Colleenkennedy from United States: Will We Be Able to View This Again After the Inital Airing?

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colleenkennedy from United States: will we be able to view this again after the inital airing?

The edWeb Team: Yes, the recording, slides, and chat log for today's webinar will be posted in our free Implementing Common Core Standards in Math community at

colleenkennedy from United States: i like to go back and review my notes. Great thanks!

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So Yoon Yoon from TX: Hello~

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Lots of people are one, maybe try just Sara and Johannes together

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: *on

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: Good afternoon from Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, TN. I am the Director of iLearn Program ( My Twitter handle is @drmmtatom

The edWeb Team: Hi Dr. Tatom!

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: I have been following Wes Fryers' @STEMseeds on Twitter

Linda Edwards: Hi Linda Edwards here, I am from Texas A&M

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Anyone teaching over the summer?

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: We'd love to hear what you wil be teaching...

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: I'm teaching! month-long math summer institute for grades 6-9 teachers (July) and 2-week math summer institute for grades 3-6 teachers

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: oh yes! :)

Leigh Wilson from Berea Community Elementary: Leigh Wilson Kindergarten screening

Leigh Wilson from Berea Community Elementary: correct. Berea Ky it is

Leigh Wilson from Berea Community Elementary: Thank you

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Martha Green from Texas A: Hi I am Martha Green from Texas A&M University. I will be doing a series of technology workshops for middle school and high school teacheers including...Creating a Digital Math-eo: Mathematics Problem Solving for Elementary & Middle School.

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: And non-educators think teachers get the summer off!

Gregg Willliams from Atco, NJ: Mathematics teacher 9-12 Winslow HS

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: Here is @STEMseeds website:

Irina Pyanzina from Russia: Big hello from Siberia

Irina Pyanzina from Russia: now it's 2 am)

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Such devoted edWebbers :)

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: @STEMseeds has now done 5 Google+ Hangouts On Air programs

Irina Pyanzina from Russia: thanx)

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: thank you for sharing Monte, I will have to pin these resources and check them out later!

John Lucyk: Gifted teacher, Florida

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: I am sure we can work a STEM conenction into that dance - something about light and motion?

John Lucyk: Seminole next door to you

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: I was just on a webinar with OCPS!

John Lucyk: have fun

Leigh Wilson from Berea Community Elementary: I will be heading to Port St Joe in 2 weeks! Yay!

John Lucyk: Cecelia, what was the name of the webnair?

Jacqueline R. Clark from Winslow, NJ: Jacqueline Clark Winslow High School , NJ Hello all

sacatoe from North Springs: hello from Columbia SC

lisameeks from wcpss: I teach a 1st - 5th grade stem classes

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Hi. Do you have us all "muted?" Or is there some setting in this screen I need to be sure to use?

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: @John--A Tale of Two Districts: Making Curricular Decisions for the Common Core

sacatoe from North Springs: We teach STEMS kindergarten thru 5th grade

John Lucyk: Thank you

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Thanks! Working from home office today...may be the dogs barking. :) By the way, I teach for NorthWest Arkansas Community College as well as the University of AR at Little Rock.

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Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Deborah Graham--NBPS in NJ?

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Deborah Graham from New Brunswick: Deborah Graham, New Brunswick NJ

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Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: hello Deborah! small world! I work with Jennifer, Lynda, and Amy with the New Brunswick math PLC for grades 6-8

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Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: Hi everyone!

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Yes...welcome, Jessica!

The edWeb Team: Triangle Coalition for STEM Education:

Stephanie Willett from WDC: I have no audio. Is there a seperate dial in # for it??

RANJANA from INDIA: Hello from India

The edWeb Team: Hi Stephanie, is the volume on your computer turned up? You may also want to refresh your browser

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Stephanie...I am using a headset with my laptop and made sure to disable my laptop speakers...but that the sound is not muted. Does that help?

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: And Stephanie...we are "muted" with respect to their webinar software. We are in listening mode with option of using chat.

RANJANA from INDIA: Hello Sir

Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: @Stephanie the audio should be coming through your computer. Try refreshing your page if you're not hearing.

