1. STEM is truly the most important and groundbreaking movement to happen in education in many, many decades. Dewey, Montessori, and Piaget would be proud.
2. There is an incredible network of teachers who are completely psyched and ready to collaborate on STEM topics.
3. The best early elementary teachers are pushing for relevant technology content and learning opportunities. Technology is NOT just the companion of children 10 and older. Our youngest learners can and should have opportunities to program, design, and explore the aligned worlds of technology and engineering.
ING annually awards 100 educators with $2,000 to spend on projects that they feel passionate about. I entered with the idea of bringing real and tangible technology and engineering to our youngest minds at The Woods. I am delighted, humbled, and shocked to announce that ING selected this project as an award recipient. Thanks to their generosity, our Lower School will have a new rolling engineering cart stocked with re-usable learning materials.
I am psyched. A tiny bit overwhelmed by the work that needs to be done. More than anything, I feel blessed to be an educator and so humbled that companies like ING recognize the importance of infusing creative ideas and materials into education.
For more information on the scholarship, the link is below:
http://ing.us/about-ing/responsibility/childrens-education/ing-unsung-heroes/about-ing-unsung-heroes
