Gathering STEAM - Integration from STEM to the Arts 

Held at Baltimore’s prestigious Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, participants will find the Gathering STEAM Conference an informative and interactive gathering bringing together secondary school educators, students, educational non-profits, colleges, and others who believe that integration across all content areas is necessary for student success.  We want to bring an educational balance for every student from STEM to the humanities to the arts.  Conference participants will help Innovate Our World (IOW) find ways to help educators with tools, techniques, and methods that work in real-life school settings.

Attendees: Grade 7-12 educators and students, college educators, and interested professionals located in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Location: The Engineers Club, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21201.  Located in historic Mount Vernon across from the Walters Art Museum.  See www.esb.org for additional directions and parking information.

Why are we meeting?

• Learn about STEAM and why it is important for college and career
• Contribute to the development of STEAM opportunities and resources
• Tell others how you have integrated across the curriculum
• Have your students show us the benefits of STEAM

Educator presentations, featured speakers, panels, and new student team challenges will be presented.  Get involved by presenting on a topic of interest or join one of our panel sessions.  Educators who attend the Conference are eligible for a Challenge Educator stipend and can win a free iPad (must be present to win)!

Bountiful breakfast and buffet lunch are provided.

Program Highlights

Featured Speakers (to date - more to come)

Valerie Casasanto, UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems & Technology

Kevin Costa, Education Director, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

D. Neal McDonald, Assistant Professor, Animation & Interactive Media, UMBC

Jenna Frye, Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Maria Barbosa, GAIN and AEMS

Plus several more!

Seeking educator and student presentations for the following topic areas:

Inspire!    How to use STEM and the Arts to inspire students to learn, think creatively, and look forward to college and career. 

• Inspring in and out of the Classroom
• STEM for a wider audience
• What’s happening in Arts Integration

Integrate  How to bring STEM and the Arts together to build STEAM!

• Successful stories of integrating STEM and the Arts (STEAM)
• Using techniques such as project-based learning (PBL) and UDL
• Using tools and technologies such as videogames to teach art, history, sciences, and more

Innovate  Challenges to get students thinking innovatively and working together

• Students Strike Back!  How students have successfully invoked STEAM

All presentations are 15 minutes long.  Presenters are exempt from the conference fee (choose pay later at door option).  If you’re interested in presenting, please submit by going to www.innovateourworld.org/conference.htm

Student Team Challenges

Two student team challenges will be introduced.  These challenges will bring high school students with different skills together on a school-year project.  These teams will design a lunar payload eligible for an actual Moon mission and other teams will create content for a location-based mobile app that features places, people, or events in their local area.  Finalist teams will be asked to present their work at the 2013 I³ Conference.  Challenges will be introduced by some of our sponsors:

• Moon Mission Challenge - Sponsored by Astrobotic Technology
• WhyHere? App Challenge – Sponsored by Mindgrub Technologies

More information on the challenges can be found at: www.innovateourworld.org/programs.htm

Registration:  Before June 1, 2012, the conference cost is $15 with students and presenters at no cost.  After May 31, registration is $25.  Easy registration is below. 

For additional information and questions, please email us at: info@innovateourworld.org.