• Teaching, Learning and Assessments

    Using STEM to Encourage Innovative Designers

    The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) highlights in standard 4 the importance of encouraging students to be innovative designers. Laura McLaughlin (2017) commented that by encouraging students to think through problems and come up with creative solutions, we are helping foster adults who will be open-minded, flexible, self-directed problem solvers who can make a difference in their own communities and the world.   One way to give your students opportunities to be innovative designers is to do STEM challenges in your classroom. What is STEM?  The acronym stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM instruction is a unique approach to learning that allows students to work through a…

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