EDUCATING STEM

Speakers and Dates

DESIGN with David Jakes
and
VISION with *Chris Lehmann
December 17
8:30am - 2:30pm

INVENT with *Sylvia Martinez

January 16
9am - 1pm

INQUIRE with *Larry Rosenstock

February (date TBA)
9am - 1pm

APPLY with Kim Navarroli and

Paul Murawski
March (date TBA)
9am - 1pm

- lunch provided with all sessions

- all sessions held at Southern Tier
West BOCES Center
*indicates STEM experts present
via video conference

Intended Audience
STEM Leaders and Lead
Teachers interested in learning
and sharing about STEM
education and sharing local
successes with other educators.
SPACE IS LIMITED
First come, first serve

Registration
Please contact Laurie Sledge
for registration so that your
attendance can be anticipated.
716-376-8357
laurie_sledge@caboces.org

Educating STEM Series

A STEM education is content-in-context; it is future focused.
As we strive to develop schools where students experience
content-in-context, through 21st century instruction, Educating
STEM provides a series of high-profile speaking engagements
bringing big-picture thinking to STEM education discussions in our
local community.
Rather than centering on exploring career fields, Educating STEM
will provide a focus on the pedagogical understandings for STEM
education that bring context to integrated content.
Focusing on five themes: design, vision, invention, inquiry, and
application, Educating STEM provides the space to compare
individual visions of STEM education with highly successful national
models, highlight regional best practices, and deeply explore the
question, How do todays schools transform into STEM schools?
Our STEM themes will:
DESIGN - explore the process of design as a methodology for the
development, implementation, and evaluation of a STEM education
program. How can innovation and invention be used to create a STEM
experience?
VISION - explore vision and goal setting within a system, and its impact
on faculty, staff, and students. How do we lead STEM education?
INVENT - explore the Maker Movement, a sound pedagogical design in
STEM learning. Are we ready for students to construct and invent?
INQUIRE - explore how the inquiry process can be brought to STEM
learning through projects and problems. How can PBL be something
that helps us integrate content and build context?
APPLY - revisit the design process to apply and integrate the ideas of
the Educating STEM series into a vision for moving forward. What will
be your declaration and invitation into a contemporary STEM experience
for your students?

Educating STEM Themes and Speakers

DESIGN with David Jakes

December 17 - 8:30am to 2:30pm - Southern Tier
West, Salamanca
A recognized expert in the educational technology
field, David Jakes will focus on the increased need
to develop agile 21st century, personalized and
digitally-enhanced learning environments. David
works alongside of CannonDesign leaders to
expand Education Practice.
Davids educational thought leadership
encompasses digital storytelling, cloud-based
learning environments and their relationship to
physical learning spaces, mobile learning,
professional development, and the use and impact
of social media in education. His command of social
media will enable CannonDesign to be the professional voice in the evolving conversation of primary,
secondary, post-graduate and adult education.
"For me, design provides a landscape for innovation; a way to think and rethink what education is and can
be, while focusing deeply on the needs of students and their learning," said David.
He has spent the last three decades in education as a teacher, technologist, storyteller and designer, most
recently overseeing all technology and library services as the Coordinator of Instructional Technology and
Information Services at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, IL. David is a frequent speaker at national
and international educational technology conferences.
Registered participants will receive a copy of Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology, by Richard
Halverson and Allan Collins.

Session Description:
Design is a process that can be used by educators to design innovative and human-centered learning
experiences. In this session, learn and apply a design thinking approach to the development,
implementation, and evaluation of a STEM education program. Youll learn how the process of design
thinking can be used to initiate and sustain organizational change and development, and provide a
construct for the creation of creative and innovative solutions to the challenges faced by education. This
session will also provide a framework for understanding how the topics of this series can combine to create
a new ecology for learning based in an integration of science, technology, engineering and math.

