Includes comprehensive design experience, roundtable discussions and brainstorming sessions, critical discussion of existing resources
The 2 Day package offers teachers the opportunity to engage in integrative STEM (design-based experiences) consistent with grade level standards. This experience is geared towards fostering knowledge, skill, and a sense of optimism and purpose in attendees who want to create more meaningful integrative experiences in the classroom. This program permits time for a more comprehensive design experience, roundtable discussions and brainstorming sessions, discussion and analysis of existing resources and allows for collaboration and development of basic instructional materials
Actions Enabled
- Utilize design-based strategies and materials in the classroom
- Access and analyze resources for potential use in the classroom
- Utilize brainstorming strategies in the classroom
- Engage in design thinking for creating instructional experiences
- Develop new instructional materials/unit plans
- Collaborate on development of and sharing of resources
- Utilize design notebooks/portfolios
- Create design briefs and problem statements
- Increase cross curricular integration of content as appropriate
- Assess facilities design
Deliverables
- Flash drives of representative supporting articles, work samples, slides, and media
- Sample slides and glossary of terms
- All instructional materials utilized in sample lessons
- Guide template for creating integrative design based experiences
- Blank template for creating design portfolios
- Completed template for integrative design experience portfolio
- Completed project from integrative design experience
- Teacher Appendix and content connections guide