#STEM Education Tweeps on Twitter

I thought it would be helpful to post a list of "tweeps" (people on Twitter) who are leading the discussion about STEM Education. This way you don't have to manually try to find all of them on your own!

I'll keep the list updated as I find more #STEM Tweeple!

@stemschools - The STEM School Blog

@PASTEM - PA STEM Initiative

@StamfordStem – Stamford Stem

@vivascience  - Viva Science!

@STEMPartnership - Michigan STEM Partnership

@CADREK12 -  The DR K-12 Network

@STEMschool – STEMschool.org

@mousesquad_ca – Mouse Squad of California (MSCA)

@SciGirls – SciGirls

@BOTBKC – Battle of the Brains

@OppEquation – Opportunity Equation

@TriCoalition – Triangle Coalition

@SciAfterSchool – The Coalition for Science After School

@NWRegSTEM – Northwest Regional STEM Conference

@IUPUI_STEM - IUPUI STEM Feed

@ncnewschools – North Carolina New Schools Project

@crscience - Community Resources for Science

@STEMConnector – STEMconnector

@PCSRobotics – PCS Robotics

@changeequation – Change the Equation

@EmpireSTEM – The Empire State STEM Learning Network

@STEMAhead – STEM Ahead

@cstemorg – CSTEM

@stemnetwork – Mr. Jim Forde

@ConnectMinds – Connect A Million Minds

@bridgetoscience – Nature Publishing Group’s Bridge to Science

@BreakThruGSAA – BreakThru

@MeaganRoss – Meagan Ross

@STEMEdCenter – The STEM Education Center (University of Minnesota)

@STEM_Outreach – Newcastle College STEM Outreach

@STEMGeorgia – STEM Georgia

@TeachingSTEM – Teaching STEM

@getSTEM -  get STEM

@STEMEduc – STEM Education

@leache – Edward Leach, Director of the STEMtech conference

Please leave a comment if you know of a relevant name missing from this list. Don’t forget to share this with your STEM friends and colleagues!

STEM the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America by David E. Drew

One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople such as Bill Gates warn that this alarming situation puts the United States at a serious disadvantage in the high-tech global marketplace of the twenty-first century, and President Obama places improvement in these areas at the center of his educational reform. What can be done to reverse this poor performance and to unleash America's wasted talent?

David E. Drew has good news—and the tools America needs to keep competitive. Drawing on both academic literature and his own rich experience, Drew identifies proven strategies for reforming America's schools, colleges, and universities, and his comprehensive review of STEM education in the United States offers a positive blueprint for the future. These research-based strategies include creative and successful methods for building strong programs in science and mathematics education and show how the achievement gap between majority and minority students can be closed. A crucial measure, he argues, is recruiting, educating, supporting, and respecting America's teachers.

To secure a competitive advantage both in the knowledge economy and in economic development more broadly, America needs a highly skilled, college-educated workforce and cutting-edge university research. Drew makes the case that reforming science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to meet these demands, with an emphasis on reaching historically underserved students, is essential to the long-term prosperity of the United States.

Accessible, engaging, and hard hitting, STEM the Tide is a clarion call to policymakers, administrators, educators, and everyone else concerned

 

Amazon: STEM the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America

Florida Gov. Scott seeks to end some degrees

In an interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida Governor Rick Scott proposed cutting funding for liberal arts education and degrees that "don't offer a good return on investment."

“If I’m going to take money from a citizen to put into education then I’m going to take that money to create jobs,” Scott said. “So I want that money to go to degrees where people can get jobs in this state.”

Psychology and Anthropology are just two of the subjects Scott feels don't deserve tax revenue to sustain, which he believes are subsidized by the state university system.

"Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don't think so."

Governor Scott instead wants to use that money to fund STEM programs that he believes will create more jobs in Florida.

This decision is sure to stir up a heated debate. Where do you stand? Should some disciplines be left behind for the sake of job creation?

Technology 15 Years Ago

Some of you may be too young to remember 1996, but if you do, then you remember when Walkmans, Boom Boxes, and gigantic cell phones that can only do one thing were the technological norm.



Computers today have 500-1000x more RAM, HD, etc., and are way less than half the price.

If you want to have a technology flashback, check out this Best Buy Flyer from September 1996 to see the differences between then and now.