Why STEM/STEAM? Aaron K. Saunders CEO Clearly Innovative Inc Co-Founder Startup Middle School
Jun 18, 2015
Who Am IFounder & CEO Clearly Innovative Inc
Clearly Innovative IncFull Services Digital Agency, Web & Mobile SolutionsBuilt Award Winning Solution for Queens Public
Library
Co-Founder StartupMiddleSchoolEducational program to expose middle school kids
to innovation economy
We are in the Innovation Economy
Technology is all around usInnovating around current
businessesCreating new business modelsDisrupting existing businesses and
markets
Technology is creating new opportunities, jobs, future
Don’t Say STEM
http://www.clearlyinnovative.com/blog/post/34758526082/aaron-saunders-featured-washington-post-magazine-tech-job-advice
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/innovator-to-get-students-to-study-stem-aaron-saunders-says-stop-calling-it-stem
Why does this MatterBecause STE(A)M matters but it is not
everything
How we frame the opportunities impacts who will accept the challenge
Raise awareness to opportunities in the field “JOBS”, by changing delivery
New Perspective on Technology
IdeationThe formation of ideas or concepts
Collaborationthe action of working with someone to produce or
create something.
Explorationthe action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar
area in order to learn about it.
Creating A CohesiveTeam
Clearly Innovative IncMore than half of our developers do not have
computer science background/degreeWe have trained internally our staff on mobile
developmentSome staff came to us with no computer
programming experience
Giving Back to the Community
Startup Middle School – Howard University Math & Science
Anacostia Tech Exploration Weekend
DC Web Women Workshops
Washington DC Summer Youth Employment Program
Final ThoughtsThis is more than being a “coder” or “hacker”
Math is not the only criteria for opportunities in tech/innovation economy