TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Dec 18, 2015
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING?
“I skate to where the puck is going, not to where its been”
• Preparing students for the future• College and Career Ready• Creating valuable world citizens to solve
tomorrows problems• EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES• Impact the future
FARM FACTORY IDEAS!
Knowledge
Plan
IndustrialAgrarian
FROM THE FUTURE
Viewing tomorrow’s issues Through the lens of yesterday
FOSTERING INQUIRY AND INNOVATION
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
STEM
Education for the Future
Formal Knowledge
Domains of Knowledge• Impact the future and transform communities
Sciences
Technologies
Humanities
Technology & Engineering
• Boosts the economy• Generates Jobs• Turns ideas into enterprises• Sustains competitiveness• Creates wealth• Promotes Prosperity• FUTUNATELY WE ARE IN MARYLAND
Scientific Method
State the questionDevelop hypothesis
Create an experimentConduct the experiment
ObserveGather Data
Draw inferencesBuild theory
Replicate Research
Engineering Design Process
Identify a problemGather ideas and
researchDesign
EngineerInvent/ innovate
TestRefine
Communicate solutions
How Do we Teach this Effectively?
• 5/6 E Lesson Plans• Team Development• Student ownership• Excited to Learn• Keeping it real• Where the Crazies live
1. Engagement
2. Exploration3. Explanation4. Extension5. Evaluation6. Enrichment
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