Webinar ( STEAM learning in school)

after attending webinar i get the following information:

Many will ask about the meaning of STEAM learning, STEAM is an integrated approach to learning which requires an intentional connection between standards, assessments and lesson design/implementation. True STEAM experiences involve two or more standards from Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and the Arts.

During the webinar they discuss the steps to create and use STEAM as following:

1-focus:First we select a question to answer or problem to solve. It’s important to have a clear focus on both how this question or problem relates to the STEM and the Arts content areas you’ve chosen.

2-detail: During the detail phase, you’re looking for the elements that are contributing to the problem or question.we begin to unearth a lot of key background information, skills or processes that students already have to address the question.

3-discovery: In this step, students are researching current solutions, as well as what ISN’T working based on the solutions that already exist. As a teacher, you can use this stage to both analyze the gaps your students may have in a skill or process and to teach those skills or processes explicitly.

4-application: In this step, After students have dived deep into a problem or question and have analyzed current solutions as well as what still needs addressed, they can begin to create their own solution or composition to the problem.  This is where they use the skills, processes and knowledge that were taught in the discovery stage and put them to work.

5-presentation: Once students have created their solution or composition, it’s time to share it.It’s important that the work is presented for feedback and as a way for expression based on a student’s own perspective surrounding the question or problem at hand.  This is also an important opportunity to facilitate feedback and help students learn how to give and receive input.

6-link: Finally in this step is what closes the loop.Students have a chance to reflect on the feedback that was shared and on their own process and skills.  Based on that reflection, students are able to revise their work as needed and to produce an even better solution.