I've been coaching three multi-age teachers this year. It is year one of a 3-5 year plan to integrate STEAM, Chromebooks, robotics et. al. This year (as I have stated in earlier blog posts) I spend around 90 minutes in each class helping the teacher facilitate a maker activity and a Chromebook SAMR activity. Our first trimester ends this Friday October 30th. The pedagogical shifts that have happened in 2+ short months are incredible and will be shared in a different post.
One of the three teachers planned to have a showcase at the end of each trimester. So, Friday October 23rd was the day we invited the parents and/or caregivers to come and experience STEAM time with their kiddos. This was something I tried when I was a middle school math teacher after reading this
Blog Post by Josh Stumpenhorst. Chelsea sent out the invite to the parents and 28 RSVP'd. It is AMAZING because our STEAM time is from 12:30 - 2:10 smack in the middle of the day and the parents were taking time in the middle of their day to come.
When all was said and done, 18 of Chelsea's 22 students had parents and many of those had BOTH parents. We had one board member attend also. This day was about the students sharing what they have done each week as well as model making for their parents. This day was all about the students and Chelsea. I stood back and let them all lead. It was a huge success and I was honored to be a part of it! Here are a few pictures:
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| Parents working with their kiddos on the Mt. Rushmore HyperDoc |
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| Parents work on Mt. Rushmore HyperDoc with their kiddos |
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| Maker Supply Table and some of the catapults |
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We are ready to test the catapults
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Here are the links to the activities:
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