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Costa Rica is a team player in innovation.

Costa Rica is providing a new generation of tech savvies

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How Costa Rica is perceived as a team player in STEAM

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Educators are very commited. We do STEAM somehow. There is a lot to learn!

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Many universities in Costa Rica are providing STEAM opportunities to their students

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A little more about STEAM, how to apply it , and some benefits for our teaching role

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The importance of steam in CR

The big challenges we have ahead

That I am not taking enough advantage from STEAM

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Costa Rica is a leading country in the semiconductor industry and other advanced technology sectors.

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1. To know about other colleagues.

2. The leading role CR has in the area in terms of Tech development

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There is a big gap (STEAM wise) in many schools.

We do STEAM to some extent.

Initiatives must include professors more when providing career services.

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1. Teachers feel out of the STEAM world, but they are really not!

2. CR has a lot initiatives teacher do not know about, but they are trying.

3. We are eager to learn more and more about this new approaches.

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We have the resources to be steam leaders

We can use PBL as a tool

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The challenges. The commitment.

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Costa Rica is seen as a leader in innovation.

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We use STEAM even if we don't realize it.

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How to implement STEAM in our classes.

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How Costa Rica is sold as all three areas (education, government and private) are in sync when the reality many of us see is a disconnect as education is facing many challenges and is not supported.

How we have been applying STEAM without really knowing it

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How to implement it in ESL courses.

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Which strategies can I implement to be a cutting-edge STEAM expert?

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Uses of Steam for education

CR innovating in STEAM

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Costa Rica is a team player and the number of colleagues interested in learning about STEAM .

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We do STEAM in our classes.

It is important to know more about how it works. There are many things to learn.

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I learned the meaning of semiconductor industries, the mission and vision of this wonderful program and the CR efforts to incorporate STEAM in our country. There's certainly a lot left to do.

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Marker Spaces allow students to build tools or answers through innovative solutions.

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Costa Rican students are tech-savvy innovators.

The importance of STEAM in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is fostering innovation.

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1. teacher´s perception

2. what drives people to learn

3. we all need to help our students become STEAM leaders too

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1. How public universities help students while studying and after they are done.

2. Refreshing what STEAM is.

3. The importance of learning about STEAM for the future economic well-being of our country.

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The activities.

Interacting with others.

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Career services the different universities offer.

This is a transformative journey.

The 5-E model.

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How to overcome the challenges we have, like access to internet out of the GAM.

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Are ESP and STEAM methodologies related somehow?

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Not really. I can't wait for the Toolbox

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How to be an effective STEAM facilitator ?

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There is a general sense at a national level of the same challenges.

There are people everywhere trying to make the difference where they are at.

There are good things happening all around, we just need to systematize it and make it available.

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Is the education system fully addressing the current learning needs?

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How we can use the vocational orientation to support the Steam vision?

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How can I incorporate it to teaching medicine, which although STEAM does not fit in like other careers

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1. How important STEAM is in a language class.

2. There are numerous resources available to help integrate STEAM into language learning

3. We are not alone in this journey

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How important STEAM is this changing world, what companies are looking for, how much we need to learn and relearn to do.

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Self-inquiry: Am I using STEAM approach without knowing it?

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Eduardo Solano

I learned the term markerspace. Even though is something I've implemented before, I didn't know there was an specific term for it.

How STEAM can be implemented in ESP courses.

Research is key.

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Teachers are always reinventing themselves.

Every day we learn more about how to introduce STEAM in our classes.

We have the opportunity to help future leaders.

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I learned CR is doing lots of effort to be updated

We are going to improve a lot!

This topic is really linked to our daily work

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How can I use STEAM in my classes, and out of them as well?

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That we are somehow coping with STEAM in our classrooms.

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1. I enjoyed learning about other people's experiences.

2. There are challenges.

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Costa Rican universities are integrating STEAM.

Educators are willing to collaborate with STEAM experts.

The challenges we face should be the force to make a bigger effort.

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Semiconductors in CR.

Teachers commitment.

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How can we really prepare teachers for future-ready classrooms?

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-Helping students understand the "why" behind a STEAM activity can be difficult if the connection to their lives or future careers isn't clear.

-We need to think about students with special need as well

-The relevance of STEAM in Costa Rica.

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It´s interesting how Costa Rica is on the spotlight concerning innovation and technology.

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How can we implement it correctly considering that we use a particular approach at UTN?

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What companies are looking for

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Costa Rica is a proactive member in STEAM industry.

Universities are currently using strategies and approaches combined with STEAM.

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Eduardo Solano

I really enjoyed meeting new colleagues.

The importance of integrating STEAM in ESP courses.

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STEAM is trending now, are we ready to jump in this trend?

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Can I teach STEAM with unexpensive tools that enhance language learning?

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1. We all have the same concerns with implementing STEAM in Costa Rica.

2. There are many higher education institutions that are interested in changing Costa Rica's approach to STEAM.

3. We needed how Costa Rica is leader in the region with reference to STEAM.

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1. Learning from my co-workers and other public university colleagues.

2. Realizing how important this approach might be for the future workforce.

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How can I implement STEAM effectively in my classes?

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-All the challenges we face as teachers.

-The importance of collaboration across disciplines.

-Costa Rica is becoming a hub for technology and innovation.

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1. I am happy to see that part of the outline an "inclusive" population will be taken into consideration.

2. We have a person that is not an English teacher/professor, but he works in the field of science. This is wonderful.

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Universities are making a big effort to incorporate STEAM into their curriculum.

Language educators are more than willing to work collaboratively with STEAM experts.

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What is going to happen after all of these training sessions? What kind of follow-up and collaborative work will be done with the industry and other universities?

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How can we create an engaging and accessible STEAM learning environment for students with special needs?

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How could STEAM experts work collaboratively with language teachers?