IGNITE Session ISTE 2013

STEM

Jeff Piontek

STEAM

STR AM

Changing the Educational Paradigms

STREAM

Changing the Educational Paradigms

The importance of Divergent thinking in the 21st century

Creativity and Innovation• Divergent (creative thinking)• Think broadly and develop alternatives

Creativity and Innovation• Divergent (creative thinking)• Think broadly and develop alternatives

• Convergent • Narrow the alternatives to a set of solutions

Creativity and Innovation• Divergent (creative thinking)• Think broadly and develop alternatives

• Convergent • Narrow the alternatives to a set of solutions

• And, for scientific creativity, logical thinking

• Used interchangeably with “innovation” and “problem solving”

What can we do to foster creativity and innovation?

Encourage discovery learning

Encourage mastery learning

Collaborate

Use both top-down and bottom-up approaches

Conduct both structured and unstructured creativity activities and exercises

•STEM is the present, but needs

STEM to STEAM to STREAM

•STEM is the present, but needs

•STEAM for success!

STEM to STEAM to STREAM

•STEM is the present, but needs

•STEAM for success!

•STREAM IS the Future!

STEM to STEAM to STREAM

Mahalo