STEM getting some STEAM
Information, emails, and reports continue to come across my computer that are STEM/STEAM related. I have included the latest in this blog post. I hope you are finding talking points, food for thought, and/or ideas on how you can utilize this information as arts teachers. I certainly am interested in learning more from you about how you might be bringing the arts into the conversation or into your classroom lessons/units. Please post a comment at the bottom of this post or consider emailing me with the information so I can post it on the meartsed blog so others can learn from you.
National Governor’s Association
The National Governor’s Association published a report called New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture, and Design. The Governor’s have outlined 5 roles as a framework to use the arts, culture, and design to help strengthen the local economy and innovation. You can read about it by clicking here.
STEM to STEAM: Art in K-12 is Key to Building a Strong Economy
John Maeda is the President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and believes the connection between the arts and STEM is absolutely necessary. John’s answer to the question “What does it mean to turn STEM to STEAM?” The problem-solving, the fearlessness, and the critical thinking and making skills that I see every day in the RISD studios are the same skills that will keep our country innovating, and their development needs to start in the K-12 schools. Click here to read the entire article.
SmartBlog on Education
Education consultant Doug Haller writes a blog called SmartBlog on Education. On October 31st his post was called Full STEAM Ahead: Arts, STEM and 21st Century Learning. “The arts, he writes, already are part of scientific work either consciously or subconsciously, and studies are under way to further explore the connection. “Clearly, something about art brings out creativity and innovation in ways different from but complementary to the sciences,” Haller notes.
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