CCSU Summer Youth STEM Programs - Tech It Out 2018!

CCSU is hosting 22 different programs for kids this summer.  All the programs are based in STEAM (STEM with the Arts!) and are designed to spark innovation, fun and learning while on our college campus.  Summer really is coming!

For the complete program listing Click Here

For information call Christa Sterling at 860-832-2277 or email  <csterling@ccsu.edu>

World's Largest K-12 Science Competition

Want to add a fun, competitive element to your classroom that encourages a life-long love of STEM? Engage your students through the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision science competition! ExploraVision is open to K-12 students and engages young minds in real-world problem solving with a strong emphasis on science, creative thinking, and Next Generation Science Standards goals. Winning teams receive savings bonds, classroom prizes, an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to present their ideas to scientific leaders, and much more. Download our FREE downloadable Tips for Teachers guides for more information! All K-12 students and teachers in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to participate in ExploraVision. Register now!

Quick - I just found out about this and the pre-registration date is 2/23!

Part art show/part science project, the Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge is a fun way for students to explore nature and investigate STE(A)M (science, technology, engineering, art and math) while inspiring creative thinking.

Pre-Registration Deadline extended to February 23!

WHY PARTICIPATE IN THE i2i CHALLENGE?

For Educators: The STEM + Art = STE(A)M—Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge was developed to give students the opportunity to further their understanding of how STEM subjects and art relate, and the importance of that symbiosis. The i2i Challenge provides educators with community support and a framework to encourage creativity through imagination and incorporate STEM subjects.

For Students: STEM + Art = STE(A)M—Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge allows students to explore the integration of art concepts and STEM subjects. The i2i Challenge provides students with a supported framework for discussion of STEM subjects. Students’ observations and classroom discussions serve as the foundation for the students’ exploration of the relation between art and STEM and the impact they have on each other.

This exploration will lead students to a better understanding of the symbiotic relationship between art and STEM and encourage them to use their imagination and knowledge to further develop those concepts in new and creative ways.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.tmsc.org/i2i. 

Just one more...

Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 2 to 3 p.m. ET
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Diplomas Count: Finding Great Local Partnerships to Build School Community In every district, there are schools that need community support and business and community groups that want to be more involved in education. But it can be tough to align the schools' needs with what outside organizations are able to provide. Join us for a conversation with Feowyn MacKinnon, the principal of MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland, an innovative school that effectively turned the city into a learning campus. Entire grades are co-located in the city's science museum, a college, and even a Fortune 500 company campus. MacKinnon and teacher Forest Clayton discuss how they harness outside expertise and resources to help students succeed. Underwriting for this webinar has been provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York Guests: Forest Clayton, 10th grade biology teacher, MC2 STEM High School, Cleveland, Ohio Feowyn MacKinnon, principal, MC2 STEM High School, Cleveland, Ohio

This webinar will be moderated by Sarah D. Sparks, assistant editor, Education Week

New LibGuides!

Check out the two newest SERC Library LibGuides!

STEM / STEAM - 2015 

and while still "Under construction" STEM / STEAM 2016

We will continue to added to the STEM / STEAM 2016 LibGuide as the year progresses, so remember to check back in periodically throughout the year!

