Ways to Support Your School’s STEM FocusSTEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Penny Chaney: Floyd Middle SchoolShirley Trammell: Ford Elementary School

Evolving Role

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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