Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Education - Milton Chen
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Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Education
STEM Summit 2010UC-Irvine, Feb. 19, 2010
Milton Chen, Ph.D.Milton.chen@edutopia.org
Senior FellowGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation
San Francisco Bay Area
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1.Guarantee Digital Equity: Close the Digital
Divide!
• More than an educational issue: a civil rights issue
• Declining costs: $275 per student per year, TCO
• Political will: Maine still the only 1:1 state
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2. Create New Settings for STEM Learning• Rise of after-school, STEM beyond school
• Luis: 4-H Tech Wizard (Oregon St.)(edutopia.org/digital-generation)
• Online learning: Bugscope (bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu)
• Role of universities, science museums
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3. The Other 10%: Assistive Technology• Speech-to-text readers, speech recognition and synthesis
• Universal design: students with disabilities, but we all have “special needs”
• Digital curb cuts
• Natl Ctr for Technology Innovation (ncti.org), CAST (cast.org)
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