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Ways to Support Your School’s STEM FocusSTEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Penny Chaney: Floyd Middle SchoolShirley Trammell: Ford Elementary School
Evolving Role
1990
2014
20072000
2015
Professional Learning Opportunities
• STEM Conference: West Georgia RESA; Peachtree City; March 3-4
• Technology Training Integration Specialist
• Edmodo Groups
Technology
• ISTE Standards formally NETS (The International Society for Technology in Education: Permission for Reprints)
• iPads (creative apps, documentation projects, pictures, QR codes, etc.) • Check Terms of Service• Learning Commons• Technology Club
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Collection• eBooks: Recommendations (example:
Max Axiom )• What If / Exploratory books: Explore
Spring! 25 Great Ways to Learn About Spring
• STEM searches (Titlewave,… Pinterest)
• Inventors / Biographies • Histories: Bugged: How Insects
Changed History
STEM Projects
• Different approaches: short projects to year-long projects
• Data collection• STEM journal • Lessons • Engineering VS. Arts and Crafts
(The Three Little Pigs) • STEM Minute
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Environment
Lessons
LEADING THE WAY
*ISTE*New Tools
(Educreations,…)*Office 365
TRADITIONAL
* Inquiry*Research
* Plagiarism & Copyright
*Integration of Curricula* Stories / Literature
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Ideas
• Blog: Renovated Learning
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Suggested Readings• Women With Both High Math and Verbal Ability Appear Less Likely
to Choose Science Careers Because Their Dual Skills Confer More Career Options http://www.news.pitt.edu/women_STEM
• To Attract More Girls to STEM, Bring More Storytelling to Science http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/to-attract-more-girls-to-stem-bring-storytelling-to-science/
• School Librarians Can Be Crucial Partners in STEM http://stemwire.org/2013/07/10/school-librarians-can-be-crucial-partners-in-stem/
• STEM Resources http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/STEM_Resources