This guide is intended for the Fellows of the School Librarians Advancing STEM Learning project. It includes the tasks and timeline for the Fellows work, as well as links to resources and documents tied to the Fellowship role.
Material Type: Reading
This module engages participants in developing and applying a working theory of teacher-school library media specialist collaboration within the context of 21st century education policy and standards.
Material Type: Module
This segment expands the role of library services and spaces in alternative K-12 curriculum. Using STEAM as a model for our discussion, we will review learning styles and how to plan libraries to complement pedagogy. Prior to taking the course you should review student learning styles and multiple intelligence theory. To incorporate all learners into our discussions on space we will look beyond STEM to STEAM including art and design into the process as well. We will investigate a future school library influenced by cognitive research, learning styles and pedagogy. The primary goal in the course is to give educators alternative concepts for educational space design that focuses on pedagogy and the individual learner.
Material Type: Module
Through hands-on tasks using Google Apps for Education as the sample tool, students will learn what are cloud-based collaborative tools like Google Apps for Education, how they are used in the classroom and what they have to offer teachers and students. For performance tasks, a Google or Gmail account is suggested.
Material Type: Module
In this module, middle and high school teachers explore a model inquiry-based STEM social justice lesson involving statistics and its implementation to understand the role of questioning techniques in delivering inquiry-based lessons, building depth of knowledge and understanding student thinking. In this module, teachers will: -- Evaluate their own questioning skills -- Report, monitor and reflect on their own questioning skills -- Learn new questioning skills while gaining exposure to an inquiry-based, social justice STEM lesson -- Understand the role of questioning skills in building student exposure to Depth of Knowledge levels 3/4 level thinking
Material Type: Module
