1. A program of the Florida High Tech Corridor
stemCONNECT
A program of the Florida High Tech Corridor

2. Corridor Leadership Co-Chairs Dr. Dale Whittaker President
University of Central Florida
Judy Genshaft
President
University of South Florida
Dr. Kent Fuchs
President
University of Florida
Ed Schons
President
The Florida High Tech Corridor
Corridor Leadership

3. Bringing High Tech Industry and a Highly Trained workforce to Florida.
University of Florida, University of Central Florida, and University of South Florida
14 State/Community College
23 School Districts
Economic Development Organizations, Technology Incubators, and more.
Funded by Florida Legislature.

4. Workforce Development: Expert Speakers in the classroom to showcase relevant careers and reinforce classroom topics.

5. About stemCONNECT
Online Connections between Classrooms and Experts in a 45 minute session.
Simple for Everyone

6. Connecting Elementary, Middle, and High School

7. Why have a speaker? Reinforce Classroom Topics Show a Relevant Career
Introduce a real-world application
Opportunity for students to see other Role Models and other Mentors.

8. Best reasons to use stemCONNECT
FREE! It will never cost anything to use in your classroom.
We work with your schedule.

9. TOPICS Science Technology Engineering Art Math Agriculture Health
*All topics are not listed. These are the most popular requested sessions. If we do not have an expert for a topic, we will find one.
Science
Agriculture
Health
Astronomy
Chemistry
Forensics
Technology
Cyber Security
Video Production
Computer Science
Biotechnology
Engineering
Robotics
Modeling and Simulation
Manufacturing
Optics & Photonics
Art
Graphic Design
Lighting & Sound Design
Marketing
Math
Financial
Real Estate
3D Design
Physics

10. Points of Conversation
Career Information: What’s a day in the job like?
Educational Requirements: What does it take to get the job?
Reinforce a classroom idea and that STEM is important.
Personal Stories: Not everyone’s career path is the same.

11. 2. Request/Join a Session
The Process
1. Register as a Teacher
2. Request/Join a Session
3. Join a Test Session
4. Join the Live Session!

12. Teacher Registration flstemconnect.com
We will not share your contact information.
Cell Phone used only for day of event.
Send out session information based on the subject and grade you teach.

13. Request or Join a Session
Online Form
Phone
Join
Upcoming Session Calendar
Twitter
Links in s

14. Special Event Sessions
Offer Special Events through out the year.
Continuous stream where you can come and go as you please.
All you have to do is register.
Information through our list.
Recordings are made available at the end of the session.
Coming Up: Digital Learning Day: 8 Hours of 8 different sessions showcasing various industries.

15. Hosting a Session You will need: Webcam (We can provide this)
Projector & Speakers
Computer
Internet Access
We will:
Run a Test Session
Monitor/Manage the Sessions
Take Suggestions

16. Our Online Video Archive
Pre-recorded sessions are available upon request.

17. How to be involved www.flstemconnect.com (Web & Mobile Friendly)
LinkedIn:

18. Ways to Sign Up/Request a Session
Class Information
Topic
Dates/Days/Times
Can we record?
Online
Social Media
Call: or

19. Registration & Questions!
Thank you for joining our stemCONNECT session!