Career Readiness Through STEM STEM, PBL, and CCSS: Different sides of the same coin David Stockman, Product Manager.

Career Readiness Through STEM

STEM, PBL, and CCSS: Different sides of the same coin

David Stockman, Product Manager

• Understand background on STEM and PBL• Understand need for STEM education and

Project-Based Learning as a delivery system

• Understand interrelationships between STEM, PBL, and CCSS

• Understand connection between PBL and current/future careers

Objectives


WHY STEM?Science, Technology, Engineering, Math


• Economy• National interest/competitiveness• Jobs• Education• Pervasiveness of Technology• 21st Century Skills

Why STEM?


• $$

Why not STEM?

Importance of STEM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9NxFeCFApM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE


WHY PBL?Project-Based Learning


Project-Based Learning

Buck Institute for Learning


• Significant Content – Goals derived from content standards, “What do you want students to know or do?”

• Driving Question – Requires critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and communication

• In-Depth Inquiry – Constructing student-driven learning



• Need to Know – Just in Time, not Just in Case. Provides context and reason to learn (see Dan Meyer)

• Voice and Choice – Increase engagement, take responsibility

• Revision and Reflection – Improve products based on feedback, metacognition

• Public Audience – Ups the stakes, makes it “real”



• Collaborative project-based learning• Teacher development and leadership• Technology integration

Successful PBL Characteristics


Effective PBL



PBL is Successful!


3 Act Math


http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/

101questions


http://www.101qs.com/

COMMON CORE AND SMARTER BALANCED

Common Core State Standards and the new assessments



The standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.• Basically, so students are College and Career

ready

Common Core State Standards


Media and Technology• Just as media and technology are

integrated in school and life in the twenty-first century, skills related to media use (both critical analysis and production of media) are integrated throughout the standards.

Key Points - ELA


The Curriculum House


Building to Code


Floor Plans


Style of House


• Students will need technology skills for the new assessmentsInteracting with the question and creating answer

• NAEP writing scores show students don’t have a handle on writing with technologyBut those who did, scored better

• Students need fluency in technology skills so the technology is not an obstacle for the student to demonstrate their knowledge

Common Core Assessments


• Selected-response• Technology-enhanced• Constructed-response• Performance tasks

SBAC Item Types


CCSS

Selected Response Item


Technology-enhanced ItemGregory is installing tile on a rectangular floor. • He is using congruent square tiles that each have a side length of ½ foot • The area of the floor is 22 square feet. • The width of the floor is 4 feet. Use the grid and the tile below to model the floor.

What is the length, in feet, of the floor?


Constructed-Response Items

A teacher asked her students to use estimation to decide if the sum of the problem below is closer to 4,000 or 5,000.

496 + 1,404 + 2,605 + 489 =

One student replied that she thinks the sum is closer to 4,000. She used the estimation shown below to support her reasoning.

Is the student’s reasoning correct? In the space below, use numbers and words to explain why or why not. If the student’s reasoning is not correct, explain how she should have estimated.


CCSS

CCSS

CAREER READINESSWhich century are we preparing students for?




“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer… because it teaches you how to think.”

- Steve Jobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYZF6oIZtfc

1. Software Developers (Applications and Systems Software)

2. Accountants and Auditors

3. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

4. Computer Systems Analysts

5. Human Resources, Training and Labor Relations Specialists

Top 10 Jobs of 2013


6. Network and Computer Systems Administrators

7. Sales Representatives (Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific)

8. Information Security Analysts, Web Developers and Computer Network Architects

9. Mechanical Engineers

10.Industrial Engineers

Top 10 Jobs of 2013, cont.


• Data Scientist (Big Data)• Software Engineers for mobile OS• Product Manager, Product Marketing

Manager for Enterprise Software• Engineers, Architects, and Developers for

Cloud-Based Providers• Ruby on Rails Engineers

Top 5 Hardest Jobs to Fill (2013)


• Neuroparasitology• Quantum Biology• Exo-meteorology• Nutrigenomics• Cliodynamics• Synthetic Biology• Recombinant Memetics

11 Emerging Scientific Fields


• Computational Social Science• Cognitive Economics• Organic Electronics• Quantitative Biology

11 Emerging Scientific Fields, cont.


Careers:• Software Architect• Software Developer• QA Engineer• Technical Product Manager• Database Administrator• IT Web Operations Manager

STEM at Learning.com

“With the math (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) that I took in k-12, I was able to study electronics and computer programming from books and subsequently secure jobs beginning as an Electronics Technician and within 4 years, as a digital logic hardware design engineer in Aerospace (1967). I've since relied on my Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry to write successful computer programs in 3-D Graphics, numerical machine control and in many other industries.”

How did your K-12 education prepare you for your profession?

“I frequently use knowledge gained in Physics and Math to understand and solve customer and business problems using computers to capture, organize, consume and transmit information.”

“In practicing quantitative and qualitative analysis of data and user experiences, I employ technology tools to calculate raw numbers and produce results.”

How do you integrate STEM disciplines in your job?

“Learn how to program. It exercises your brain in all the right ways to practice breaking large problems into small problems (that's really the core of engineering), use math in very practical ways, and let loose your artistic impulses.”

“Learn as much math, physics and computer science as possible. With that basis, opportunities will open to you that others don’t even recognize as an opportunity.”

What advice would you give students who may want to pursue a career in your field?

“A strong foundation in math and science and the willingness to work hard are by far the most important assets.”

“Being willing to dig with persistence, practice appreciative inquiry, and learn through rapid prototyping (and failing fast, early, and often) will produce the kinds of minds we need in the future to comprehend the true problem before discovering the optimal solution.”

What advice would you give educators in preparing students for a career in your field?

“Engineers practice PBL all day long, every day. We are constantly learning by doing, and the doing involves breaking down complex problems into solvable chunks. Humans are natural engineers. ”

“The ability to effect successful projects is far more important now and in the future than task completion skills! ”

“Often, the stated problem doesn't represent the entire story being told, but rather is a person's best guess. Investigating, researching, uncovering, discovering, validating, and restating the problem requires patience, persistence, and curiosity.”

Project Based Learning (PBL) emphasizes a complex question, problem, or challenge for students. How is this

like the work you do in your job?

Why STEM Prezi

Why STEM?

http://prezi.com/mglns1orffn5/why-stem/

http://prezi.com/mglns1orffn5/why-stem/


David Stockman

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@stockmanster

Questions?

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