Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

RE: Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

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RE: Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

nbizzell — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:36:14 GMT

I am a secondary school computing teacher and I'm keen to see the details of how the scheme will work.

I believe some units will ship to teachers before the summer so we can gain familiarity and plan, but I haven't yet seen any more details.

RE: Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

DAB — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:45:48 GMT

From my point of view, you need to expose young kids to the neat capabilities of STEM when they are very young.

I remember watching the nature films in school and the NASA launches in the 1960's.

You need very capable people who can go from school to school and engage the kids at all ages with the really cool aspects of technology and identify the skills they need to succeed in finding a job.

You need to show them local people who took the challenge and succeeded so that they can see that they CAN learn and use STEM to find fun and well paying jobs.

DAB