CMSESMC Spring Conference
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Council of Math/Science Educators of San Mateo County (CMSESMC) Spring Conference March 5, 2011 Redwood City, CA
Website: http://cmsesmc.org/conferences-fairs/spring-conference
Program: http://cmsesmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/springmathconf_finalv1.pdf
About CMSESMC: CMSESMC is the acronym (and a palindrome) for the Council of Math/Science Educators of San Mateo County. This professional grass-roots organization of educators and others interested in science and math education, pre-K through college, represents both public and private institutions within San Mateo County and the greater Bay Area. Its active members meet on a monthly, after school basis, to plan and provide appropriate activities and events that support teachers of math and/or science. CMSESMC is supported by the San Mateo County Office of Education and is affiliated with the CA Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the California Mathematics Council Northern Section (CMC-N). The Spring Conference provides many sessions that foster excellence in math and science curricula, educational programs, and promotes professional excellence in teaching and strengthening leadership in these fields.
ISKME’s STEAM Design Challenge: Incorporating Art into Multi-disciplinary Learning
Slides available here: http://slidesha.re/gE8ZGb
Experience how this professional development teacher training activity is inspiring innovation in the classroom using open educational online resources, collaborative tools, and design thinking.
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Activities:
Discussion
"Science provides a personal understanding of a universal experience, and art provides a universal understanding of a personal experience."
- Mae Jemison, astronaut, doctor, art collector, dancer at the TED Conference, February 2002 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together.html
Project Zero's Studio Thinking Framework: Eight Habits of Mind
- Have you used any components of the Studio Thinking Framework in your teaching? Give an example. How did you do it?
Storytelling Exercise
Share a successful experience you have had with arts integration. It could be something you experienced as a teacher or learner.
Introduction to ISKME and OER
Overview of ISKME's professional development model of integrating the OER process using collaborative tools and design thinking.
- Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) OER on http://www.oercommons.org from the STEAM tagged OER
- Design Challenge Resources: STEAM Design Challenge, SLANT Institute & DIY Design Challenge Activity, Teachers as Makers Academy & Sun Curve Challenge & Green Design Challenge Activity, Innovation Workshop
- Julia Marshall's Article: Five Ways to Integrate Metaphor Investigation File:Investigation-1.doc, Reformating Investigation File:Investigation2.doc, Mimicry Investigation File:Investigation3.doc, Projection Investigation
- Teacher wiki page examples: Dan and Mr. Michael's Unit, Parts of a Tree Tableau & Learning Science through Sketching
Design Challenge: Remix an OER to integrate the arts
- Brainstorm design ideas based on the storytelling exercise and STEAM OER to remix an OER to integrate the arts. Select one idea to move forward with.
- Prototype the design idea
- Present the remixed OER
- Pentagram Guitar remixed Guitar Building from MIT Highlights for High School
- Build a Guitar out of repurposed materials with colored cords for PreK remixed Guitar Building from MIT Highlights for High School
- Rain Water Sculpture remixed Sun Curve Challenge
- Silk Worm Factory remixed Biodome Activity from WikiEducator
- Depiction Projects: rendering a subject from observation from Julia Marshall's Article: Five Ways to Integrate
- Depicting parts of a tree
- Depicting parts of the plan
- Depicting how electricity works
Reflections
Project Zero's Studio Thinking Framework: Eight Habits of Mind used during workshop: Engage & Persist, Envision, Express, Observe, Reflect, Stretch & Explore
