Young STEAM ambassadors

Juli Salzman, Music Specialist, Northside Elementary, Angleton, TX

 We had some 2nd graders present uses of technology in the music classroom at our district’s Technology Showcase. They did such a great job that three other teachers and I selected and coached a group of eighteen 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to become STEAM Ambassadors. We taught them how to make presentations and confidently speak to groups about STEAM activities and benefits.  We presented at the Music and Technology Conference of Houston during the 2017-18 school year.  The kids also  presented the music items they shared with elementary music teachers in the Greater Houston area.  Marcelo Caplan, from Columbia University of Chicago and the creator of an awesome after-school STEAM program in the Chicago area was the keynote speaker.

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