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From Canvas to Code: Amplifying Student Agency Through Competency-based STEAM Learning

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Grand Hyatt - Texas Ballroom C

Innovator Talk

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Session description

This talk will highlight the project-based learning practices at The Possible Zone and its impact on student agency, engagement, and SEL skill development through choice. It explores how meaningful making (infusing art and STEM) promotes self-reflection and deeper communal connection in an under-resourced, diverse high school student population; through the competencies developed, students also prepare themselves for careers of the future.

Outline

Key Topics:
*Student Agency and Topic Choice
*The Role of Art in STEM Projects
*Competency-based learning
*Meaningful Making, Self-Reflection, SEL
*Practical Applications and Strategies:

Agenda:
1. Introductions
2. Device-based - pulse check using Mentimeter - asking folks about what interested them in attending so we can frame content around the interest areas
3. Overview of The Possible Zone
4. Grounding the thesis of the presentation in key takeaways from research.
5. Showcasing interdisciplinary PBL projects at TPZ that incorporate arts into STEM and exemplify evidence-based practices outlined above
6. Think-pair-share about the impact of the projects mentioned
7. Brief share-out about findings
8. Q&A

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Supporting research

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jee.20112

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10632913.2017.1292973

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050913011174?via%3Dihub

STEAM Education: Theory and Practice By Khine and Areepattamannil

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Presenters

Tori Saia

Educator/Advisor II

The Possible Zone

Sabrina Tirachen

Lead Educator

The Possible Zone

Session specifications

Topic:

Innovative Learning, Making and Fabrication.

Grade level:

9-12

Audience:

Government/Non-profit, Teacher Development, Teacher

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

While they will not need to download the app, attendees should be prepared to scan a QR code on their phones.

Subject area:

Interdisciplinary (STEM/STEAM)

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Collaborator

Dedicate planning time to collaborate with colleagues to create authentic learning experiences that leverage technology.
Demonstrate cultural competency when communicating with students, parents and colleagues and interact with them as co-collaborators in student learning.

TLPs:

Connect learning to learner, Spark Curiosity

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