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We will be updating the initiatives for 2020-2021 and working on plans to improve the components of the state STEAM continuum where we are still in the developing stage.

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STEAM goals: to introduce my virtual students to Discovery Ed and have them use it to view materials based on our current content.

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To introduce my face to face and virtual students to the Discovery Ed website and use it effectively to introduce content, practice skills, and add learning by discovery to my classroom.

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My STEAM goal is for my students to be proficient navigating in Google classroom in order to complete their assignments. Another goal is for my students to be proficient using Google docs and Google slides to complete many of their assignments.

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My STEAM goal this year is for my students to demonstrate proficiency of logging into their Chromebook as well as proficiency navigating our Google classroom and completing daily assignments.

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My STEAM goal this year is to have my students successfully login to our Google Classroom and be able to navigate it and complete online assignments.

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Transdisciplinary makes learning more authentic for the students. 

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Transdisciplinary makes learning more authentic for the students. 

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My STEAM goal this year is to introduce and implement Discovery Ed website to my students and to foster a growing sense of curiosity and discovery within them.

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Using transdisciplinary teaching in the classroom is what every teacher should be doing every day.  

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Using transdisciplinary teaching in the classroom is what every teacher should be doing every day.  

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#engagement!

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Transdisciplinary learning is naturally used every day in the classroom. It makes learning more engaging and  authentic for students.

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STEAM goals: to introduce my virtual students to Discovery Ed and have them use it to view materials based on our current content.

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My goal is to work with more teachers to do PBLs. I have worked with just a few teachers in the past that always were working with STEAM/PBLs. I feel this is the best way for learning for students and it integrates so many standards/subjects. I want to spread to more teachers than just the 1-2 I have been working with for year.

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Goal: To seamlessly implement technology into lessons both face to face and virtually so all students experience the same instruction

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Goal: To use Discovery Education more as stations during science time.

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Lisa Catoe- Grade 5
I want my students to be able to use our Google Classroom and Bitmoji classroom successfully. I would like to introduce them to ways Discovery Ed. can be used in our science and social studies class.

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Lori Hinson
I want to add more learning through Discovery Ed and use resources more effectively to enhance learning in my kindergarten classroom.

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Angie McKittrick
Model individual and team exploration by topic of interest using Discovery Ed.

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Using Engineering thinking to build structures in multiple centers using a variety of materials.

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Transdisciplinary learning  is used naturally in the classroom everyday, and it helps to connect the learning from subject area to subject area instead of learning each subject in isolation.  STEAM methods provide a natural transdisciplinary approach.  

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Transdisciplinary learning  is used naturally in the classroom everyday, and it helps to connect the learning from subject area to subject area instead of learning each subject in isolation.  STEAM methods provide a natural transdisciplinary approach.  

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Transdisciplinary learning is authentic learning that should occur in our classrooms to help students make connections. 

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Transdisciplinary learning is authentic learning that should occur in our classrooms to help students make connections. 

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Transdisciplinary learning is responsive to the curriculum, students' interests, and the standards. It flows naturally and presents an authentic learning experience for the students.

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To incorporate STEAM into our everyday goings-on, not STOP, do STEAM, then return to our "regular" learning. Using all manner of media, I will provide experiences for my students based on standards and interests.

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Transdisciplinary learning is  Project Based Learning. It's creating, collaborating, thinking outside of the box. Transdisciplinary is definitely not traditional teaching. I have completed several PBL'S (transdisciplinary learning activities) with past students (passion projects, school library blueprints, building small houses for math concepts, and etc.). I hope to continue in the school year 2021-2022 because students get so engaged with projects they care about and want to do the learning.  

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Transdisciplinary learning is  Project Based Learning. It's creating, collaborating, thinking outside of the box. Transdisciplinary is definitely not traditional teaching. I have completed several PBL'S (transdisciplinary learning activities) with past students (passion projects, school library blueprints, building small houses for math concepts, and etc.). I hope to continue in the school year 2021-2022 because students get so engaged with projects they care about and want to do the learning.  

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Engineering in math centers:
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Growth mindset is taking a chance and open to learning and making mistakes along the way.  

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Growth mindset is taking a chance and open to learning and making mistakes along the way.  

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Having a growth mindset allows teachers and students to know that things can be accomplished through hard work, trial & error, and resilience.  It means you learn from your mistakes and you don't give up! Within the STEAM process, students learn to design, create, and go back to the drawing board if necessary.  

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Having a growth mindset allows teachers and students to know that things can be accomplished through hard work, trial & error, and resilience.  It means you learn from your mistakes and you don't give up! Within the STEAM process, students learn to design, create, and go back to the drawing board if necessary.  

