technology the "t"- in steam
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the T in
STEAM
Technology
Sayreville Middle School
Diane McCarthy
About me...
● Overlook Hospital 1971- 2000
● Medical Technologist/Hematology
Specialist
● Supervisor
● Special Education/Science Teacher
2002 - present
Overlook Medical Center
First hospital laboratory in the
state to be computerized
(1971)
“Sayreville School District educates today’s
learners to be tomorrow’s leaders by
providing all students with a high quality,
challenging education that instills character
and enables our students to compete
successfully in the 21st century.”
In Pursuit of Vision 2030
STEAM
● Innovation
● Creativity
● Problem Solving
● Critical Thinking
STEAM is a Partnership
● Technology Department
● Media Specialist
● Math Department
● Language Arts Department
● Art Department
How it began…..
Pollinators in the Classroom
The Process
● Creating Heterogeneous
Teams
● Assignments
● Integrating Curriculum
Communication
● Administration
● Technology Department
● Within the teams
Edmodo was used for
communication between
members of the teams
Working closely with our
media specialist, the
Technology Team created
a school news broadcast.
● “The best part of the project was checking
the Tweets everyday to learn more about
our worms.” Katie
● “I will always remember being on Twitter
and Instagram..that made Science more
fun.” Tyler
Reflection
Sandra Paul
Chief Technology Officer
Sayreville Board of Education
Introducing….
“T” EAM
“T” - Team Effort, Tech Staff
Members
● Devices - iPads, Laptops
● LMS - Edmodo
● Social Media - Twitter, Instagram
● Technical support from Middle
School Technician - Christopher
Makely
● Instructional Tech Support -
Barbara DeSantis
“T” - Technology Infrastructure
● Available WiFi
● Online services such as
o Discovery Ed,
o Edmodo,
o Apps on iPads,
o etc.
“T”echnology Integration
Review
Special Thank You’s
● Clare Goscienski - Supervisor of Science and World Language
● Barbara DeSantis - District Technology Integration Teacher
● Katie Lera - Previous Middle School Librarian
● Chris Makely - Technical Staff Member
Thank You!
Diane McCarthy
Email: [email protected]
Sandra Paul
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @spaul6414
LinkedIn: Sandra Paul
Google +: spaul6414
Cell: 908-433-7076