July 13 • Day 1

Today in History

This Day in History
1896 August Kekulé, German chemist and academic died
1930 First Soccer World Cup was held in Uruguay. The United States beat Belgium 3-0.
1944 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik’s Cube
1951 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter died
1954 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter died
1973 Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the “Nixon tapes” to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.

Today in Chicago

   Welcome!

  • Get to know you activity
  • STEM/Cosmos
 

Today in History

   

World of Wonder

 

Shoot and Tweet Intro 

Introductions

  • To each other
application, computer, logo, pc, windows icon  

Surface Setup

planet, space, telestial, univearse icon Why Cosmos?

puzzle, strategy, teamwork icon Big Picture with Punya & Candace

  • Get to know the program
book, library, pages, reading icon Discussion of readings

Three big ideas to be tweeted using #MSUrbanSTEM

Lunch
Tech Tips

Technology

  • Course site & Facebook
Forming Groups

  • Finding a name and “introducing the groups” activity
Assignment of Days to Groups

  • World of Wonder
  • Storify
  • Tech Tips
Survey(s) & Consent Agreements

  1. Beliefs about STEM Teaching & Learning (STEM Conception) #1
    https://broad.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6s7AHnP1w2cXmRv
  2. Beliefs about Teaching: (TES & creativity) #2
    https://broad.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0dfUXoxoxkJuvKR
  3. Technology & Teaching (TPACK) #3
    https://broad.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_agdjMaiLwklzkot
  4. Leadership (ELSI) #4
    https://broad.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9uhM7DtO2Y3MZ7v
  Reflection Time

  • Today’s Moment of WOW
Video to End the Day: The three pathologies of learning

Homework

Complete the following readings and be prepared to discuss in class

While you are reading, think about how the four key capacities Mansilla & Gardner mention relate to your discipline.