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Recent Blog Posts
The Simple Guide to an Incredibly Useful Theory Called Interactive Spatial Learning
I’m going to share a bit of background with you before I outline Interactive Spatial Learning (ISL) and how it can help structure your classroom and your teaching. Constructivism As a beginning teacher, I was taught the theory of constructivism. This theory basically means that people learn by constructing meaning from their interactions and experiences with the world and with
How to Incorporate STEM Thinking into Your Craft and Art Lessons
Classroom learning is subject-specific, even though organic learning in the real world is cross-curricular, experiential, and contextual. A thematic approach toward teaching subjects in a cross-curricular fashion can reinforce conceptual understandings by exposing students to the same information in different ways. Art, for instance, is a fantastic way to visualize and communicate scientific models, mathematical relationships, and historical events.
Craft Or STEM – A Handy Flow Chart to Help You Figure Out What Your Activity Is
Not all art is STEM and not all STEM is art. We’ve made a handy tool to help you determine some of the differences! Here’s a preview! To get a PDF of the flow chart, subscribe to our newsletter below! Subscribing will give you instant access to the download, as well as weekly resources and tips to help you build
Tips for Adding Rigor to Your Elementary Classroom STEM Lessons
A common issue we find in classrooms is the use of STEM-related activities (such as worksheets, learning to code, makerspace builds, video creation, writing blogs, doing crafts, etc.) that are passed off as rigorous STEM projects. The learning of a technology or a skill as an outcome (like video creation, blogs, etc.) needs to be distinguished from how this technology
The Business of Learning at the ISU Startup Factory
When I decided to form Qi Learning back in April, I knew nothing about business, save for my experiences as a department chair at Fortis
Building the plane as we fly
We need your help in making STEAM Café a help group and resource that is useful to you. As a learning community, we all learn by sharing and listening to each other’s experiences, ideas, and advice.
A focus on organic learning
Organic learning is about how we learn naturally — it’s instinctive, experiential, and we’ve done it since the first day we were born.
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