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Technology Tools for STEM Education

Technology Tools for STEM Education. Schuylkill STEP April 2014 Evelyn Wassel, Ed.D. PLEASE DO NOW…. Look at the lesson plans on the table. Write 5 lines in response to the following questions:

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Technology Tools for STEM Education

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  1. Technology Tools for STEM Education Schuylkill STEPApril 2014 Evelyn Wassel, Ed.D.

  2. PLEASE DO NOW… • Look at the lesson plans on the table. Write 5 lines in response to the following questions: • At what grade level(s) do you think students should be expected to participate in this lesson? • How are science, technology, engineering and math addressed in this lesson? • Share with a partner • Lesson in Action

  3. What is STEM Education? • STEM Education is an intentional, integrative approach to teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. • Students become adept problem solvers, innovators and inventors who are self-reliant by asking questions, investigating, making informed decisions about how they live their daily lives and engage in their vocations and communities. Source: Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13

  4. STEM • Science • Technology • Engineering • Math Source: Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13

  5. What is included? • Students from all cultural backgrounds • Students from any gender or gender identity • Native English speakers and ELLs • Students with disabilities • Students of any achievement level …STEM IS FOR ALL Source: Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13

  6. ALL means ALL! • You cannot do “school as usual” • Grouping and leveling courses is not the answer. Look at your data. Has it worked? • Curriculum must be deliberately designed to meet the needs of ALL learners. • Teachers must expand repertoire of instructional practices, strategies and techniques. Source: Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13

  7. Goals of the Session • Why teach STEM? • Free Tools to Enhance Science • Free Tools to Enhance Math • STEM Tools

  8. Why Teach STEM? • Projected job growth in STEM related jobs over next 10 years will be 17%. • Projected job growth in non-STEM related jobs over next 10 years will be 9.8%. • Educational/Societal: STEM Literacy for all students, inclusion of STEM as part of a typical liberal arts education, develop educated consumers of information and products. Source: Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13

  9. United States Department of Labor • “Our nation needs to increase the supply and quality of “knowledge workers” whose specialized skills enable them to work within STEM industries and occupations. Our nation’s economic future depends upon improving the pipeline into STEM fields (2007).”

  10. United States Military Academy: Intellectual Domain • Think and act creatively • Demonstrate the capability and desire to pursue progressive and continued intellectual development • Listen, read, speak and write effectively • Be scientifically literate and capable of applying scientific, mathematical, and computational modes of thought to the solution of complex problems. • Understand and apply information technology concepts to acquire, manage, communicate and defend information, solve problems, and adapt to technology. • Apply mathematics, science, technology, and the engineering design process to devise technological problem solutions that are effective and adaptable.

  11. STEM, Literacy and PA Core

  12. STEM, Literacy and PA Core

  13. STEM, Literacy and PA Core

  14. What’s in Your Toolbox?? • Share with a partner tools that you have used to promote literacy in STEM classes. • Be prepared to share out…

  15. Vocabulary • Students should be able to: • “interpret words and phrases within a text” • “write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately” • Write “discipline specific content” http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3sXseN80gSM/RzuENHFgVVI/AAAAAAAAAFw/cS92DeIbjr4/s320/standards+comic.jpg

  16. How to Promote Vocabulary • Have students use words in sentences rather than copy definitions. • Essential vocabulary sheet • Have students demonstrate mastery in short or extended writing pieces.

  17. What Could Students Read? • News sources • Nonfiction books • Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs • Cheryl Strayed’sWild • Malcom Gladwell’sOutliers • Mary Roach’s Stiff

  18. Malcolm Gladwell’sOutliers • Do you believe outliers are important for research? Give examples from the book to support your position. • Do you think Asians are prewired to do better in math than Americans because of their language? Cite examples from the book to support your position.

  19. What Could Students Read?/ Write? • http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/lesson-plans/?page_id=474?&passid=83 • http://pbs39.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/echo07.lan.stories.lpeveryday/storytelling-tales-of-everyday-life/ • http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/epo/educators/ThinkScientifically_1.pdf

  20. What Could Students Read? Write? • LDC Tasks • Topics • “What to do about climate change?” • “Is genetic science moral?” • “Has the Internet changed society for better or worse?” • Products • Brochure • Poster • Short story • Rap • Monologue • Letter to editor

  21. Reading in Math • Math textbooks contain more concepts per word, per sentence, and per paragraph • Writing style is compact, little redundancy • Textbooks are written above grade level

  22. Reading in Math • Proficient at decoding, comprehending, words, numbers, and symbols • Examples, graphics or exercises take first priority over words • Overlap between math and everyday English vocabulary

  23. McREL Teachers struggle with… • What are the specific skills or knowledgethat students need in order to read content material effectively? • What learning environments promote effective reading and learning? • What strategies can be used with students to help them become more effective readers and independent learners?

  24. McREL Draft Students struggle with… • Organizing ideas as they read. • Making meaningful connections. • Persevering through reading material • Mathematics • Tackling vocabulary • Decoding symbols • Reading at the text level • Understanding text organization

  25. Communication Standard Students will acquire the ability to read, write, listen to, and speak mathematics. Page 5, Crossroads in Mathematics

  26. This is why we need totalk about math. Actual student answer to a math problem

  27. Tying It All Together… • How can the opening lesson on Iditarod be extended to a STEM lesson? • http://padlet.com/wall/STEMIditarod

  28. References • Information for slides 3,4,5,6,7,10 from 2013 SAS Institute – created by Joey Rider-Bertrand, IU13 • STEM, Literacy and the Common Core Standards by Shannon Reed, 8/21/12

  29. CASH In • Cognitive-Intellectual • Affect • Strengthen/Share • Helpful

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