Here’s a guest blog by Koshi Dhingra, founder and director of talkSTEM on STEM blog, which is created by STEMconnector, the one-stop shop for...
Category - Teaching Strategies
Conversation with David Chard, President of Wheelock College: The Teaching Profession
I had the pleasure of meeting with David Chard during his last month as Dean of Education at SMU, just before he left for Boston to begin his tenure...
Talking Their Way into Science
I had a wonderful email exchange with Dr Karen Gallas, who wrote a book that I read and loved many years ago, Talking Their Way into Science. I...
Back to School: Posts from School Leaders II by Dave Monaco, Head of Parish Episcopal School
ParishSTEM Offers an Opportunity for Summer Sharing (written in June, 2015) Though classes at Parish Episcopal ended over a week ago...
Back to School: Posts from School Leaders I
It’s that time when school leaders, teachers, and after-school programs are gearing up. talkSTEM is reposting Back to School posts from...
Engaging Our Kids: At Home and in the Classroom x
Do enjoy this piece, previously published here on talkSTEM in Feb, 2015. How will you help your kids be ENGAGED with creating, learning, thinking...
STEAM ON! Designing Art Lessons that Integrate with Core Curriculum
ArtinAction Program Manager Kelly Bravo’s article: STEAM ON! Designing Art Lessons that Integrate with Core Curriculum was...
Most people, when they see the word “creative,” immediately think of someone in a beret doing something beautiful with paint, or an inventor in his...
Change of Subject Example “What are you doing there?” Her voice told me that this was her turf, but her eyes said something else – they were curious...
Teamwork: A Key Product of STEMwork by Margaret McEwen
My 8th graders just finished another STEM project- building mousetrap and balloon cars. The challenge is to build the car to spec, determine the...