Webinars

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 2 to 3 pm ET

Content provided by: STEAM Is the New STEM: How You Can Bring It to Your School How do educators prepare students for jobs that don't even exist yet? Now more than ever, it is important that students engage in STEAM learning in order to be ready for what is around the corner. STEAM—adding Arts to STEM—provides a full, 360-degree approach to 21st-century learning. This webinar will give you the inspiration to start your own STEAM learning initiative in your school or district as well as the necessary tips, tricks, and tools for implementing a successful program. You'll hear from educators including Helen Mowers and Anna Adam from Killeen Independent School District in Texas. Find out how STEAM permeates the curriculum and how tools such as littleBits get students inventing and reimagining the world around them. Guests: Erin Mulcahy, education product strategy lead, littleBits Anna Adam, administrator, Killeen Independent School District, Texas Helen Mowers, administrator, Killeen Independent School District, Texas This webinar will be moderated by Sean Herdman, associate publisher, sales & marketing, Editorial Projects in Education REGISTER HERE Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 2 to 3 pm ET Content provided by: Educator Viewpoints: Personalized Professional Learning Today Personalized professional learning is the holy grail for educators. Over 200 principals and 300 teachers responded to the Personalized Professional Learning Survey, sharing their viewpoints on best practices and challenges for creating a personalized professional learning climate. What do the results of the survey tell us about how districts can: Shift from a culture of compliance to connection in the professional learning? Strengthen the links between a teacher's professional growth needs and professional learning experiences? Create a backdrop for principals to transform teacher professional learning? This webinar features two experienced district leaders who invite you to join in the conversation on the best approaches to "AMPing" up actionable, meaningful, and personalized professional learning. Jump into the survey results and get to the heart of personalized professional learning today—you may be surprised at the pitfalls and practices that make a difference. Guests: Jan John, director, professional development, Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas Jane Respess, director of professional learning and development, Brevard Public Schools, Brevard, Fla. This webinar will be moderated by Callie Turk, founding principal, Intersections in Education Consulting REGISTER HERE Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 2 to 3 pm ET Sponsored by: Maximizing Ed Tech's Reach in Rural School Districts Join us for this webinar from our Education Week Leaders To Learn From virtual events series. This annual Leaders To Learn From special report shines a light on forward-thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school systems. Throughout 2016, we'll host webinars, live chats, and more virtual events related to this year's Leaders. Find out more at leaders.edweek.org. And be sure to watch all our past virtual events here. Technology is a crucial tool to create new opportunities and a wider perspective for students in rural districts. Online courses bring teachers, subjects, and experts to students who wouldn't otherwise have access to them. Teaching technology skills allows students to compete with their peers from more urban areas. But rural education leaders must be creative in their efforts to pay for and build reliable infrastructure, provide home Internet access for students, and implement ed-tech programs. In this webinar, Matt Akin, superintendent of the Piedmont City school district in Alabama, and a 2016 Education Week Leaders to Learn From honoree, shares the strategies he has used to digitize his school system. Guests: Matt Akin, superintendent, Piedmont City School District, Piedmont, Ala. Adam B. Clemons, principal, Piedmont High School, Ala. This webinar will be moderated by Michelle R. Davis, senior writer, Education Week Digital Directions REGISTER HERE

Webinars

Title: "From STEM to STEAM & how to bring it to your school," presented by littleBits

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

REGISTER HERE*

Summary

How do educators prepare students for jobs that don’t even exist yet? Now more than ever, it is important that students engage in STEAM learning in order to be ready for what is around the corner. STEAM – adding Arts to STEM – provides a full 360-degree approach to 21st-century learning.

This webinar will give you the inspiration to start your own STEAM learning initiative in your school or district as well as the necessary tips, tricks, and tools for implementing a successful program.

You’ll hear from educators such as Helen Mowers and Anna Adam from Killeen ISD in Texas. Find out how STEAM permeates the entire curriculum and how tools such as littleBits get students inventing and reimagining the world around them.

Speakers

Ayah Bdeir, Founder & CEO, littleBits

Ayah Bdeir is the founder and CEO of littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that is empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small. Bdeir is an engineer, interactive artist and one of the leaders of the open source hardware movement. Bdeir’s career and education have centered on advancing open source hardware to make education and innovation more accessible to people around the world. She is a co-founder of the Open Hardware Summit, a TED Senior Fellow and an alumna of the MIT Media Lab.

