Schools around the country are integrating the teaching of problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking into STEM instruction in some very creative and relevant ways. Many of them are also simultaneously figuring out how to encourage more girls and students of color to pursue studies in STEM areas, showing the kids how their participation could lead to lucrative careers down the road. We鈥檒l take a look at what those approaches look like in action (or should look like) for elementary and secondary students; how curriculum and instructional priorities are changing to make this happen; why such changes are so important at this moment in time; and what senior executives from top U.S. companies think are the most important problem-solving skills today鈥檚 students need to learn.
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Agenda
Welcome and Introduction
Industry Perspective: Eureka! A Quick Intro to Invention Education
Is the next great inventor in your classroom? Discover how Invention Education enhances learning, opens possibilities, and prepares students for the economy of the future.
By 2025, there will be an estimated 3.5 million STEM jobs. As many as 2 million of those jobs could go unfilled.* Learn how to build the core competencies that drive innovation with Invention Education:
- Creativity
- Resourcefulness
- Agility to experiment and iterate
Calling all makers and inventive minds!
*National Association of Manufacturing and Deloitte
Panel Discussion: Top U.S. Companies: What Schools Could Do Better
Industry Perspective: Desmos Classroom Activities to Explore the Joy and Beauty of Mathematics
NCTM鈥檚 Catalyzing Change (2018) calls for students to experience the joy, wonder, and beauty of mathematics as part of its movement to reimagine mathematics education. Desmos, as a tool for math instruction, has the power to display this beauty through a variety of animations, digital manipulatives, and connected ideas. In this session, we'll explore how Desmos Classroom can make visual patterns come to life, connect mathematical representations, and deliver meaningful learning experiences that value student input.
Building STEM Problem Solving Skills From Kindergarten to High School: Here鈥檚 What It Looks Like
Industry Perspective: Teaching Innovation: The Foundation for All STEM Learning
Discover how teaching the process of innovation and invention underpins your entire STEM program, while informing and fostering the creative mindset.
Tomorrow's careers and employers require the essential skills of creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, grit and original thinking.
- Explore how Inventionland鈥檚 9-step method works to develop these skills with industry-based learning.
- Learn how your students can apply STEM principles in a realistic setting by leveraging their own ideas into inventions, innovations, and actual products.
- Connect your students directly to engineers, scientists, technologists, marketers, and other STEM-trained specialists during the course.
The results are simply amazing.