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Get ready

for STEAM Fest!

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eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/steamfest23/

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Hello!

We’re the TLC Team

Teaching & Learning Collaboratory

We’re here to help you with Macaulay projects, and we run your Common Events

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Tell Your Stories

Four Seminars, Four Ways

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Your Seminars: Many Ways of Thinking & Communicating

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Seminar 1

Creative Expression

Close Reading

Clear Analysis

Personal Reflection

Communicating Ideas through Writing, Speaking, and Creation

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Seminar 2

Working With Data

Identifying Trends

Understanding Contexts

Engaging in Public Scholarship

Communicating Ideas using Digital Media

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Seminar 3

Conducting Authentic Scientific Data Collection

Asking Questions of Data

Understanding Experimental Design

Communicating Ideas through Poster Sessions

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Seminar 4

Deep Engagement with Subject Matter Experts

Understanding Complex Challenges

Problem-Solving

Communicating Ideas in a Conference Setting

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What is STEAM?

Why do we do it?

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Science

Technology

Engineering

Arts

Math

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Your Chance to Explore Beneath the Surface

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Connect Ideas

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Communicate with confidence

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Explore how arts and sciences are connected

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Trace your journey through the Macaulay Seminars

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Understand how justice, equity, and ethics inform disciplines

Connect with People

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Meet students from other campuses

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See work from other classes

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Reflect on your time in Seminar 1

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Preview your time in Seminar 3

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Build your Macaulay network

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Connect to your future

Practice skills you will need

  • In Upper Level Courses
  • In Graduate School
  • In your Career

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NACE Competencies

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Pre-Fest Activities

  • Prepare with your group
  • Register for your slot
  • Print Your Poster (for in-person presenters)
  • Submit your project to the online portal by Dec 5

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Before you arrive

  • Make sure you know when your session is!�
  • For online attendance: make sure all group members have access to your project files�
  • For in-person attendance: make sure you know who is bringing what parts of your project, and talk about how to divide your time at STEAM Fest

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When you arrive: In person�We recommend arriving about 10 minutes early to set up

  • Find your project space. Read instructions and prompts.�
  • Set up your project–we will provide tables, poster space, and thumbtacks�
  • Check in with your group members to make sure everyone knows the plan�
  • When the event begins, your room TLC Moderators will kick off some discussion in your room before you start to mingle with other areas. Be prepared for this!
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Some Images from STEAM Fest 2022

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During STEAM: In Person

  • Talk to new people�
  • Ask questions�
  • Collect stamps and stickers�
  • Visit the makerspace and photo booth�
  • Have fun!

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When you arrive: Online

  • The group member who registered you will have a Zoom link. Ask them for it! If you don’t get an answer, contact the TLC. �
  • You will be assigned to a breakout room�
  • A TLC moderator will lead the session�
  • To increase interaction, you and your group members may be in different breakouts

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During STEAM: Online

  • Each participant will have a chance to talk and share their screen�
  • There will be time for collaborative discussion and drawing out themes–your moderator will help�
  • Expect to have fun in a supportive and conversational virtual space!
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Questions

tlchelp@macaulay.cuny.edu

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