Team+5+Brainstorming

toc //You are brainstorming ideas to connect students to one another to teach a STEM topic or subject. This brainstorming page is meant as a starting point. DELETE the italics as these are the instructions.//

=Idea Generation= //Goal: At least 50 ideas before you move on between all of the categories below. Try for at least 5 ideas in each area below.//

Laugh
//Think of silly, funny, hilarious ways to connect students and teach STEM subjects.//
 * blowing at each other
 * following tornados
 * how blood flows when you are stabbed by a compass
 * idea
 * idea

Make Moments
//Think of ways you can use powerful, moving, emotional stories and/or media to teach and how you can connect students to build on that moment.//
 * how science has saved a life
 * Buy in: we are too dependent on oil, what alternatives are there
 * fixing collapsed bridges
 * saving coal miners lifes trapped in a collapsed mine
 * space moments--where were you when...

Connect with People
//Think of people and ways you can connect students to experts, community leaders, authors, business people for learning.//
 * university professor via email
 * local businesses
 * doctors
 * networking that happens at conferences
 * telephone

Take Action and Find Meaning
//Think of ways students can connect to each other AND take ACTION in their local communities and online relating to STEM areas//.
 * skype, email, facebook
 * just in time drives
 * find the leader, set up first stet
 * letters to soldiers
 * letters to the editor

Co-Create
//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
 * letters to soldiers, editor
 * videos
 * wiki
 * digital storytelling
 * comic strips/brochure, wordle

Be an Idealist
//What do you WISH students would be able to do online together relating to STEM.//
 * problem solve
 * challenge each other's thinking
 * accept alternative viewpoints
 * publish all artifacts leading to conclusions
 * collaborate, cooperate, grow together