Team11+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.//
 * past stories
 * music videos
 * youtube
 * song and dance
 * bad jokes
 * crazy experiments
 * unexpected demonstrations
 * pictures

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.//
 * Deadliest Catch connections
 * vignettes
 * personal stories from students
 * teacher's personal studies
 * career connections
 * real world connections
 * global connections
 * family and friends
 * news stories

Connect with People
//Think of people and ways you can connect students to experts, community leaders, authors, business people for learning.//
 * professional networking
 * skype
 * local university connections
 * other university connections
 * researchers
 * engineers
 * local politicians

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//.
 * facebook
 * edmodo
 * skype
 * connecting with middle and elementary schools
 * parallel classrooms/peers
 * take part in local political actions

Co-Create
//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
 * public service announcement
 * youtube to make pitches
 * videography
 * fundraising
 * mentoring digitally
 * digital storytelling
 * music
 * paper slides

Be an Idealist
//What do you WISH students would be able to do online together relating to STEM.//
 * skype
 * build math and science relationships for each other and share them
 * students as teachers
 * identify issues and create ideas
 * problem solve/critical thinking
 * publish