Now is the time to shift our focus from test scores (a dying, oppressive data system) to measuring student AGENCY through classroom reflections, listening sessions, performance assessments, project-based learning, surveys, & more. Sky is the limit! #StreetData Jamila Dugan

More wind tools being tested! Challenging discussions on how to improve it. Engineers working on being able to accept suggestions. It's tough work! Chris Chopp Comstock Schools #STEMAcademy

Boosting Student Engagement Through Project-Based Learning edutopia.org/article/boosti…

Michigan steps up dam removal in race against climate change michiganradio.org/environment-cl… Kalamazoo Nature Center

This happened today at the outdoor classroom! One scholar said, "Look! On this side it's winter and the other side fall. " Chris Chopp Comstock Schools #STEMAcademy

The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies (ET) is poised to reshape the workforce. brookings.edu/articles/the-r… The Brookings Institution OpenAI Google AI

Vanderbilt Law School announces creation of AI Legal Lab news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/11/06/van…

The Kalamazoo RESA Instructional Services Career Connect mobile lab is awesome! I was able to engrave a bubba tumbler with CCC and it only took 15 seconds. xTool Official STEM Academy Middle School students are going to love it. They will get to practice welding with the Miller Welders MobileArc AR system.

From how to teach nature journaling. John Muir Laws productive struggle and understanding that imagination is where compassion grows. Kalamazoo Nature Center The Nature Conservancy GLSI MacKenzie Skalski

117 days until I’m Dr. Chopp. It feels like so much to do in not a lot of time!

#STEM learning isn’t just the robots & coding & expensive resources… It’s also about relationships kids build with each other & building real-world relevant connections to the content. #DailySTEM

2nd grader brought me a sticker that made him think of me! #proudprincipal MEMSPA

It’s that time of the year at the STEM Academy. 3rd grade syrup makers have been hard at work! #mapleSyrup A. Swinehart

There’s so much stuff that you can learn about when you are only six! -Cole 6yo

Encourage growth over anxious assessment. Focus on feedback and progress. NCTM MI STEM Partnership

via @NYTimes ⁦@KaraHaaSciEd⁩ how would Robin Wall Kimmerer respond to Gaia Hypothesis? ⁦Indigenous Environmental Network⁩ nytimes.com/2024/06/24/mag…