Internet Libn conf: Libraries as STEM to STEAM hubs

Libraries as STEM to STEAM HubsMelissa Techman, MLSmtechman@k12albemarle.orgAlbemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VA

Librarians can expand their professional roles.

Tinkering, tool using

Collaboration opportunities - within schools,across locations and platforms,between public and school libraries…

Apex Elem, NC

STEM + Arts and Humanities = opportunities to support inquiry,

creativity, PBL, and literacy.

Tackle misconceptions

• Rain comes from holes in clouds. • Rain comes from clouds sweating. • Rain occurs because we need it. • Rain falls from funnels in the clouds. • Rain occurs when clouds get scrambled and

melt. • Rain occurs when clouds are shaken. Distributed at the 2009 ASEE K-12 Workshop on Engineering Education, Austin Texas

Advocacy

Bringing in experts can show learners the cross-disciplinary nature of many STEM fields. A VCU Sculpture grad student works on modeling with medical students.

Museum activities and outreach:Partners and inspiration

Image courtesy Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley

Events and initiatives

Posted in ACPS libraries.

Funding and support

Higher ed, including engineering education outreach Corporations, local and nationalBusiness groups and incubatorsPTOGrants

Innovation guests, community experts

Cardboard Safari on Etsy.com

Highlight inventions

Multi-age, X-curricular opportunities

Including the arts supports innovation.

You don’t have to be an expert!

Chad Sansing,Nerdcamp and TechGirls meetupat Crozet PL,Crozet, VA

Hackerspaces, Maker Faires

Writing is making

Book Review kit for Mozilla Webmaker project with NWP.

Coding as Making

Webmaker activities

STEAM-focused projects and advocacy

Amy Koester (in SLJ): “…the parents stay…”

Biomechanical modeling and “Boy, Were We Wrong!”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130702-sabertooth-cat-bite-prehistoric-science-animals/

Connect a holiday or author’s birthday to a STEM topic

STEM is everywhere.

Search Diigo and Delicious, look at blogs, see publisher’s resources.

Start anywhere.

hashtags#scichat #STEM #makered #literacies #webmaker

#stemfri #devdev #tlchat #mozfest

Contextualizing opportunities.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years

Duxbury Free Library

http://librarymakerspace.blogspot.com/2013/08/summer-makerspace-mondays-recap.html

Pinterest as a search option.

http://www.pinterest.com/cari_young/science-centers/

http://www.pinterest.com/smelvin/art-class-steam/

Brand your activities.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Chattanooga Public Library

Invent to Learn

http://www.inventtolearn.com/resources/#all

Bradley Jones and crew, Skokie PL

Caldecott GreenScreen Activity

Interactive station – ask a question, answer it

http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/

http://thiskindylife.blogspot.ca/

Contact me!

Melissa Techman, MLSmtechman@k12albemarle.orgAlbemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VAPinterest, Symbaloo, Twitter:@mtechman

My heart networks: Librarians, art teachers, and the National Writing Project.