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Growth mindset is believing that you can learn and develop new abilities by working hard. I believe that having a growth mindset goes right along with STEAM. There may be things with STEAM that you try that might be out of your comfort zone. Having an open mind and knowing that it's ok to make mistakes is better than not trying at all. A growth mindset is important because it allows you to flourish and learn new and exciting things.

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Students were designing blueprints for innovations to improve the lives of children at St Judes Hospital as a part of the EPIC Challenge. This student designed a playground equipped for patients at St Jude’s. This is STEAM learning and fundraising for a great cause all in one.

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A growth mindset is absolutely essential for my personal life and professional life. I have to be willing to grow and learn new teaching strategies. I have to be willing to accept new challenges.  I have to show my students, my wife, my kids that I am always a work in progress in my mind.
This sets a good example for all those who are important to me. My students have seen me fail. My children and wife have too. I got back up and tried again while learning from my mistakes. I can’t possibly set a better example than that. My students and my children will experience failure too, and they need to see that it’s possible to recover and use that failure as a stepping stone to something greater than ever imagined.
Professionally, I can help teachers and students who exhibit a fixed mindset to make that shift to a growth mindset. I need to learn more about how to help them in making that shift, but I do think that setting a great example is a wonderful place to start.
Greg Knight
HSES

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Another STEAM blueprint from the EPIC Challenge

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This student decided to tackle the problem of patients at St Jude feeling depressed, scared, or sad during treatment. She decided to start a project in which money is donated to build a cart full of virtual reality goggles and software. These patients could feel like they’re walking on a beach or sightseeing at an amusement park while a blood related procedure is being done. I think this is caring and thoughtful and a wonderful idea if it isn’t already available at St Jude.
Greg Knight
HSES

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Growth mindset is when you are open to new ideas and willing to learn and try new things. It goes along with STEAM because you have to be willing to try new methods when teaching your students. If you aren't open to trying new things with your students, they may not be as open to try new things with you either. Growth mindset is important because it gives you and your students the opportunity to learn new things.

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Growth Mindset: When I think about what growth mindset means, I think about NOT being a "dinosaur." I think about students needing to say, "Okay, so I was wrong...this time, but I can keep working. I can persevere and get to the solution/product." So many times, students think they cannot. Teaching them about growth mindset is teaching them, they can! I think growth mindset and STEAM go hand in hand. It's all about working towards an end product, with trials and roadblocks along the way. STEAM and growth mindset are about continuing, despite those trials and roadblocks.

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Growth Mindset: When I think about what growth mindset means, I think about NOT being a "dinosaur." I think about students needing to say, "Okay, so I was wrong...this time, but I can keep working. I can persevere and get to the solution/product." So many times, students think they cannot. Teaching them about growth mindset is teaching them, they can! I think growth mindset and STEAM go hand in hand. It's all about working towards an end product, with trials and roadblocks along the way. STEAM and growth mindset are about continuing, despite those trials and roadblocks.

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St Jude EPIC challenge:  Our students designed a fidget board for patients to use while sitting in their hospital beds. 

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St Jude EPIC challenge:  Our students designed a fidget board for patients to use while sitting in their hospital beds. 

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Our kinders loved coding pathways for our new BeeBot. We learned about directionality, spacial awareness, and how to be patient and learn from our peers.

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STEAM TECH LESSON/ACTIVITY - Students words together in groups to make a circuit that launches the fan blade to stimulate a flying saucer.
REFLECTION - Was challenging for first graders but doable.

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We worked in the Pottery Lab to create a beautiful coin/jewelry holder for Mother's Day. Students assisted with designing, painting, and wrapping the present.

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We have met to talk about some of what we are going to be working on next year. We are thinking of a take home art box for the community like the little free libraries.  Technology we are going to be doing atleast one big integration project a semester and then we hope to move to more in the coming years. Our goals in the past were to get away from just using technology just for study island, etc. -Megan Hanna

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Technology Lesson with Ozobots for Black History

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Technology Lesson with Ozobots for Black History

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STEAM Lesson #2

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classroom. It makes learning more engaging and  authentic for students. 

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Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is when you are open to new ideas and willing to learn and try new things. It goes along with STEAM because you have to be willing to try new methods when teaching your students. If you aren't open to trying new things with your students, they may not be as open to try new things with you either. Growth mindset is important because it gives you and your students the opportunity to learn new things.

