Engineering Education on GigaDial Public: Recent Episodes
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In our inaugural episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast, guests Rachel Fahrig and Sadhan Sathyaseelan speak with host Pius Wong about the importance of teaching engineering at younger ages, and the questions we'd like to answer about this field in the future.
Thanks to Jeff Munn for help on sound. Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Let me know what you want to talk about in K12 Engineering Education by connecting on Twitter: @piuswong. Thanks for listening! Subscribe and find more podcast information at: www.k12engineering.net/
Engineer Pius Wong speaks with teacher Rachel Fahrig about educational standards, including NGSS and Common Core. We cover what they mean, the various strong opinions about them, and how they might broadly affect K12 engineering courses. Rachel is a specialist in instructional support for a high school engineering curriculum that is produced by the University of Texas at Austin, and that is taught to high school students across the country.
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Let me know what you want to talk about in K12 Engineering Education by connecting on Twitter: @piuswong. Thanks for listening!
Engineers Sadhan Sathyaseelan and Pius Wong both have trained high school teachers in engineering curricula. We're talking about what we've learned, as non-teachers, to successfully train teachers in professional development programs spanning different engineering disciplines. How does it compare to teaching undergraduates? Or our own experiences learning and practicing engineering in school and at work?
Our opening music today comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Let me know what you want to talk about in K12 Engineering Education by connecting on Twitter: @piuswong. Thanks for listening!
Teacher Jerry "Molde" Moldenhauer talks about what he's learned while teaching engineering to high school students over the past years in Austin, Texas. Molde and Pius discuss Project Lead The Way (PLTW), one of the leading K12 engineering curriculum providers today; teaching engineering when you're not an engineer; appropriately teaching math in engineering class; STEAM and other acronyms; and the importance of mentors in the engineering classroom.
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Let me know what you want to talk about in K12 Engineering Education by connecting on Twitter: @piuswong. Thanks for listening!
We talk about the pros and cons of attending professional conferences related to engineering education, including South by Southwest EDU (SXSWedu), whose deadline is coming up! Teacher Rachel Fahrig gives tips on how to make the most of your time at conferences and suggests some good ones. This episode was recorded at Black Walnut Cafe in Austin.
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "William Henry Harrison High School Fight Song" by Steve Combs. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Subscribe, review, and send comments online! On Twitter, it's @piuswong. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K12EngineeringEducation/ And review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/k12-engineering-education/id1119404863?mt=2 Thanks for listening!
Engineer Jeff Munn talks about teaching kids robotics in an orphanage in India. Jeff works for engineering hardware-software company National Instruments, based in Austin, Texas. With his company's support, he volunteers for a program from the nonprofit organizations Science in a Suitcase and the Miracle Foundation. The program aims to educate often marginalized children around the world, and they are raising funds for another trip to India to help another orphanage. He talks about teaching techniques, educational equipment, how he became an engineer despite starting as a musician, and what engineering means to him.
Links to organizations mentioned on this show: ● Donate: https://give.miraclefoundation.org/fundraise?fcid=641437 ● National Instruments: http://www.ni.com/en-us.html ● Miracle Foundation: http://www.miraclefoundation.org/ ● Science in a Suitcase: http://www.scienceinasuitcase.com/ ● LEGO Education WeDo: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-construction-set/9580 ● LEGO Mindstorms: http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/?domainredir=mindstorms.lego.com ● GreatNonprofits: http://greatnonprofits.org/
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Learn To Live With What You're Not" by Steve Combs. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Subscribe, review, and send comments online! On Twitter, it's @piuswong. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K12EngineeringEducation/ And review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/k12-engineering-education/id1119404863?mt=2 Thanks for listening!
How do you prepare to train engineering teachers? Two teachers, who are also engineers, are preparing to train more teachers this summer to teach engineering. Guests Melanie Kong and Natalie Wyll are chemical and architectural engineers originally, and between the both of them, they have a few years of experience teaching high school engineering. They use the general engineering curriculum "Engineer Your World", developed by The University of Texas at Austin with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation. Melanie and Natalie haven't run this training session before. Here they discuss their mindset before they lead the two-week session, and in a future episode we hope to hear their thoughts after this session is complete. Guest mechanical engineer Sadhan Sathyaseelan moderated this conversation with help from Pius Wong.
Links to items referenced in the episode: ● Engineer Your World high school curriculum: http://www.engineeryourworld.org/ ● Padlet online tool: http://padlet.com/
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, our interstitial music and closing music are from "Love Is Chemical" and "Theme P" by Steve Combs. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Subscribe, review, and send comments online! On Twitter, it's @piuswong. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K12EngineeringEducation/ And review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/k12-engineering-education/id1119404863?mt=2
Get tips on how to run a better professional development (or PD) for engineering teachers, directly from the trainers who just ran one. This is Part 2 of a topic we started in the previous episode. Melanie Kong (@melaniekong) and Natalie Wyll are teachers who formerly practiced engineering in industry, and they just finished running a teacher PD. They discuss how it went and what worked. Teacher Ellen Browne (@EllenSBrowne) also joins the discussion, since she helped run the same PD. Engineer Sadhan (@SadhanSathya) co-hosts with Pius (@PiusWong) again today.
Our theme music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze. Our music clips in the middle came from "Live Wire" by Steve Combs, and our closing music came from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Do engineers have empathy? Can they get into other people's heads? How do empathy and the arts relate to engineering education? We talk about this with today's guest, Rachel Fahrig, an educator with experience in high school science and engineering. We also preview our submissions to the SXSW conference, both related to integrating the arts with engineering. This episode was recorded in a market in Austin, TX, so there is some background noise.
