Sowing the Seeds of STEM Through TechnoFashion

Presentation at CodeMash2017 - Sowing Seeds of STEM through Technofashion.

Technology is both a rising force in our everyday lives, and one of the fastest growing job sectors. How can we get more young people engaged in the field while making sure that companies have a diverse workforce? To answer that question various partners in Central Ohio came together to offer an immersive experience in techno-fashion, for girls. The highly desired and attended event offered stations exploring techno-fashion topics such as data analytics, prototyping, patterns, electronic hardware and coding. Tony Wagner stated in his book Creating Innovators that a pattern of “play to passion to purpose” will encourage innovative thinking by nurturing curiosity and inquisitiveness of young people. In order to attract and grow more women in technology we must create supportive environments that sparks a passion. Participants of this talk will learn about how to empower more girls into technology as well as gain insight on how to run a similar event in their area.

Transcript

1. January 11, 2017 Sowing the Seeds of STEM Through Techno-Fashion Presented by Kimberly Clavin, Ninjaneer
2. Outline Introduction Why STEM? What is STEM? Current State How can I help? Open Discussion
3. Introduction
4. Kimberly Clavin Ninjaneer Pillar Technology “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamer of dreams.” O’Shaughnessy and Willy Wonka • Masters in Acoustic Engineering • Corporate • Higher Ed. • K-12 kclavin@pillartechnology.com @clavinator @kimberlyclavin
5. Why STEM?
6. Technology Changing at Lightening Speed “65 percent of today’s school children will eventually be employed in jobs that have yet to be created.” U.S. Department of Labor report Top 4 IT Jobs in 2017 (Forbes report) • Data Diplomat • App Artist • Cloud Coaches • Security Strategist From 2008 to 2018, STEM jobs are expected to grow 17.0 percent compared to just 9.8 percent for non-STEM jobs. STEM career field workers maybe on average $9/hour more than non-STEM field workers. Why STEM?
7. STEM Careers "The market for STEM jobs is bigger, actually significantly bigger, than most other studies have reported in the past," says Burning Glass Chief Executive Officer Matt Sigelman. "We also found that graduates in STEM fields have much better prospects, both because they are competing for a large number of jobs...but also because they make substantially more."
8. What is STEM?
9. Wanted: Soft Skills! National National Association of Colleges and Employers Regional Columbus 2020 Local City of Dublin, Ohio Top Desired Skills Communication Collaboration Prioritize Critical Thinking Creativity Grit Risk Technical Knowledge
10. CollegeData.com What Colleges Want Ohio State University
11. Ideal Student Core Skills for College, Career & Life
12. • Financial Literacy • Caring for Clothes • Food Skills • Agility/Flexibility • Time Management • Handling Stress Life Skills and Beyond
13. Current State
14. Past, Present and Future of Learning Part 1
15. Past (B.C. era) Current Future Learn by Doing (Constructivism) Formal & Forced Adaptive & Passion Based Collaborative Siloed Social Peer to Peer Informal & Passion Based Objectivism Immersion (Constructivism)
16. Workforce Ready Student Focused Instruction - + Agile Learning Eco-System People Parents Teachers Students Government Workforce Operational and Environmental (Politics, Culture, Infrastructure) + Data Collection Measured Error Measured Output System Output This component is missing. Schools Focus Here
17. NEED: Corporations Drive Education Education PUSH PULL Corporations
18. How can I help?
19. STEM Components Examples and Research Arts (Start at 2 min) Creativity (Start at 8:45 min) Innovation (Start at 7:30 min)
20. Pipelines to Careers Wearables and Techno-Fashion is of high interest to kids! Using passion to teach the fusion of art and technology has proven success. Pillar Technology along with Columbus College of Art and Design and Gap offered a Techno-Fashion workshop for CoolTechGirls. CoolTechGirls is an organization for girls 8-18 years old interested in STEAM fields.
21. Pillar’s Techno-Fashion Techno-Fashion Workshop
22. Education How to Engage Locate Organizations in your Town • Tech Corp, Girl Scouts, First Robotics, National Robotics, Invention Convention, Science Fair What is the Passion Topics? • Kids, Community, YOU Partnerships with other Companies • Co-organize, sponsors, etc. Venue/Event • Workshop, Camp, Mentoring Contact Schools • Teachers, Principals, Administration
23. What can parents do? • Fight or Flight ◦ Don’t smother ◦ Provide resources, skillfully • Approaches ◦ Maker Monday, Wondering Wednesday ◦ It’s never an answer, it’s a milestone ◦ The Negotiator ◦ Risk Management - Build Experiences and talk about it. ◦ Prioritize It ◦ Reverse Engineering ◦ Parents vs. Robbers (Problem Solving) ◦ Creative Spaces ◦ To be or not to be (What career would…..) ◦ Experience It!
24. Experience Architects Adafruit & SparkFun https://www.adafruit.com/ https://www.sparkfun.com/ Excellent tutorials and a plethora of shopping. Wonderopolis http://wonderopolis.org/ A wonder a day! Ted Ed https://ed.ted.com/ Engaging videos on many educational topics. Kids love it! DIY http://www.diy.com/ Community driven, cool projects. More than just technology and fashion. Responsible for facilitating, generating and executing great user experiences for our clients and their end users. Acting as a coach, mentor and lead for both internal teams as well as an advocate for our clients’ needs, our experience architects are true veterans of human-centered design, interaction design and design research. Resources Curiosity Machine https://www.curiositymachine.org/ Design, Build, Test fun projects with scientific background presented. Great community to share!
25. Open Discussion
26. Past, Present and Future of Learning Part 2 & 3