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EVIDENCE OF STEAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  SEE ALL THE BELOW PICS.  (boat building, plant unit, skip counting, gingerbread)

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EVIDENCE OF STEAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  SEE ALL THE BELOW PICS.  (boat building, plant unit, skip counting, gingerbread)

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Pick a Project

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Plant Unit - Counting Seeds

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Pick a Project - Counting by 5's and 10's using paint and hands.

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Designing and Decorating Gingerbread Cookies

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Designing and Decorating Gingerbread Cookies

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A growth mindset is so important in the classroom. We cannot do everything the same and say it is all because it is the way we used to do it. Everyone learns differently and we never stop learning so we are always growing and need to take that into consideration. WE need to have a growth mindset so that we can monitor and adjust and help out students where they are. It isn't about us but about them. Transdisciplinary is so important in this. I think about STEAM and PBL when I hear this term. We are hitting multiple modalities and reaching more students then the "traditional" way of teaching. I love going into classrooms and working with teachers on PBL. Another goal of mine is to be in more classrooms and reach more teachers. Some still look at it as something extra to do and not something integrated and natural to teaching.

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I did multiple breakout room with 4th grade 21st century. These breakout rooms include math, ELA, and science standards for the students. We did Whoville, Polar Express and Grinch. They love breakout rooms and I have even completed breakout rooms in the classrooms with my 1st,2nd, and 3rd grade teachers. I have breakout rooms with these same themes but using their standards.

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I am a SC Econ Master teacher and this year was my Silver Level. I have been integrating in Econ into the upper classrooms but with the new SS Standards there is Econ integrated in as well. With this economic contest the students were to write and practice their mini speech on what they would tell the new president. Then they were to record it using flipgrid. After they completed it the other students and myself were able to watch it and discuss it.

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With 4th grade, I also did the St. Patrick's day Choice board from the STEAM Classroom and the art rooms and build a leprechaun. When we did build a leprechaun we shared and told why we did what we did with it. We also shared what we each did on the choice boards because since they are the students choice everyone did not always do the same thing. The students in all grade levels love the choice boards. I work with 4th a lot because I taught 4th grade for the longest. But I am trying to expand and work with other grade levels as well.

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I did a GooseChase with the app on my ipads with 3rd grade. This was on nonfiction text features. Students were able to go into the library and they had to find books with certain nonfiction text features and either take a video or a picture on the goosechase app. When students were finished, we pulled up the information on the smartboard and they had to justify their answer on why they choose what they did. If they did not follow directions there post was deleted and they lost the points on the goosechase. They wanted to be the winner so bad. They even got practice with looking up the books and finding the section in the library.

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I want to get into the classrooms like I did before and co-teach and work with students and teachers on PBL and STEAM activities. I really want to continue to get into the 4K and 5K classes as well. I started that is 2020 so that I could learn more about the younger students since I have been teaching more of the upper grades. I helped Kinder with the EPIC challenge this year and want to continue with getting more STEAM and PBL in the younger grades. Sometimes people say they are too young and can't do it but they CAN. We are just putting them in a box.

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STEAM technology lesson using the Dash robot: My students were virtual during 2020-2021 so learning and maintaining student focus and attention was a challenge. Sarah brought us "Dash" and the fun began! We utilized the website Blockly to learn to code Dash. The students took turns building the blocks (which included voice and sound too) that directed Dash through various activities. Refection: It was a challenge because the virtual group was rather large and it may have worked better if completed in smaller groups. I also learned to code using Dash, which is something I have never done before. I am looking forward to adding Dash to our 2021-2022 STEAM morning meetings and throughout various times of the day.

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STEAM technology lesson using the Dash robot: My students were virtual during 2020-2021 so learning and maintaining student focus and attention was a challenge. Sarah brought us "Dash" and the fun began! We utilized the website Blockly to learn to code Dash. The students took turns building the blocks (which included voice and sound too) that directed Dash through various activities. Refection: It was a challenge because the virtual group was rather large and it may have worked better if completed in smaller groups. I also learned to code using Dash, which is something I have never done before. I am looking forward to adding Dash to our 2021-2022 STEAM morning meetings and throughout various times of the day.

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Our class enjoyed a virtual read aloud and lesson on bullying taught by Miss Annsley Vick (local Beauty Queen and AJHS student).

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Students first had to design a structure on paper, and then they used toothpicks and jelly beans to build it.

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Students explored with magnets. First, the made predictions about what objects would attract and repel. Then, they actually tried each object to see if their predictions were correct.

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Students went on an adventure around the school to search for as many living and non-living things as they could find. They recorded their findings and reported back to their classmates.

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