Stephanie Willett from WDC: thanks

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: chocolate engineering?!yummy :)

Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: :-)

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Gender stereotype pressures...culturally embedded...

Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: clever title! picky-eater syndrome :-)

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Sara Moore from Vernon Hills, IL: It's a great analogy - I don't like broccoli and I'm sure of that even if I have never tasted it.

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: How do these stats match up against similar stats for other careers and interests?

Donna Fischer from New Brunswick, NJ: I like it when little kids tell you that they don't like ice cream, although they have never had it

Sara Moore from Vernon Hills, IL: Exactly, Donna!

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Maybe not taught in a deliberate fashion, however...

Donna Fischer from New Brunswick, NJ: i simply click on the poll, correct?

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Yes.

The edWeb Team: Correct, Donna - on the wite bubbles to the left

The edWeb Team: white*

Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: I think sometimes it may be taught but teachers may not realize it is STEM--especially engineering :-)

Donna Fischer from New Brunswick, NJ: thanks - that's what I usually do, but I was never sure if i was being 'registered' or not

The edWeb Team: If you're doing, that you're definitely being counted. No worries!

sacatoe from North Springs: Are you planning on sending us the slide show? We are trying to take notes and would rather spend time listening instead of writing!

The edWeb Team: The recording, slides, and chat log for today's webinar will be posted in our free Implementing Common Core Standards in Math community at

sacatoe from North Springs: thank you!

The edWeb Team: You're welcome!

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Ha! Love the STEM "peanut suits."

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: sacatoe from North Springs ~ I am also Tweeting info using #edwebchat

catherine butler from United States: Public concern is there, but uneducated about the barriers to STEM that are under their control to change -- such as gender issues...

lisameeks from wcpss: will we have access to these slides to share with our teachers?

The edWeb Team: The recording, slides, and chat log for today's webinar will be posted in our free Implementing Common Core Standards in Math community at

Georgine Cooper from Vernon Hills: Children begin to “STEM” as soon as they need to figure out how to get something they want or want to find out: to get to something out of reach.

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: I agree Georgine

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: problem solving at its best

Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: that was an outstanding overview/introduction for STEM in early childhood! Thank you!

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: thanks Peggy

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: That thinking/revisionn also goes with CC's Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Cecilia C. Arias from Rutgers/NJ: agreed

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: We have a long way to go...

Donna Fischer from New Brunswick, NJ: I know my teachers do not know

colleenkennedy from United States: #4

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: My own college students / teacher candidates are exposed to STEAM, actually.

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Matt Friedman from New York, NY: Does this multidisciplinary approach make these activities STEAM more than STEM?

sacatoe from North Springs: Can we purchase these grade level kits?

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: While there is certainly an artistic and aesthetic component to all STEM disciplines, the modules are not explicitly addressing art learning objectives

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Nice...geospatial. Maybe the path crosses different earth materials to get the geosciences into the activities...

Katharine Leysath from Texas A: These learning modules can be purchased through

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: also mapped to Texas TEKS standards :-)

Kim Larson from Nebraska: There was a teamwork resource briefly mentioned in the video. Can you provide a link to the resource?

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: Thanks,

Monte Tatom from FHU in Henderson, TN: Thanks for a great session!! I have to get ready for the next edWeb session: Implementing a Multiplayer Classroom: Results from Designing a Class as a Game which begins at 3:00 PM CDST

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: In this era of major accountability, how easy is it for teachers to evaluate (I hate to use the word "assess") students' work?

Katharine Leysath from Texas A: The previous link included the period at the end of the sentence; try

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: The modules come with rubrics ... You will also see a lot of language being used in context, wht I think is huge.

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: with pre-cursor learning modules, we increased students standardized test scores ... they learn a lot more of course

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Excellent...connecting family to newer learners experiences...

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Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Kindasorta, Albert.

Jessica Header from Baltimore: Are the kids designed for a certain size class (# of students)? While the prices seem fair, if we have 3 classrooms per grade, are 3 duplicate kits needed?

