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Clayton County conference urges standards-aligned, cross-curricular STEM instruction
Summary
Day two of the Clayton County STEM teacher leader conference highlighted hands-on, standards-aligned approaches and vendor demonstrations designed to help teachers integrate STEM across subjects and build students' problem-solving skills.
Moderator opened the second day of the STEM teacher leader conference with the goal of "empower[ing] our teachers to be able to really understand what STEM learning looks like," saying teachers must tie STEM lessons to standards so "our kids can be successful." The moderator framed the event as a practical professional-development opportunity to make STEM engaging and to develop students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
The moderator said vendor partners were asked to demonstrate classroom-ready uses of devices such as micro:bit and Raspberry Pi and emphasized cross-curricular applications: "how can I use microbits in my social [studies] class, how can I use Raspberry Pi in my math class, and still tie it to standards?" Attendees were told the conference focuses on easy entry points to coding and on integrating technology into everyday lessons rather than treating tech as a separate activity.
