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”