learning through innovation
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Learning Through Innovation. Ken Brewer Associates : Welding Technology Bachelors: Workforce Education And Development Field Experience: Victaulic Accu -Machining Center. Mission Statement. Inspire learning in students through the use of their own innovative ideas. Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Learning Through Innovation
Ken BrewerAssociates: Welding TechnologyBachelors: Workforce Education And DevelopmentField Experience: Victaulic Accu-Machining Center
Mission Statement
• Inspire learning in students through the use of their own innovative ideas.
Objectives
• Students will identify real-world technology problems
• Students will develop innovative solutions to real-world technology problems
• Students will apply math, reading, science, history, art and technology to solve real-world technology problems
What is technology?• Using available resources to meet societies
wants and needs• Manufacturing, Construction, Communication,
Transportation and Bio-related Technology
What are real-world technology Problems?
• Fuel costs, War In Iraq, Health Care Costs, Failing Bridges, Cell-Phone Deaths, etc.
How will my child learn through technology?
Fuel Costs • Science?
• Math?
• History?
• Technology?
• Reading?
Student Driven• Students will generate their own problems and
solutions:Problem: My cell-phone keeps dropping calls. Solution: I want to invent a cell-phone network that doesn’t drop calls.
Math
-Cell-Phone Signals
-Circuit Design
-Purchasing Cell Phones
Science/Technology
-How cell phones work (Technology)
-Electricity (Physics)
-Environmental Impacts (Earth Science)
History
• Social Studies:-History Of Cell Phones
-Cell Phone Laws (Politics)
-Impacts On Society
Reading/Writing
• Design Briefs
• Evaluations
• Research
Innovation
• Create a design brief (Descriptive Writing or speaking)
• Research Information (History, reading)
• Generate Design Ideas (Art)
Invention
• Create a final design (Math, Physical Science, Technology)
• Test the solution (Science, Technology• Evaluate the solution (Critical Writing)
Theory• Students are motivated through innovation.Resources:
-Technology Student Association (TSA)-Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP)-International Technology Education Association(ITEA)-STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Education Coalition-National Aeronautical Space Association (NASA)
Belief
• Technology has met our needs since the beginning of civilization. Ex. Paper
• Technology drives core concepts. Core concepts don’t drive technology. Ex. Mathematics
Pennsylvania State Standards
Primary Standards:• Science And Technology• Mathematics
Secondary Standards:• History• Reading, Writing Speaking And Listening