Technology

iMotion HD iPod App

Using the iMotion HD iPod App. Find and press the iMotion HD icon. Select “new movie”. Make sure manual is selected for options shown

towards the bottom of the screen. Enter a movie title if desired. Press start to being capturing videos.

Position the iPod until the screen is in the desired area and press the capture button to take a picture of the art. Don’t press the stop button until you are finished with the video series.

Rules

Use the same piece of paper.

Use all of the paper.

Be original!

There are no right or wrong answers.

2 minutes

Time Lapse Video After capturing the number of desired

images, press the stop button twice to stop capturing images.

The app will create a time-lapse video. To delete a frame from the movie, press the

tools button to display the tool interface. Use the rewind or forward options to reach the desired image to delete. Press the delete button (the icon of a polaroid picture with a minus sign) to remove the frame.

Reflection

What happened to the paper as you continued to use it over and over again?

What do you think would happen to the paper if you continued to fold it?

Can you think of other examples of objects that change over time?

Reflection

How do engineers change things over time?

What are some examples of change that have been demonstrated by engineering concepts?

What could engineering change in the future?

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Time Lapse Video

Final Product

CoT as a Career Exploration Resource

Project-based learning

Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking Creativity Technology Presentation Interpretation Analysis

Consider Using CoT as a tool to

connect classroom learning with careers

Repeating CoT throughout the year with different prompts

Having students write a reflection

Engaging school counselors

Exploring more IDEAS kits

Michele Seibert/Emily Fieldermseibert@vt.edu/fieldere@vt.edu

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References• ICAT –

www.icat.vt.edu• IDEAS-

www.ideas.soe.vt.edu

• Change over Time- www.ideas.soe.vt.edu/changeovertime

• Change over Time- www.icat.vt.edu/IDEAS/TeacherResources/index.html