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3D Printing in a STEM Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

David Ternent, a teacher in a middle school STEM classroom in Ohio, shares how he has used his 3D printers to transform and excite kids about learning STEM concepts. David Ternent is a middle school STEM teacher in Ohio. David is a 7th grade STEM teacher in the Stow-Munroe Falls School District. David Ternent.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

The post Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. While he doesn’t like attention drawn to his work (he wants authors to shine), I want to give a shout out to Alan K.

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Part 2: Over 150 STEM Resources for PBL and Authentic Learning… Technology

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. Technology – STEM Resources. This post is dedicated to Technology.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

Digital Promise

They are most often associated with STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. A Maker Mindset. Having a maker mindset is key. The benefits, however, outweigh the costs and effort.

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Maker Culture Has a ?Deeply Unsettling? Gender Problem

Edsurge

As a whole, STEM fields experience significant gender imbalances and makerspaces are no exception—despite being a relatively recent adoption for many schools. It’s not that makerspace instructors are bad people in any way—so many are giving up their time freely or teaching things they weren’t trained for,” Kim says.

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CA's Maker Initiative Spurs Innovation and Workforce Development Across 35 Community Colleges

Edsurge

CCC is the largest provider of workforce training in the state and nation, offering postsecondary technical education in 175 fields, and educating more than 100,000 individuals each year in industry-specific workforce skills. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that by 2022, California will have the largest STEM workforce in the nation.

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300 Organizations Come Together to Launch Nation of Makers

EdNews Daily

The grassroots Maker Movement has, and continues to, impact entrepreneurship, education, economic and workforce development, manufacturing, community revitalization and technology inclusion in the U.S. Macon, GA, where SparkMacon is empowering entrepreneurs to launch businesses in the broader Macon-Bibb county.