Happy Holidays, Everyone! Here are two books, reviewed by Ronak and Tej Dhingra – in case you are looking for some good reads on your...
Category - Out of School Learning
Here’s wishing the talkSTEM community a Happy Thanksgiving. I am grateful to each of you, to your interest in the doing and...
Your Tacit Knowledge: Maker Movements are Growing Up
Why does the right nurse make all the difference to your care? Why does your pasta sauce not taste quite as good as your mom’s despite...
Google Time for Me: Hour of Code (Dec 7-13)
Although I am an advocate for STEM and STEAM Education, I have to confess that I have zero background in coding. In fact, coding is shrouded in...
Bedtime Math: Crazy 8s Club by Laura Overdeck and Sandy LoPiccolo
Have you heard about Crazy 8s? It’s the new nationwide after-school club designed to get kids fired up about math. Kids get to build stuff, run and...
Project-based Learning IV: High Tech High's STEAMM Teacher, Scott Swaaley, Shares his Perspectives
After the talkSTEM screening and panel discussion of the documentary film, Most Likely To Succeed, in August, one of the key points emerging in...
Project Based Learning III: Building GRIT and Exposure to Adversity by Design
After the talkSTEM screening and panel discussion of the documentary film, Most Likely To Succeed, in Dallas this past August, one of the key points...
Summertime is STEMtime with the STEMActivity App
Written by Emma Turi, Summer Fellow at Wheelock College Aspire Institute, Boston, MA. I started my summer fellowship with Wheelock College Aspire...
by Jennifer Bartkowski, CEO of Girl Scouts of North Texas North Texas is growing. Whether it is the tax structure, the low cost of living, healthy...
Between flying home from vacation and dropping my daughter at camp, this week was hectic And...