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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

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Kathy Schmidt

Library Media Specialist

Coleman Middle School, Duluth, GA

Gwinnett County Public Schools

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@kathyfs24

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Martha Bongiorno, Ed.S.

library media specialist

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@Mrs_Bongi

@mrs_bongiorno

discoveringtheremarkable.com

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What is

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Why STEAM in the library?

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A STEAM Certified School

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A STEAM Certified School

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A STEAM Certified School - Space

Multipurpose Flexible Space

Tinker Lab

Click & Grow Garden

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A STEAM Certified School - Literacy

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A STEAM Certified School - Research & PBL

Scrible

Maker Mentality - 3D printing, Makey Makey, Merge Cube

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A STEAM Certified School - Connections

Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants - Google hangouts

BirdBrain - Finch Robot Loan Program

Do the Cube program

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Supporting STEAM in a ‘Traditional’ School

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Open-ended activities promote “the problem solving, the fearlessness, and the critical

thinking and making skills.” -John Maeda

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Culture Ripples

The mindset is bigger than the physical space.

MakerSpace

Maker Movement

Maker Mindset

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Start Small

  • Offer collaborative learning spaces
  • Include a MakerSpace (Tinker Station, Innovation Station, Creation Station…) - Offers a playful, inventive, & artistic approach to problem solving
    • Open MakerSpace
    • Maker Club
    • Homeroom MakerSpace
    • Lunch & Learn Maker Time
  • Find natural collaborative moments
    • Start small with collaborating with one teacher on one assignment (ex: create a recycling superhero on Bloxels during a climate change unit)
  • Tech Orientation at the beginning of the year - exposure and tinker time - leads to BIG results with students and teachers

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Elementary vs. Middle PBL & MakerEd

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Elementary School

Antarctica Project

  • Students researched Adelie Penguins with a HyperDoc
  • During a Skype with Jean Pennycook, a scientist in Antarctica, students were able to ask questions developed during their research to an actual expert.
  • Students then created a PSA to help raise awareness about this issue

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Middle School

Long Walk to Water

  • 7th grade students read A Long Walk to Water
  • We invited Water is Basic in as a guest to explain their mission to find sustainable solutions to water issues in South Sudan
  • A group of students felt empowered and wanted to do more. So began our awareness campaign. We raised enough for a well to give clean water to an entire village.
  • Water for South Sudan then Skyped our students to say THANK YOU and show how their work impacted a group of people.

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Genius Hour/Passion Projects

Technology Competition

PBIS Rewards

Collaborative Units

Lunch & Learn

Skype in the Classroom

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BEYOND

the tools

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The Wand Chooses the Wizard

BUILDING & ENGINEERING

  • Dominoes
  • Marble Run
  • Lego
  • K’Nex
  • Magna Tiles

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CIRCUITS

  • Snap Circuits
  • Make-Makey
  • Squishy Circuits
  • Clay Circuits

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CODING

  • Osmo
  • Gaming
  • Code.org (or equivalent)

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STRATEGY

  • Board Games & Puzzles

ROBOTIC ENGINEERING

  • Ozobots
  • Spheros
  • Cubelets

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TEXTILE

  • Sewing
  • Weaving Loom
  • Crochet, Knitting

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PROTOTYPING

  • Duct Tape
  • Origami
  • Cricut

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WRITING

  • Spine Poetry
  • Magnetic Poetry
  • Collaborative Writing
  • Fan Fiction
  • Card Station

3D PRINTING

  • 3D Printer
  • Design Software (Google SketchUp, Tinkercad)

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VIDEO PRODUCING

  • Laptops/iPads, Lights, Microphones
  • iMovie
  • Green Screen - DoInk
  • Claymation Supplies

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AR/VR

  • MERGE Cube with CoSpaces
  • Oculus Go
  • HIVE
  • Theta 360 camera
  • Google Cardboard & Expeditions
  • Google Tour Builder

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RESOURCES

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Resources & Ideas

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Professional Resources

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