Session Goals: Participants will be able to:

Describe the process of design thinking

Discuss the role that empathy, ideation, prototyping and iteration have in the process
of design

Define trends and develop design drivers from data collected through a wide-range of
ethnographic techniques

Develop a capacity to rapid prototype and test design solutions

Explain how design thinking can be utilized as a pedagogical approach within the context of a STEM
education

Explain how the process of design thinking can be used to address the challenges and opportunities,
including the development of STEM educational opportunities.

VISION with Chris Lehmann (Confirmed)

December 17 - via Video Conference @ Southern Tier West (included
within the session with David Jakes)
Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership
Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in
Philadelphia, PA. The Science Leadership Academy is an inquiry-driven,
project-based, 1:1 laptop school that is considered to be one of the
pioneers of the School 2.0 movement nationally and internationally. The
school was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the Ten Most
Amazing Schools in the US, has been recognized as an Apple
Distinguished School from 2009 through 2013 and has been written about
in many publications including Edutopia Magazine, EdWeek and the
Philadelphia Inquirer. In September 2013, Chris opened Science
Leadership Academy @ Beeber campus, the second campus in the SLA model. Chris returned to his native
Philadelphia after nine years as an English Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Girls Basketball Coach and
Ultimate Frisbee coach at the Beacon School in New York City, one of the leading urban public schools for
technology integration.
Registered participants will receive a copy of Bringing Innovation to School by
Suzie Boss.

INVENT with Sylvia Martinez (Confirmed)

January 16 - 9am to 1pm - via Video Conference @ Southern Tier West
Sylvia works in schools around the world to bring the power of authentic
learning into classrooms, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math (STEM) subjects. Sylvia speaks, writes, and advocates for studentcentered, project-based learning, gender equity in technology, computer
programming, and life-long learning. For the past ten years, Sylvia was
President of Generation YES, a non-profit with a mission of empowering
young people to improve their schools and communities with modern
technology. Previous to Generation YES, Sylvia was in charge of product
development at several software publishers, designing and creating video games and educational software.
Sylvia also had a career in aerospace engineering as a senior scientist on the GPS navigational satellite
system research and development. She holds a masters in educational technology and a bachelors in
electrical engineering.
Registered participants will receive a copy of Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez.

INQUIRE with Larry Rosenstock

February (date TBA) 9am to 1pm - via Video Conference @ Southern Tier
West
Larry Rosenstock is the founder and CEO of High Tech High, a network of
public charter schools focused on project-based learning.
Larry taught carpentry in urban high schools for eleven years before
working as staff attorney at the Harvard Center for Law and Education.
Returning to public schools, he served as Director of the Rindge School of
Technical Arts and then Principal of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Mr. Rosenstock directed the New Urban High School Project of the U.S.
Department of Education. He has served as a lecturer at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education and a Visiting Associate Professor at UC
Berkeley School of Education.
Larry is the recipient of the Ashoka Fellowship and the McGraw Prize in
Education, and serves as an advisor to numerous commissions and boards nationally and internationally. He
holds a JD from Boston University Law School, an M.Ed from Cambridge College, a BA from Brandeis
University and a Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa from Cambridge College.
High Tech High Learning now comprises twelve K-12 schools, a teacher-credentialing program, and a
graduate school of education.
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Registered participants will receive a copy of Authentic Learning Experiences, by Dayna Laur

APPLY with Kim Navarroli and Paul Murawski (confirmed)

March (date TBA) 9am to 1pm at Southern Tier West
Kim and Paul, from CannonDesign, will facilitate our final session in the
series. The session will be an introduction to the importance of space
as third teacher and how spaces are designed to reflect the desired
student experience.
Participants will also revisit the design process, and identification of the
key elements that resonated with them as they proceeded through the
series. These key elements would influence the drivers of the
experience they want for their students in their school district.
Registered participants will receive a copy of The Third Teacher by
CannonDesign, VS Furniture and Bruce Mau Design

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