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STEM and Tablet Devices

STEM and Tablet Devices. Brent Williams, PhD Hoke Wilcox, EdS KSU iTeach Center www.iteachcenter.org. Tremendous Need for STEM Graduates. Pressure on President and congress to train and retain foreign nationals Why not US citizens

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STEM and Tablet Devices

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  1. STEM and Tablet Devices Brent Williams, PhD Hoke Wilcox, EdS KSU iTeach Center www.iteachcenter.org

  2. Tremendous Need for STEM Graduates • Pressure on President and congress to train and retain foreign nationals • Why not US citizens • Because not enough are being trained via k-12 and higher ed! • STEM Related Grads Are Well Paid! • Layoff Resistant

  3. How to Get Kids Into STEM? • STEM must be exciting • STEM must stimulate imagination • STEM must give purpose • STEM must take students places • STEM must be cool!

  4. The 3 Year Olds Are On the Way! • Never before has so much technology been so easily accessible by so many. • Teachers • Students 4

  5. Why is this SO Important? • Students can take control of their education • Learn at any pace – any subject • Advance to any level • No longer dependent on the SYSTEM • Good teacher/bad teacher • Good school/bad school • STEM Resources are Plentiful

  6. Take a Class ANYWHERE • In the classroom, at home, in the field • Audio, video, images, text, interactive • Powerful, easy, very versatile • Instrumentation available

  7. The MOST Important Things a Teacher Can Do! • Convince students that they can have the future they want • That learning can be fun • That it is a lifelong pursuit • Show students that their mobile learning platform opens the world to them • Give them STEM projects / challenges

  8. Management and Support • What is the Tech Support Department responsible for? • Mobile Device Manager • Apple, others • What is the end user responsible for? • What about the teacher? • Training Teachers • Circles NOT Rows

  9. Equity Issues • District provided equipment • Network access at home • Sometimes it’s not safe to take equipment home

  10. Money to Make it Happen • Stop buying PCs – NOW • Save • On Hardware, software and support • Gradually implement • Seek grants, use SPLOST, etc.

  11. Tablets and STEM • Features that enhance STEM classes • Hardware Benefits • Long Lasting Battery • Intuitive for students and teachers • Bright Screen • Devices are made to share information • There are many apps that enhance this and many are not platform specific Edmodo Bump Evernote

  12. Tablets and STEM • Features continued: • Educational Benefits • It’s a great hook! • Creation and sharing • Notes and documentation • Images and Pictures • You can actually put computers where the kids are • Small form factor

  13. iPad and STEM • The good news is there are 700,000 apps in the Apple’s App Store • The bad news is there are 700,000 apps in Apple’s App Store • Remember the iPad and the App Store were not designed for education • It’s a challenge to find ways to use apps and the iPad that are suitable for education

  14. iPad Apps to Consider! • Video Physics $2.99 • iStopMotion $9.99 • ShowMe Free • PaperDesk $4.99 • SPARKvue Free • ProScope Mobile

  15. iPad and STEM

  16. iStopMotion

  17. iStopMotion

  18. ShowMe

  19. ShowMe

  20. PaperDesk

  21. SPARKvue

  22. ProScope Mobile Starting at $549

  23. Android and STEM

  24. Great Links • 50 Best STEM Apps • http://www.burnsmcdblog.com/2012/06/06/10-must-download-stem-ipad-apps-for-kids/ • 10 MUST-DOWNLOAD STEM IPAD APPS FOR KIDS • http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/05/50-best-ipad-apps-for-stem-education/ • A Compendium of Best Practice STEM • http://www.mos.org/eie/pdf/newsitems/Bayer_STEM_Compendium_Booklet_2010.pdf

  25. STEM and Tablet Devices www.iteachcenter.org

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