Educators CONNECT for SUCCESS Conference June 13

1) Sparking Curiosity to Improve Student Learning:

• Wait a little- don´t instruct right away.
• There is a place for both inquiry learning and the assessments.  
• Show Your Work Book by: Austin Kleon (putting work online/out there for the public is more meaningful than a Google Doc- need display info. online for the public, not just your teacher.  The world is your audience.)
• Inspire curiosity-Involuntary Curiosity (fill the informational gap)
• Spark #1- Missing Information (U.S. example- marriage and drought) Visual Pictures 
• Spark #2 Anticipated Information (Tackle the misconceptions: candle and oxygen, Steve Jobbs and the iPhone intro. Stop something early)
• Spark #3 Surprising information (heart cyclist from Verizon, flames joining with together and removing quarter)
• Want kids to want to find out more. (Uses Fight Club)(safefrom.net) to download Screenflow Mac based screencast. Think about the acid/base demonstration.
• Get students to CRAVE knowledge. Break down Bloom´s Taxonomy.
• Spark, Quench, Track Student curiosity.
• Part 1 Find And Save Videos- Khan is good, but not super motivating.  See the world differently. ifthisthanthat (website- connects) if there is a new liked video, then add row to spreadsheet in Google Sheets. 
• Part 2 Download and Trim- Have video playing as kids come in savefrom.net to download videos.  DO NOT need to rely on the Internet. https://ssyoutube.com  Click return to download.   Edit and ¨trim¨.  Find the point. 

2) Recruiting Your Best Advocate: Engaging Parents in Elementary School STEM:

• School of Innovation- grades 3-5
• How are parents involved in your school? Do they understand what STEM actually is or is it just an acronym for them? 
• Difference between involvement and engagement? 
• Envolvement- school driven help from parents  
• Engangement- directly helping students 
• Parent Engagement Ideas:
• Quarterly Exhibitions-parents are invited to come in and share learning that has been done.  May even be in the middle of the learning and working through problems together.  How are students learning in our school? TPBL (21st learning skills) Core Values: Curiosity, Compassion, Complex Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication.
• TBPL- How can we create a tinkerspace on our playground to keep our minds as active as our bodies?
• TBPL- How can we reduce our carbon footprint both here at school and in our community?
• TBPL-How have STEM leaders of yesterday impacted today and how will  STEM leaders impact tomorrow?

3) Fun in Middle School? Yes, Virginia, it Can be Done!

• Nearpod-Wall of Honor-PBIS
• Teach rules, expectations, routines+reward the positive 4:1 = positive behavior and cultural changes
• Start with a committee
• *E-mail for matrix glawn@midviewk12.org
• Individual rewards-tickets (ticketmaster very cheap). Everyone has a ticket! Bus drivers, playground monitors, lunch, etc..
• 3 tickets = Wall of Honor  cleaned every two weeks. 
• 5 sets of 3 tickets = handprint on the wall with paint. (15 tickets in a month)
• School rewards- 
• 1) Office Referrals (20 or less in a month)
• 2) Bus Tickets
• 3) Zeros
• 4) Bulling Name Calling
• Assembly- Do something fun- Minute to Win It, Dance Off, Staff Trivia, Academic Trivia, Student Skits, Family Feud Student Edition, Guess the muscle! 
• All 4 Met- Student Council chose awards.
• Let students take a part in making videos of the goals.

4) More Than A Game-Gamefication 

• Point System
• Incentives- reward/leaderboard
• Badge Systems - military.boy scouts girl scouts.
• Quests-list of procedures the game master wants you to do. What is the goal? Scan QR Codes .
• School is a game! It´s just designed badly.  A´s don´t go back.
• NEED FEEDBACK!
• GPS- What is your goal?
• It works because...
• Positive Reinforcement
• Never lose points, only gain.  Maybe small points, but some more for better choices.
• Builds on Existing Schema
• Gaming is fun!
• Changes in Nomenclature
• The data does show it works!
• Check presentation for vocabulary, quest or challenge, groups/squads,  incentives, point system, etc.. (What color are you? Manage groups using the same math language for the middle school)
• Publish scores
• Mr. Robot as an avatar to give the assignment 
• ¨unlock"for expansion pack
• Think Tanks- kids know a lot about gaming  Ask them for their guidance ¨Prestige Ranks.¨ 
• Patch or Think Tank Day to discuss how the game is going.
• XP= experience points
• Prezi Templates- Pirate Ship.
• Pop-Up events for Bonus Points
• Use this for Teacher Professional Development
• Get feedback from teachers and students

5) STEM Education Quality Framework

• 65% of today´s  grade school kids will end up at a job hat has not been invented yet.
• There are 100,000 coding jobs available in Ohio but only 1,000 students are graduating ready to do this.
• Failing is very important.
• Design challenges.
• We need to add careers to the framework!
• STEM Quality Framework:
1. Potential for Engaging Students of Diverse Academic Backgrounds
2. Degree of STEM Integration
3. Connections to Non-STEM Disciplines
4. Integrity of the Academic Content
5. Quality of the Cognitive Task
6. Connections to STEM careers
7. Individual Accountability in a Collaborative Culture.
8. Nature of Assessment(s)
9. Application of the Engineering Design Process
10. Quality of Technology Integration
• www.daytongregionalstemcenter.org