Fall 2022 Newsletter

Fall 2022

The Innovation Collaborative is a national transdisciplinary forum to foster creativity, innovation, and equity in teaching and learning.

INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE FIELD

Research Thought Leaders

NEUROSCIENCE, CREATIVITY, AND INNOVATION: A COLLABORATIVE THOUGHT LEADER CONVERSATION – PART 2

The Collaborative’s Research Thought Leaders help provide the strong research foundation upon which the Collaborative’s work rests. Each Thought Leader is nationally and internationally recognized in their own field and brings an extensive depth of experience and expertise. They also are adept at working across disciplines. Read more...

Sandi Chapman, PhD

Bonnie Cramons, PhD

Innovation Collaborative News

COLLABORATIVE LAUNCHES STEAM TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATO R PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONALLY

The Innovation Collaborative is now offering its research-based STEAM professional development (PD) to teachers, administrators, and schools across the U.S. in in-person, online, and hybrid formats. Read more...

COLLABORATIVE WELCOMES NEW FELLOWS

The first Collaborative Fellows were identified in the Collaborative’s initial round of K-12 STEAM effective practices research. Additional Fellows are added periodically, based on their excellence in teaching and administration and their abilities to move the STEAM field forward. Welcome to Melissa Collins, Charles Hayes, Anne Ludes, and Carla Neely. Meet al l eleven fellows on our website...

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Would you like to be up to date on the latest news in the STEAM world? Be the first to receive information about Collaborative STEAM lessons, STEAM teacher and administrator professional development, and much more that the Collaborative offers. Read more...

From the Field

NEWS FROM THE FIELD

Here are some shorter stories and ideas about STEAM from the field, including:

An overview of Latinitas, a Texas-based institution inspiring young women of color to become future leaders by immersing them in media and technology,
Employing engineering to contribute to transdisciplinary learning,
A paper entitled “Imagination and the Arts as Antidotes for STEM Education Malaise and Alienation’,
Amazing images of star trails, airglow, and an Earth-bound thunderstorm’s lightning flashes – from outer space, and more!

CHECK THEM OUT HERE

Here are the highlights of some notable articles in STEM Integration, including:

A research-based artist that has found dynamic ways to confront conversations about female empowerment, motherhood, and labor in her artwork,
Students that leap over disciplinary boundaries in their efforts to reduce the impact of plastic water bottles,
Recruiting more women to engineering by demonstrating the opportunity for altruism, and more!