1. STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

2. Engaging Students in STEM Learning presented by Linda Nitsche professional blog: http://nitschenotes.blogspot.com professional website: http://nitschenotes.wikispaces.com

3. 21 st Century Skills In our current system, creativity is and elective an innovation is a vocabulary word.

4. world sense

5. integrate theory

6. project based

7. novel situations

8. solve problems

9. foster creativity

10. technologically literate

11. why STEM

12. Tech Professionals of 2020

13. 21 st Century Skills “…an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.” -How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006

14. growth field

15. modelingvideoconferencingproblem solving to simulationsto virtual worldsto programming

16. STEM Coalition STEM Coalition believe that all nations must improve the way our students learn science, mathematics, technology and engineering and that the business, education, and STEM communities must work together to achieve this goal.

17. HP Catalyst Initiative HP is building a global network of consortia that is developing more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The goal is to transform STEM learning and teaching, and to inspire students to use their technical and creative ingenuity to address urgent social challenges in their communities and around the world.

18. Catalyst Consortia's

19. Consortiums

20. Creating global STEM excitement and standards is the grand vision of HP Catalyst project

21. We invite you to be involved http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/sociali nnovation/catalyst.html