Kendle Butterworth, Director of Professional Development at STEM Learning Lab, loves theatre, traveling, nature and anything creative!
Gina Cherkowski (@learningstem, @gcherkowski) is founder and CEO of STEM Learning Lab.
Over the past year, STEM Learning Lab has partnered with the CBE to deliver an innovative new program called STEAM Artists-in-Schools. In this program, we have had the privilege of working with ten inspiring educators who are exploring what it means to develop and sustain a STEAM pedagogy that privileges all subjects and embraces new technologies and mindsets. Since September, the STEAM Artists-in-Schools participants have visited three innovative locations for our STEAM PD sessions to become immersed in real-world STEAM in industry and the professional world. Throughout these off-site experiences, we have learned how innovation and the design process can empower teaching and learning and how they live in the world beyond the classroom. We started this journey by asking, “Who are we designing for?” and have moved to a place where we can now delve deeper into our classrooms and design for sustained learning that inspires creativity and ignites passion using a STEAM pedagogy The STEAM Artists-in-Schools have used the Design Thinking approach to the classroom by putting students’ needs and wonders at the center of instructional design. One STEAM Artist is having his students think about the learning needs of their peers, design the ideal classroom for these needs, and then 3D print the design components for a classroom model which they will present to the class. Sound inspiring? Join us in the 2017-2018 school year. For more information please email Kendle Butterworth at [email protected].
Kendle Butterworth, Director of Professional Development at STEM Learning Lab, loves theatre, traveling, nature and anything creative! Gina Cherkowski (@learningstem, @gcherkowski) is founder and CEO of STEM Learning Lab.
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