Jessica Header from Baltimore: *kits not kids

Sara Moore from Vernon Hills, IL: Each kit is designed to support 24 students - most of the materials are non-consumable so it's accessible to use a kit with several groups of students if you're a resource teacher

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Clever, that...silent "e." ;) BUT hopefully NGSS is going to help with turning up that volume, too. Coupled with the math, of course.

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Thank you.

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Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Excellent presentation...and very glad to see Triangle Coalition involved today.

Jennifer Whitfield from United States: Very good! Thank you!

Kenny Heaton from Hampton High School: Extremely informative - thank you so very much.

Donna Fischer from New Brunswick, NJ: so sorry - I have to leave for another meeting. night

Lynn Prosen from New Jersey: Thank you. Interesting thoughts and good ideas. Appreciate the resources.

Leigh Wilson from Berea Community Elementary: i enjoyed seeing how this all relates to the early learner

Adrienne Stephenson from Tallahassee: Thanks! Great presentation and information!!

Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: If you think the message of this webinar is important, be sure to pass along the link to the recording to your colleagues after you get it tomorrow by email.

John Lucyk: thank you very enjoyable, thanks

Linda Curtis from Raleigh, North Carolina: Linda Curtis from Raleigh, North Carolina: Excellent presentation. Thank you for resources. Will share with colleagues.

RANJANA from INDIA: An excellent presentation. Thank you for providing such useful ideas and adding to my knowledge

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Very glad to see a geographical distribution of folks logging in today, as well.

catherine butler from United States: What specific resources are available for PD to help teachers become more STEM minded and educated about opportunities they already have for teaching STEM concepts/content?

Cynthia Syverson-Mercer from Boston, MA: I will definitely share this with my team.

colleenkennedy from United States: Looking forward to takin a look at the the resources and sharing with my teachers. We have a way to go!

Jacqueline R. Clark from Winslow, NJ: Well done! Thanks so much for the information!

lisameeks from wcpss: As a teacher on a budget, materials are always an issue. What do you do about having supplies for all students, I teach 6 classes at each grade level 1st-5th

Georgine Cooper from Vernon Hills: Building habits of mind and a sense of adventure that serves students in STEM also serves them across disciplines. Motivating: “That didn’t work; what should I try now?" Not so motivating: “I did it wrong.”

colleenkennedy from United States: THank you for sharing your knowledge with us

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: Thanks, Sarah and Johanes!

Kim Larson from Nebraska: Thanks!

Laura Wilding from College Station, Texas: Thank you! So good to know how early STEM Education should be emphasized!

sacatoe from North Springs: What networking opportunities are being proposed by Triangle Coalition to get more teachers involved in this conversation?

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: Agreed. "A" is inherent in that Process of Science (and Mathematics & Engineering). Design is very important.

The edWeb Team: Triangle Coalition for STEM Education:

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: Sarah, you mentioned that you met with a group of IL early learning STEM educators. Is this an organization you can say a little more about?

Johannes Strobel from Texas A: lisa: there are not many perishables in the kits, meaning they can be reused

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US: If you go to that Triangle Coalition website and look at members...you see a diverse representation of stakeholders...from education (K-12 and Higher Ed) to industry/workforce to local - federal govt groups.

Amanda Guelzow from Triangle Coalition: For any educators interested in learning more about the Einstein Fellowship:

Elaine Becerra from United States: Great ideas! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

Donna Knoell from Kansas: Really great webinar, Sarah. Bravo to you!

Amanda Guelzow from Triangle Coalition: also the link to the call for presentation proposals that Jessica mentioned:

Matt Friedman from New York, NY: Ah, thanks, Sarah!

Lester Morales from KSC, FL: @Amanda how do you become a member of the trianglecoalition?

Wendi J. W. Williams from AR, US:

Mary Margaret Blout from New Bern, North Carolina: Thank you for the information!

Deborah Graham from New Brunswick: Thank you.

Deborah Wilson from SPRING CITY: thank you

Lester Morales from KSC, FL: Thank you...

Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn from Columbus Elementary: Thanks

catherine butler from United States: Thanks.