What an incredible experience attending the 5th annual California STEAM Symposium. This was my second year attending this symposium (formerly the STEM Symposium). It's always powerful and fulfilling to attend a conference for professional development, connections, and inspiration. Last year's symposium that took place in Anaheim definitely did that for me and my colleague, Mangla Oza. We were inspired by the keynotes (especially Sir Ken Robinson's keynote), made many amazing connections, and attended many wonderful sessions. One of which we were able to share with our district - blog post.
This year's CA STEAM Symposium was just as inspirational. Captain Mark Kelly kicked off the Symposium with stories of his journey into NASA and into space, his wife's perseverance and resolve, and shared words of wisdom. Some of the key points include:
- Focus on what you have control of.
- Ignore the noise.
- Timely and accurate communication is vital. There is never a good excuse for not communicating with the people you work with. It almost cost me my life.
- None of us is as dumb as all of us.
Amen. @ShuttleCDRKelly #CASTEAM17 pic.twitter.com/ubr39eKGpX
— Joe Young (@Jyoung1219) December 10, 2017
PAUSD's Maker Movement
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Again, it was such a pleasure, privilege, and honor to be able to engage in professional learning, connect with other educators, and share the work of PAUSD. The slide deck that Leslie and I used in our session is linked here as well as some of my tweets from the symposium.
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