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what is steam to you?

In education, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) is a rapidly growing strategy in many learning settings. In can be found in K-12 classrooms, in museums and other out-of-school-time venues, in higher education, and even in educational toy product development.

In practice, STEAM takes many different forms. It accomplishes different goals, depending on its usage. 

The Innovation Collaborative’s STEAM goals are to provide a strong research base for STEAM effective practices in K-12 and out-of-school-time experiences, lessons, and strategies. The Collaborative also is focused on effective collaboration across disciplines and learning settings.

In this role, the Collaborative is interested in how others perceive STEAM.

• What is STEAM?
• Why is STEAM important in today’s rapidly changing world?
• How can STEAM help promote vital creative (a novel idea) and innovative (applying the novel idea to accomplish a goal) thinking skills?

Join us in this quest to understand STEAM more deeply by sharing YOUR ideas of what STEAM is. Answer any or all of the above questions. You can respond briefly or in depth, but please limit your response to 300 words or less. 

To get a start on your answers to the above questions, review the Collaborative’s position on STEAM at http://www.innovationcollaborative.org/steam-position.html

Click on this link or use the QR code to respond. 

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