by Brian | Dec 8, 2015 | Change, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
One of the major downsides of 15 years of NCLB and RTTT has been the silo-ing and narrowing out of subjects, especially in elementary schools, and brutally so in the most “at risk” schools. Beside students missing out on the most engaging subjects, after...
by Brian | Nov 20, 2015 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Uncategorized
Beth Wells, the Executive Director of the Nevada STEM Coalition (I’m on their board of directors) asked us to provide a training to STEM professionals that have volunteered to be part of our new STEM Ambassadors program. From the STEM Ambassadors web site:...
by Brian | Nov 11, 2015 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
In several of my presentations on STEM Learning I share how it seems some grade level planning sessions approach STEM. X Science – “We have science twice a week now for 30-45 minutes.” “Check” X Technology – “We go to the...
by Brian | Oct 21, 2015 | Blogging, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, Podcast, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Video Skype, Wikis
Over the years I’ve had the pleasure to work, via various social networking sites, with Kathy Cassidy, a teacher “of six year olds,” in Saskatchewan, Canada, according to her class blog. We’ve even met face to face at conferences. My class (4th...
by Brian | Oct 19, 2015 | Change, Education, Inclusion, STEM
My last post about engaging more girls/women to be interested in STEM fields was apparently at least somewhat prescient … at least the topic. This recently published study: “Quality of evidence revealing subtle gender biases in science is in the eye of the...
by Brian | Oct 5, 2015 | Brian Crosby, Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
This is a subject I see consistently being discussed online and in meetings I’m involved in as part of my job. That is, how do we get more girls/women involved in STEM? I don’t mean for this to be “THE” answer, but part of it for sure, and its...
