Last year, I served as a judge for a national STEM education competition: the STEMposium. Since the birth of my daughter, I’ve become even more interested in transforming STEM education. I’m curious, how are those of you working in STEM making your content areas relevant to more students?
For the second year in a row, I had the opportunity to attend the Big Ideas Fest conference in Half Moon Bay, CA. The conference brings together thought leaders in education to work together in “Action Collabs” to come up with the next “big idea” to revolutionize education. This year, my group came up with [...]
With every cool new tech gadget or awesome application that comes out on the market, eventually someone will suggest that it be applied to solving some of the issues facing our public education system. Why not give kids iPads? Why not teach math on YouTube? Geeks and education reformers unite in excitement and new ideas. [...]