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, Administrators, Killeen Independent School District, Texas

 

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers are the creators of Tech Chick Tips, a podcast with tips for educators about using technology in instruction to engage students. Both work in Central Texas at Killeen Independent School District. Anna has served for the last 18 years as a campus instructional technologist and district-level Digital Learning Specialist. Helen’s 22 years of experience include being a science teacher, instructional technologist, professional developer, and most recently as the Executive Director for Technology Services. Anna is the proud wife of one and mom to three digital kids, ages 16, 14 and 12, and Helen is proud auntie to two digi-nieces, ages 9 and 6 years! Helen and Anna are Apple Distinguished Educators, Google gurus, and addicted to cool gadgets, blogs, podcasts, and social media. The Chicks have presented at numerous state, national, and international events and conferences, including TCEA, TxLA, ISTE, and Bermuda Union of Teachers. You can find them online at Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter as @techchick94 and @betterannamac. They can often be found surfing the web at all hours of the day and night looking for new tips and tools that can engage students and teachers! 

*By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing that SmartBrief may share your registration information with sponsor of this event and that you agree to receive future messages from the sponsor.

Free Webinar: Digital Content Goes to School With more than 80 percent of schools and districts using digital content in the classroom, have you consider making the shift to digital? ASCD and OverDrive teamed up to address the most frequently asked questions, including: How do I get started? Which subject areas are available? Is 1:1 required? And many more. Please join us for our live webinar Digital Content Goes to School: Trends in K-12 Classroom e-Learning as we review research detailing K-12 digital content usage. Survey data from nearly 3,000 administrators will be shared, as well as mini-case studies on successful implementations. Learn about the most common subjects, devices and funding sources and how schools are increasing usage by students and educators. An executive summary and access to the full report will be available. Digital Content Goes to School: Trends in K-12 Classroom e-Learning Thursday, May 5, 2016, 2:00 p.m. EDT (US) Presented by Herb Miller, OverDrive Register Now This webinar is hosted by OverDrive. By registering, you will be sharing your information with OverDrive and may receive follow-up communication from them about relevant products and services.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2 to 3 pm ET

Content provided by: Prevention to Intervention: Formative Assessment Reimagined A new breed of technology is driving a shift in how we view and use formative assessment. When fully realized, educators will be engaged, empowered, and equipped to interrupt, disrupt, and prevent the failure to learn versus treating failed learning. Beyond information, formative assessment reimagined provides in-time insight and intelligence of, for, and by the learner to adapt and adjust learning, as the learner is learning—not after instruction. To that end, this webinar will focus on three essential learnings: The what, why, and how of reimagined formative assessment; The transformational impact of instructional and assessment integration; and The results of assessing leading rather than trailing indicators of learning. Guest: Gregory Firn, superintendent in residence, DreamBox Learning This webinar will be moderated by Stefani Kauppila, curriculum designer, DreamBox Learning Register Here Thursday, April 28, 2016 3 to 4 pm ET Sponsored by: English-Learners and the Common Core: New Instructional Strategies As many educators are discovering, Common Core State Standards pose particular challenges for English-language learners in both language arts and mathematics, and yet the standards documents themselves provide little guidance for how teachers can help their ELLs meet the new objectives. In this webinar, veteran teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, authors of the forthcoming Navigating the Common Core With English Language Learners, will offer practical guidance on integrating the standards into instruction for ELLs. The authors will discuss research and developments in ELL education, examine the standards in depth with eye towards challenges and opportunities for ELL students, and provide targeted scaffolding techniques and instructional activities. The goal will be to give attendees a better understanding of how and when to adapt instruction under the common core to the particular needs of English-learners. Underwriting for this webinar has been provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guests: Larry Ferlazzo is an award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., and the author of Education Week Teacher's blog Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo. Katie Hull Sypnieski teaches English and English-language development at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., and is the co-author of Navigating the Common Core With English Language Learners. This webinar will be moderated by Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher; assistant managing editor, Education Week Register Here

Two more Webinars!

	APRIL 21  |  1:00 PM CT  |  60 MINUTES

Formative assessment is a critical piece of teaching that enables educators to have a deeper understanding of students’ learning, helping identify their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. When used effectively, formative assessment techniques and data can also provide immediate and accurate feedback to the learner, shifting the mindset of the student and allowing the student to measure, monitor, and manage their own learning.

