Conference
Sessions
• Common Core, NGSS
and UC/CSU Preparation and A-G Requirements through C-STEM
• Outside the Classroom: Integrating
C-STEM in Informal Education
• Digital Media and Language Arts through
C-STEM Computing and Robotics
• Industry Pipeline: C-STEM for CTE/ROP
and Career Pathways
• C-STEM School, District, and
County-wide Implementation
• C-STEM in action! Student Activities
for Integrating Algebra and Computer Programming
• RoboPlay Challenge Competition in
action! Hands-on Demonstration for Integrating Robotics and CTE
Common Core, NGSS
and UC/CSU Preparation and A-G Requirements through C-STEM
As the new Common Core State Standards and Next
Generation Science Standards change teaching pedagogy and student’s
interaction with subject matter, the need for relevance and rigor has
increased. In this session teacher panelist will describe and
model how they use C-STEM curriculum to address this need while also
meeting A-G requirements for UC/CSU preparation, providing attendees
with a peek inside math and science classrooms, grades 5-12.
Outside the Classroom: Integrating
C-STEM in Informal Education
After school and summer programs allow students to explore material
that can’t be covered in the traditional 8-3 school day. C-STEM
curriculum provides students with academic rigor while also enriching
collaborative and 21st century skills. This session will delve
into the available resources which attract underrepresented groups
into STEM field, including standards based extension activities which
allow for preparation for the RoboPlay Competition on
C-STEM Day and provide support for core classes.
Digital Media and Language Arts
through C-STEM Computing and Robotics
Incorporating digital media and language arts is
an enticement for many students to participate in STEM
activities. Many students are not initially attracted to STEM
because of preconceptions regarding the field. Experienced
teachers will show winning videos and take you through key steps of a
robotic video creation, illustrating the connection between English
language arts, digital media and traditional STEM subjects through
C-STEM computing and robotics program as well RoboPlay Video
Competition. Best practices, successes and challenges will be
shared from plot conception, story and character development,
choreography, soundtrack, robotic programming and 3D design, video
production and editing.
Industry Pipeline: C-STEM for CTE/ROP and
Career Pathways
Collaboration between K-12 and industry is crucial to ensure students
are being prepared properly to enter the workforce. In this
session, a panel of industry partners as well as the CTE/ROP teachers
and administrators discuss their experience through C-STEM A-G
elective computing and robotics courses. These educators and
industry partners will discuss the key skills that K-12 educators
should emphasize to ensure their students will be competitive in
today’s careers, how to integrate those through C-STEM A-G standards
based curriculum, and ways of building partnership with industry to bring
industry perspective into the classroom. They will
describe how they see C-STEM curriculum fulfilling that need as well
as what improvements still need to be made in CTE/ROP courses and
pathways.
C-STEM School, District, and County-wide
Implementation
Administrators of all levels are encouraged to attend this session to
learn how the C-STEM program can be implemented at their school
sites. 2013/2014 was the first year C-STEM was implemented
district wide and the first year C-STEM Day was held outside of UC
Davis through a county wide pilot in Orange County. Community
college, county office, district and school site educators will
describe their experience from starting the project with initial
interest to teacher training, implementation and teacher support and
the culminating event, C-STEM Day. Funding sources and
coordination between existing STEM/CTE efforts will be discussed.
C-STEM in action! Student Activities for
Integrating Algebra and Computer Programming
Observe or participate in an Algebra 1 / Integrated Math 1
programming lesson! Come see what your students would
experience as C-STEM teachers complete differentiated programming
tasks that attend to specific mathematics objectives. Features
of the C/C++ interpreter Ch used in the C-STEM curriculum are
discussed in their relation to specific math topics. Teaching
resources such as power-points, group activities and robotics
activities are presented to showcase how computer programming can
support math instruction in alignment with Common Core. Teacher
participants must bring their own Windows or Mac OS X laptops with
software pre-loaded and must have attended a prior C-STEM training.
RoboPlay Challenge Competition in
action! Hands-on Demonstration for Integrating Robotics and CTE
Join our mini C-STEM Day RoboPlay Challenge
Competition! See what your students would experience this May
30th! Participants will be given mini challenges and compete in
10 minute rounds. As participants prepare with their team,
observers will be given an overview of the format and expectations of
the competition. When our mini competition begins, observers
will interact with the teacher teams, witnessing the successes and
challenges students will face. Teacher team participants must bring
their own Windows laptop (no Mac OS X laptop) with software
pre-loaded. Teacher team participants must have attended a prior
C-STEM training with Linkbot. Teams will be formed on the spot.
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