Slides from my September 29, 2014 presentation to Dr. Eliza Bobek's class: Methods of STEM Education

1. PLN
DIY PD
STEAM
@KarenBlumberg

2. The School at Columbia University
● Independent K - 8
● 1:1 = iPads in K-2, laptops in 3 - 8
● Designated Technology Integrators
● Diverse population of students
● 50% Columbia, 50% Community
● Integrated, differentiated, progressive curriculum

3. Our classrooms

4. Our walled garden includes...
● Google Apps
● The Gallery
● The Tube
● The Social Network

5. Henry Jenkins
@HenryJenkins

6. The new media literacies: a set of cultural
competencies and social skills that young
people need in the new media
landscape.
Participatory culture shifts the focus of
literacy from one of individual expression
to community involvement.
Henry Jenkins, et al.

7. The positive spiral of social networks
tschaut’s
Contribution
Reciprocity
Accumulation
Value

8. "No one knows everything,
everyone knows something,
all knowledge resides in humanity."
Lévy 1997

9. Where to find Educators
•Twitter4Teachers
•Educational Hashtags
•Educators on Twitter
•Twitter Lists

10. Twitter #Hashtags via @cybraryman1

11. Twitter chat schedule via @cybraryman1

12. Tagboard for #stemchat

13. Subscribe to Newsletters

15. Blogging - To Learn and To Share
Scholastic’s Top 20
Education World
Teach 100

16. Finding G+ Communities

18. edcamp.org
edcamp.wikispaces.com

19. Hang out with learners

20. Google Calendar for PD

21. A little light MakerEd reading

22. LEGO design in Math

23. Stop Motion inspired by daVinci in Art

24. Hand-sewn Mii dolls in 2nd Grade

25. MaKeyMaKey Timers for 5th Olympics

26. Technology in the classroom
● @cshirky’s piece
“Why I Just Asked My Students
To Put Their Laptops Away”
● @MattScully’s rebuttal
“Dear Mr. Shirky, Sorry, but you
missed your chance”