Team+6+Brainstorming

toc =Idea Generation for:Take Us off the Grid! Perspectives and factors that affect energy choices= //Think of silly, funny, hilarious ways to connect students and teach STEM subjects.//
 * charades
 * music video
 * they could melt ice creaam
 * Could cook hot dogs
 * burn stuff... fire!!!

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.//
 * Cover it Live (Synchronous live blog)
 * Warming of our oceans causes loss of wetlands... Kinetic Molecular Theory
 * Study Chernobal
 * affects of radiation poisoning
 * Wind Farms killing birds
 * geography-dams failing
 * Gulf oil spill
 * St. Joseph, coal train will be driving by every 11 minutes-affects to community, will it last?

Connect with People
//Think of people and ways you can connect students to experts, community leaders, authors, business people for learning.//
 * NREL National Renewable Energy Lab
 * Local Electric Associations
 * Business Owners/ Installers of
 * TED Talks
 * homeowners that use alternative energy
 * Small Businesses who make decisions on whether to use alt. energy
 * Policy Makers
 * Environmentalist
 * geologist

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//.
 * Ning
 * Wiki*T
 * Google Domain
 * Cover It Live (like the chat part of a webinar)
 * Skype
 * ustreaming

Co-Create
//Think of artifacts and projects that students from DIFFERENT classrooms can co-create relating to STEM.//
 * PSA
 * education for elementary school kids
 * Paper Slide Project
 * Persuasive letter
 * Invention
 * Organize a community event

Be an Idealist
//What do you WISH students would be able to do online together relating to STEM.//
 * see different viewpoints
 * be able to suspend judgment
 * be able to make informed decisions
 * be a risk taker
 * Energy cannot be created or destroyed....
 * There are costs/benefits to all technology decisions