However, implementing formative assessment practices and analyzing the results can be overwhelming, challenging, and time intensive. Among the challenges are finding time to effectively re-teach to students who did not demonstrate mastery, developing differentiated instruction, and providing real-time feedback to students. 

Join us for a complimentary webinar featuring Linda Foote, Digital Learning Specialist at Poway Unified School District in San Diego, CA, and Pete Gonzalez, Regional Manager at NWEA™, to learn:

• The meaning and purpose of formative assessment – what it is and why it is important
• Successful, teacher-proven strategies from Poway Unified School District on how to shift the mindset of both learners and educators to be growth-focused
• Techniques to engage and motivate students to become learners who are active participants in their own education
• Tools that can help educators save time and automatically deliver individualized learning paths for students based on assessment data

REGISTER HERE

Overview

Title: "From STEM to STEAM & how to bring it to your school," presented by littleBits

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

Summary

How do educators prepare students for jobs that don’t even exist yet? Now more than ever, it is important that students engage in STEAM learning in order to be ready for what is around the corner. STEAM – adding Arts to STEM – provides a full 360-degree approach to 21st-century learning.

This webinar will give you the inspiration to start your own STEAM learning initiative in your school or district as well as the necessary tips, tricks, and tools for implementing a successful program.

You’ll hear from educators such as Helen Mowers and Anna Adam from Killeen ISD in Texas. Find out how STEAM permeates the entire curriculum and how tools such as littleBits get students inventing and reimagining the world around them.

Speakers

Ayah Bdeir, Founder & CEO, littleBits

Ayah Bdeir is the founder and CEO of littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that is empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small. Bdeir is an engineer, interactive artist and one of the leaders of the open source hardware movement. Bdeir’s career and education have centered on advancing open source hardware to make education and innovation more accessible to people around the world. She is a co-founder of the Open Hardware Summit, a TED Senior Fellow and an alumna of the MIT Media Lab.

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, Founders, Tech Chick Tips

 

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers are the creators of Tech Chick Tips, a podcast with tips for educators about using technology in instruction to engage students. Both work in Central Texas at Killeen Independent School District. Anna has served for the last 18 years as a campus instructional technologist and district-level Digital Learning Specialist. Helen’s 22 years of experience include being a science teacher, instructional technologist, professional developer, and most recently as the Executive Director for Technology Services. Anna is the proud wife of one and mom to three digital kids, ages 16, 14 and 12, and Helen is proud auntie to two digi-nieces, ages 9 and 6 years! Helen and Anna are Apple Distinguished Educators, Google gurus, and addicted to cool gadgets, blogs, podcasts, and social media. The Chicks have presented at numerous state, national, and international events and conferences, including TCEA, TxLA, ISTE, and Bermuda Union of Teachers. You can find them online at Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter as @techchick94 and @betterannamac. They can often be found surfing the web at all hours of the day and night looking for new tips and tools that can engage students and teachers! 

By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing that SmartBrief may share your registration information with sponsor of this event and that you agree to receive future messages from the sponsor.

REGISTER HERE

Okay, while I was researching articles for the STEM LibGuide which I hope to post out at the end of the month ---- I stumbled upon this article in EdTech Focus on K-12:

Google Spotlights 20 Student Science Fair Finalists

20 teens and their brightest STEM concepts come to life in the latest Google Science Fair.

 by D.Frank Smith

Check out what some of these 20 global finalists and their science projects were ---- 

