STEMScience, Technology, Engineering

and Mathematics

Engaging Students in

STEM Learning

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21st Century Skills

In our current system, creativity is and

elective an innovation is a vocabulary word.

world sense

integrate theory

project based

novel situations

solve problems

foster creativity

technologically literate

why STEM

Tech Professionals of 2020

21st Century Skills

• “…an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.”

-How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006

growth field

modeling videoconferencing problem solving

to simulations to virtual worlds to programming

STEM Coalition

• STEM Coalition believe that all nations must improve the way our students learn science, mathematics, technology and engineering and that the business, education, and STEM communities must work together to achieve this goal.

HP Catalyst Initiative• HP is building a global network of consortia that is

developing more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The goal is to transform STEM learning and teaching, and to inspire students to use their technical and creative ingenuity to address urgent social challenges in their communities and around the world.

Catalyst Consortia's

Consortiums

Creating global STEMexcitement and standards is

the grand vision of HP Catalystproject

We invite you to be involved

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/sociali

nnovation/catalyst.html