With the oncoming wave of Baby Boomer retirements, employers across the entire country are asking themselves where they are going to find the next group of employees with the problem solving skills and ingenuity to suit their job needs. Organizations will be competing left and right to gain adaptable, resourceful workers, and the common solution…
Video games being used as educational tools in the classroom has been an oft-discussed topic, and it’s great to see when they are used effectively in real life situations. For example, the classrooms of Hank Lanipher and Amy Yount, two social studies teachers at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School in Washington. They use Minecraft as…
Starting this summer from July 8 to the 19th, REALM Charter High School in Berkeley, CA will be holding a camp for girls ages 9-12 focused around design and building called Studio G. It is self-described as “a one-of-a-kind design and building summer camp that sparks creativity and curiosity through hands-on building, problem-solving, and meaningful…
What is it? The Duke STEAM Challenge is an initiative encouraging students to show their skills in STEAM related fields. The Challenge consists of two events, each with various prize rewards. The STEAMy Summer Challenge has just recently launched, and sporting a grand prize of $1000, challenges you to show why STEAM matters to you….
The National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition that aims to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games. Join the new faces of game design and start designing today! Visit http://stemchallenge.org/ to learn more or submit your game! Deadline is April 24,…
The Claremont Graduate University’s Transdisciplinary Studies program has just released the inaugural issue of their STEAM Journal! A “transdisciplinary, international, theory-practice, peer-reviewed, academic, open access, online journal”, the CGU STEAM Journal serves as a place for scholars and professionals of a variety of disciplines to provide commentary, ideas, and information. This online journal, with its…
Charades for Good We’ve all seen the television ads and movements raising awareness for charitable causes, but this one is a truly unique example of using Gamification to bring people together and gather support for charity. Good World Games is “all about Gaming for Good”. They create games that serve as both community-builders and fundraisers, most…
STEAM Girls! One of the big aims of the STEAM movement is to involve youth in the sciences and encourage their creative processes through art. That’s exactly what Cool Girls Science and Art Club is doing, encouraging elementary school girls to learn about everything from arts, robotics, and “explosions!”. Based out of Boulder, Colorado, the…
James Powderly, street performer and ex-NASA employee, describes himself as “somewhere between an artist and an engineer”. Well, after you see some of the amazing things he has done with projection mapping and his art, you’ll agree that he has both enhanced art with engineering, vise versa, and really showcases the power of STEM…