1. Matthew Reid, U.K. — Arduorbiter: Democratizing low-Earth orbit
2. Pranav Sivakumar, U.S. — Automated search for gravitationally lensed quasars in the Sloan digital sky survey
3. Anela Arifi and Ilda Ismaili, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Catch it on the Wing: Production of hydrogen storage material and biodiesel from chicken feathers and fat
4. Zhilin Wang, Singapore — Affordable renewable energy
5. Anika Cheerla, U.S. — An automated diagnosis of Alzheimer's
6. Alexey Tarasov, Russia — Exploring the logic of ternary logic in electronics
7. Girish Kumar, Singapore — Revup: Improving learning through automated study questions
8. Tanay Tandon, U.S. — delivering rapid, portable and automated blood morphology tests
9. Anurudh Ganesan, U.S. — Vaxxwagon: a reliable way to store and transport vaccines
10. Eliott Sarrey, France — Bot2Karot: gardening through a a smartphone-activated robot
11. Calvin Rieder, Canada — Extracting clean water from air: Solar-powered potable water
12. Wei-Tung Chen, Taiwan — Calculating the 3D position of an object from a single source
13. Isabella O'Brien, Canada — recycling shells to reduce ocean acidification
14. Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai, India — Absorbing water pollutants with corn cobs
15. Deepika Kurup, U.S. — clean drinking water through solar-powered silver
16. Laura Steponavičiūtė, Lithuania — Detecting the environmental changes of nanotechnologies
17. Krtin Nithiyanandam, U.K. — Improving diagnoses and treatment of Alzheimer's with a new, molecular "trojan horse"
18. Yo Hsu and Jing-Tong Wang, Taiwan — Knock-on fuel: Detecting impurities in gasoline with sound-pattern analysis
19. Adriel Sumathipala, U.S. — A rapid, portable and affordable means of early detection for cardiac disease
20. Olivia Hallisey, U.S. — using silk to better store and easily transport Ebola antibodies

Webinars

Free Webinar on November 18th - Register Now

Explore New Strategies in STEM Education Practical resources and innovative techniques. A look at reshaping curricula in your school.  Join The Virtual High School for a 1-hour webinar to see how digital learning opportunities   can transform STEM education.    STEM Education in the Digital Age Hosted By: The Virtual High School Presented By: Kim Spangenberg, VHS Manager of STEM Moderated by: Cheryl Rosenberg, Online Learning Strategist Date/Time: Tuesday, November 18th from 12pm - 1pm ET Cost: Free of Charge ------ Register Online ----- Blended Learning Solutions for Language Learning Success   November 18 Please join us for our Webinar on November 18th  at 2PM ET on how to create effective digital and  classroom-based solutions for ELL programs in  any learning environment. With more than four million English Language  Learners in U.S. schools, districts are struggling to  find effective, affordable solutions that help non-native  English speakers succeed in K-12 and beyond. This session, lead by renowned ELL expert, Jim Cummins,  will discuss solutions for language learning success,  including concrete strategies from teachers and administrators.     Free Webinar Casper Focus - Managing iPads in the Digital Classroom November 19 Please join us for our Webinar on how to fully harness the  power of the iPad in a digital classroom. Teachers will  learn how to perform classroom management tasks from their own iPad — without assistance from the IT department. Casper Focus solutions allows teachers to: Focus students on a single app or Safari webpage with the tap of a button, Clear passcodes on a student's iPad if they  forget it - without going through IT,  Easily prompt students to share and present on Apple TV, and Regain valuable instruction time through improved class management     Reading to Learn: Creative Supports Beyond 3rd Grade Retention Students who aren't reading well by 3rd grade are four times less likely to graduate high school by age 19, studies  show. That's why 33 states and Washington, D.C., have passed  laws intended to ensure proficient reading by 3rd grade. Join  D. Ray Reutzel, the director of the Early Childhood Center at Utah  State University, and Krista Calvert, the project manager of the  Literacy Lab Classroom Cohort in Kansas City, Kansas, for a  discussion on going beyond retention to use creative ways to  help students cross the bridge from "learning to read" to  "reading to learn." Underwriting for the content of this webinar is provided by The  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Guests: Krista Calvert, project manager, Literacy Lab Classroom Cohort,  Kansas City, Kan. D. Ray Reutzel, distinguished professor and director, Early  Childhood Center, Utah State University This webinar will be moderated by Sarah D. Sparks, assistant editor, Education Week Register now for this free live webinar.