You can vote for our SXSW proposals on integrated arts and engineering online! "Improv & Art Games for Designers & Engineers" is at: [ http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/61557 ], and "Electronic Quilts: Weaving Art with Engineering" is at: [ http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/60958 ]
One engineering abstract related to "Empathic Lead User Analysis" is here: [ http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1604193 ]
If you don't know that Lily Tomlin sketch of "Edith Ann", here's one example: [ https://youtu.be/u-Jcny8RiMg?list=PL_lxjlU_5l5k2TWzH1GyLdH-7b6tBU-QF ]
Our theme music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze. Our other music today is from "William Henry Harrison High School Fight Song" by Steve Combs. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: [ creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]
How do you recognize and nurture kids' interests in careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)? Guest Lois Melbourne speaks about this topic, as a former CEO of a company in talent management software, and as the author of the illustrated children's book called "The STEM Club Goes Exploring”. Engineer Pius Wong is your host.
My Future Story website: [ http://myfuturestory.com/ ] My Future Story on Facebook: [ https://www.facebook.com/MyFutureStories/ ] Lois Melbourne on Twitter: [ https://twitter.com/loismelbourne ]
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, our interlude music is from "Theme P" by Steve Combs, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ] The graphic in this episode's cover art comes with permission from the cover of Lois Melbourne's book. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: [www.k12engineering.net/]
Six teachers who once studied and practiced engineering talk about their opinions on K12 engineering education. In this focus group, they give insights for school administrators, practicing engineers, and other engineering teachers who weren't practicing engineers. Engineer Pius Wong hosts. Thank you to guests Donald Jones, Amy Colburn, CJ Salzman, Rita Loughrin, Jack Hwang, and Bart Krieger. Also thank you to Melanie Kong, who helped organize this episode.
Mentioned in this episode: ● "Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High School-Level Teachers of Selected Subjects: Evidence From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey. National Center for Education Statistics, p.26. [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015814.pdf] ● Boeing Community Engagement: [http://www.boeing.com/principles/community-engagement.page] ● "Engineering Education" subreddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/engineeringeducation]
Our theme music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, our interlude music is from "Theme P" and "Love is Chemical" by Steve Combs, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] Subscribe and find more podcast information at: [http://www.k12engineering.net/]
Starting a business these days in educational hardware and software takes more than technology. Guest Connie Hu explains. Connie is the CEO and CoFounder of ArcBotics, an educational robotics company. Previously she advised top global nonprofit leaders on strategic planning and K12 STEM Education at The Bridgespan Group. She holds an honors degree in Anthropology from Dartmouth. Today host Pius Wong talks with Connie about how ArcBotics got started, the philosophy of open-source tech, relationships with teachers in the nonprofit and commercial worlds, and how back in the day she found programming loops to be magical.
Mentioned in this episode: ● ArcBotics Sparki: http://ArcBotics.com/products/sparki ● ArcBotics Sparki 60-Day Educator Trial: http://arcbotics.com/sparkieducatortrial/ ● The Bridgespan Group: https://www.bridgespan.org/Home.aspx
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net/
How do other countries besides the USA motivate and educate future engineers? Guest Sadhan Sathyaseelan shares his view, comparing his Indian and American education in engineering. Sadhan is a mechanical engineer who currently works in engineering education in Texas. We talk about grad school, salary differences, and thoughts on how to improve education systems in both countries.
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: www.k12engineering.net/
Today's guests present a smorgasbord of resources available for K12 engineering educators, starting with the website www.LinkEngineering.org, an online toolkit to support PreK-12 engineering education. Guests Dr. Elizabeth Cady and Dr. Linda Kekelis explain what LinkEngineering is. It's hard to sum up the website in one word. Produced by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), it's part social network, part resource database, part review site, and part Q&A site. A bit like LinkedIn, Yelp, and Quora, morphed together, but for engineering education. And it's still evolving. Listen to this episode to learn more, as well as to hear about role models, philanthropy, gender equity, and toys.
Dr. Linda Kekelis, Ph.D., consults on STEM programs and research to help increase access for girls and underrepresented youth; she was the founder and former CEO of Techbridge.
Dr. Elizabeth Cady is a Program Officer for engineering education at the NAE. Among other projects, she staffs LinkEngineering and administers the Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, which recognizes and supports innovative engineering faculty members.
Resources mentioned this episode: ● LinkEngineering - http://www.linkengineering.org ● National Academy of Engineering - http://www.nae.edu ● EngineerGirl - http://www.engineergirl.org ● TechBridge - http://techbridge.org/ ● Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Enginergizing and Employing America for a Brighter Future (2007) - https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463/rising-above-the-gathering-storm-energizing-and-employing-america-for ● Linda Kekelis's blog entry on LinkEngineering - http://linkengineering.org/Discover/698/14392.aspx ● TeachEngineering - https://www.teachengineering.org ● GoldiBlox toys - http://www.goldieblox.com/ ● The Connectory - http://theconnectory.org ● Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering (2008) - https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12187/changing-the-conversation-messages-for-improving-public-understanding-of-engineering ● Online Ethics Center: http://www.onlineethics.org ● Linda Kekelis - lkekelis@gmail.com ● Elizabeth Cady - ecady@nae.edu
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Subscribe and find more podcast information at: www.k12engineering.net
Engineer and professor Dr. Dave Allen speaks about what motivated him to get into the work that he does. Dave is the director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER) and Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He talks about his research interests in air quality, the life of a professor, engineering education in high school, and the importance of trying many things.
Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze. Our interlude music is from "When You Go" by Steve Combs. Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. All are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Subscribe and find more podcast information at: www.k12engineering.net