A CONVERSATION with Educator, Creative Technologist and Designer PAOLA GUIMERANS (Spanish version here) Scaling expressive technologies for STEAM learning often starts in train-the-trainer workshops. Hands-on sessions with curious educators and their organizations introduce new materials and invite participants ā typically coaches, program managers, teachers, and subject matter experts such as artists, introductory CS instructors, department […]
NOTICIAS DESDE ESPAĆA – BIBLIOTECAS ESCOLARES COMO CENTROS CREATIVOS DE APRENDIZAJE en GALICIA
UNA CONVERSACIĆN con la Educadora, DiseƱadora y TecnĆ³loga Creativa, PAOLA GUIMERĆNS (VersiĆ³n en inglĆ©s aquĆ) Determinar cuĆ”l puede ser la mejor aplicaciĆ³n de las tecnologĆas creativas para escalar el aprendizaje STEAM comienza a menudo en los talleres de formaciĆ³n para el profesorado. En estos talleres prĆ”cticos los y las docentes prueban nuevos materiales e invitan […]
Shiela Lee’s Top 10
A List to Teach By Recently, we caught up again with Shiela Lee, STEM teacher and technology coordinator at Beekman Hill International School, PS 59, New York City, and picked up where we left off with the Featured Educator writeup. This time we opened up the discussion so we could learn more from her on […]
Susan Lowdermilk, Book Artist
<Art, Craft, and Telling Stories with Pop-up> CHIBI: We met on the Hack Your Notebook project, for what turned into Booklet #2, Engineer Your Materials, Working with Pop-up. By that time, youād discovered Chibitronics co-founder Jie Qiās circuit stickers and had begun exploring possibilities for book arts, pop-up and electronics. Can you share some detail […]
Ambassadors Barbara Liedahl and Chris Awad at FETC 2022
“This is what I remember: teachers were leaning forward as we shared out…” – Barbara Liedahl <The Conference> FETC, the annual Future of Education and Technology conference, started more than 40 years ago, has grown into one of the must-attend, big-tent meetups for teacher and administrators, instructional technologists, and education policy and thought leaders. This […]
Lessons from a National Lab: Building a Fully Remote STEM Program
< Berkeley Lab’s SAGE Camp Summer 2021 > In spring of 2021, the K12 group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) ā one of the first research institutions in the network of 17 national labs managed by the Dept. of Energy ā began planning for a second, pandemic-ready, online-only program for its annual summer camp, […]