mrs. falk goes to washington!
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Mrs. Falk Goes To Washington!. Siemens STEM Institute 2011. Special Thanks to Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, College Board and ORAU. Siemens STEM Institute 2011. 4000 National applicants 50 Amazing colleagues chosen 6 Days in the nation’s capitol - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mrs. Falk Goes To Washington!
Special Thanks to Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, College Board and ORAU
Siemens STEM Institute 2011
Siemens STEM Institute 2011
4000 National applicants
50 Amazing colleagues chosen
6 Days in the nation’s capitol
1 Unbelievable
experience
What is STEM?
ScienceTechnologyEngineering
Math
What is STEM?
Science, technology, engineering, and math are permeable and interdependent.
STEM education seeks to encourage curiosity and create learning opportunities and skill development for our 21st century students
Discovery Education says:
http://teachers.discoveryeducation.com/STEM
Why STEM Institute?Empowered with the tools and knowledge gained from the Institute, these select teachers are dedicated to:
• Creatively utilitize technology in the classroom
• Continue learning
• Share ideas with others – pay it forward!
Highlights of the Week!
Tons of new technology
Unbelievable networking with teachers
Meetings with leaders in STEM
Behind the scenes access
Network of TeachersWe connected with Teachers throughout the
USA
Using technology to share ideas, resources and collaborate on projects.
Grouped with others for a year-long project…mine is STEM Careers for diverse populations (esp., minorities, women,
special ed).
Anyone in the US ---or the world – can log on and participate!
Network of Teachers
Technology Taught by Experts
• Use of cell phones in interactive classroom (!)• Edmodo – it’s free and secure!• Google docs– collaborate online• Wikis – so easy!• Flip your classroom (presentations of day’s lesson for
home use)• Skype…it’s essential (video cams needed)• Tons of stuff for PBL more sites for video clips, virtual
labs• Green Screen movies with Adobe Essentials• Animoto quick movies• Jellycam stop motion movies
There is so much we learned… try out one new thing this year!
OMG!
Avatardb.comIT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
Cell Phones in the Classroom?!
Cell phones as tools in the classroom today are as calculators
first were in the 70s.
Can be used to answer questionsCreate video presentationsSo many helpful STEM apps
Collaborating Around the World
Right from our own classrooms!
New Ways to Present Info, Assess, Create
One-shot videosFlip Chart videosGreen Screen movies with Adobe
EssentialsAnimoto quick moviesJellycam stop motion moviesGoogle SketchupOur Kids Can
Do This
Together!
Discoveryeducation.com
More and More Applications
LeafsnapSmithsonian Wild
Google earthGoogle dataPolartech
USE AND
SHARE
REAL DATA
More Ways To Use Discovery Education Network
Siemens STEM Academy – resources & ideas
STEM Competition Announcements
Streaming video for download
Teacher PD in technology integration
Lesson Plans, Interactive Tech Book, Quizzes
And…so much more!
Discoveryeducation.com
Dr. McCammon Taught Us How To Flip Our Classroom
Students can even watch the “lecture” at home and come in ready to work!
Special Thanks toLodge McCammon
Visit http://www.fi.ncsu.edu/project/fizz/Look at the math examples online!
And we met AMAZING Leaders
in their fields
US Government Leaders
Carl Wieman, Associate Director of Science under Obama
In the White House Conference Center!
USDOE Mike Lach Special Assistant
for Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology
Education at
Discovery ed.
Thought Leaders in the Media!
Deborah Meyers General ManagerDiscovery Science Channel
Brian Lamb, founder & CEO of C-SPAN (we passed Newt Gingrich in the hall!)
Danny Forster , Architect, host of Science Channel's "Extreme Engineering" and "Build It Bigger
Behind the Scenes at National Museum of Natural History!
R. David HuntForensic Anthropology & CT Scan
Nathan ErwinEntomology
Rusty RussellNational Herbarium
Steve Jabo, Paleobiologist,Fossil Lab
And Time For Hands-On Fun!
With STEMThe Sky’s The Limit!
Siemens STEM Institute of 2011
Here I am!
Any Questions?(You think you’re overwhelmed??)
Experiences & pictures and song thanks to Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, College Board, ORAU, Smithsonian Institute,
Science Channel, C-Span, The Kinks, “Education”