Session 6

Connor Dickman 

Unleash your creativity and enhance your downtime in your classroom with Back Pocket Programming! Discover a wide array of engaging and enriching hobbies that you can easily incorporate into your busy classroom schedule.
In this workshop, we'll introduce you to a range of short, fun and practical activities that you can carry in your "back pocket". These short one or two day activities are perfect for downtime in between projects or for those higher achieving students who may need something to keep their hands busy.
Come join a member of the Education Staff from the Rochester Museum and Science Center to learn more about these amazing activities which have all been tested in their summer camp programs located in Rochester, NY!

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Corey Munn, Tom Palazzo, Mike Wichowski   

In 2023 Union-Endicott tech club completed a fully immersive flight simulator.  View a short film on the inspiration behind the project and the story from start to finish.  The student led project has influenced students to pursue aviation and aerospace careers as well as revitalized the transportation systems curriculum and enriched the aerospace engineering experience.  Presenters will discuss the process of building the flight simulator as how it was implemented.  Q and A to follow. 

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Mike Amante, Christopher Myers, Rebecca K. LaForest, Megan Osetek

Come learn about the DOL's new Teacher Ambassador Program which debuted last summer and will hopefully be forming a new cohort next summer that you can be a part of! The program includes access to a wealth of resources from DOL for career exploration and discovery such as VR headsets, career readiness assessment tools and more. You will also learn how the DOL can help with lining up site visits with local businesses, provide connections to exciting guest speakers to come into your classes, and even offer a number of engaging lesson plans that can be used in your own classroom for students to discover in demand career pathways and opportunities. Come see all that Your DOL can do for you to support teaching and learning in your classroom today. 

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Scott Stagnitta    

Hydroponics might be the perfect STEM class that connects all four content areas. Hydroponics design engineering class is a fresh, innovative and intriguing STEM class that has helped grow our program and enrollment. Check out this unique class that utilizes many different areas of technology.

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Joseph Sementa     

Alice is used by teachers at all levels from middle schools (and sometimes even younger) to universities, in school classrooms and in after school and out of school programming, and in subjects ranging from visual arts and language arts to the fundamentals of programming and introduction to Java courses. Alice provides a simple drag-and-drop interface to help teach students the fundamentals of programming while working in a unique 3D virtual world. This workshop is designed to give teachers a basic understanding of the software and its interface, ideas on how to implement it with students and some time to actually “play”. Attendees will leave the workshop having gained some experience in programming and with their own short animation using Alice.

This is a DOUBLE LENGTH PRESENTATION and will continue into session 7.

Terry VanNoy      

With tessellations, students are using 3D design principles with math, art and the engineering design process. In this interactive session, we will go to the TinkerCad website and use basic tools to design shapes that can be copied and fit together like a puzzle. Once these pieces are created, you can export them and 3D print. Fun and engaging! 

This is a DOUBLE LENGTH PRESENTATION and will continue into session 7.

Tracy Young       

If you are an elementary educator and don’t know about the ITEEA Engineering by Design curriculum, join Tracy Young, STEAM Specialist, for a kindergarten through grade six “tour” with the opportunity for some hands-on engaged learning. Tracy will show you how the EBD program has flourished in her elementary school and how they use it in their state of the art STEAM Lab for over 500 students. You will also see some   pre-recorded examples of EBD presentations from her students at Benton Hall Academy as they present their Grand Challenges in their STEAM Lab. 

This is a DOUBLE LENGTH PRESENTATION and will continue into session 7.

Kelsey Roman, Brittany Kitterman, Mike Woods     

This session will explore current Commissioner’s Regulations, how to leverage technology education to meet diploma requirements, and the resources available from the Office of Career and Technical Education and the CTE Technical Assistance Center. 

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Domenic Giunts     

In this session we will take a deeper dive into two critical thinking processes that facilitate student learning and discuss how adding technology can further enhance student engagement. In addition, we will look at how integrating these processes along with digital fabrication equipment in the classroom, can create interest in pathways to Engineering, Manufacturing, and Entrepreneurship careers. 

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Lisa Marie Payne,  Bob Payne, John Reade  

New York State currently houses the most U.S. Drone Soccer teams in the Country! CNY Drones, an Academy of Model Aeronautics Model Aviation Student Club & non-profit,  directs all New York State teams, assists educators with the only technical support hub of it's kind in STEM education, provides a format for Qualifying Tournaments & presents a Region II Championship co-hosted by sister organization, SUNY Polytechnic Institute's AMA UMASC.  As mentors & technical support providers, CNY Drones cadre of volunteers facilitate & guide educators into this combined workforce development program & team sports league.   We act as liaison between equipment providers & league teams to maintain a statewide educator-centered program that assists in the development of drone skills from building, coding & flying.  Skill sets encourage further exploration into higher level ancillary programs & career paths including commercial drone pilot licensing, photography, line inspection as well as search & rescue.  Come see how it's works through a live demo & learn how we make it all happen across New York State!

This presentation will repeat in session 7.