Outreach News

Innovative learning through technology internship

Caroline Aldrich profile Dani Schon profileIowa State University partners with Roland-Story, Colo-Nesco, and Gilbert school districts for a mutually beneficial internship partnership. Iowa State’s Caroline Aldrich and Dani Schon, seniors in elementary education, contribute to innovative technology implementation in the classroom during their technology internship. Caroline Aldrich is an intern at Zearing Elementary school in Colo-Nesco school district, and Dani Schon is an intern at Roland-Story Middle School in Roland-Story school district. Read full story

 

CTLT Participates in Elementary STEAM Night

Kate Mitchell Stem Night 2019CTLT staff members Tera Lawson and Dennis Culver along with student assistant Olivia Pierce hosted activities as part of Kate Mitchell Elementary’s STEAM night on April 18th. This was the third year the CTLT has participated. Several groups from ISU and the Ames community provides activities for the elementary students that explored topics in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.

The CTLT’s activities had students using iPads, Osmo kits, and Dash robots to engage in activities that focused on coding concepts, engineering design, and entrepreneurship.

Teaching HTML and Swift at Roland-Story STEM Day

rouletteRoland-Story Middle School held its STEM Day on April 17, 2019. CTLT staff member Dennis Culver was invited to present to 5th-6th graders on how to get started with coding. Dennis taught the students the basics of HTML using Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles tool. Students remixed webpages by viewing and editing the HTML code. Students were also introduced to Apple’s Swift programming language with the Swift Playgrounds iPad app. Using the app, students combined some simple math with coding to create circular patterns known as roulettes.

School of Education and CTLT Brings Adventure to Iowa Communities

SOE Faculty and StaffCTLT faculty and staff members Dr. Denise Crawford and Dennis Culver joined School of Education colleagues Dr. Connie Beecher, Dr. Soo Ahn, Dr. Emily Hayden, and Dr. Sara Nelson in Atlantic, IA on June 6th and Humboldt, IA on June 7th as part of ISU College of Human Sciences Extension and Outreach’s “Adventure Comes to You” series.

CTLT Participates in Elementary STEAM Night

CTLT at STEAM nightCTLT staff members Tera Lawson and Dennis Culver along with student assistant Sariah Garrido hosted activities as part of Kate Mitchell Elementary’s STEAM night on April 26th. Several groups from ISU and the Ames community provides activities for the elementary students that explored topics in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.

The CTLT’s activities had students using iPads, Osmo kits, and Dash robots to engage in activities that focused on coding concepts, engineering design, and entrepreneurship.

Culver Discusses Robots with Preschoolers

Blue-botDennis Culver visited Northwood Preschool Center in Ames on Feb. 1st and 26th to discuss robots. The students were working on a project based learning activity that focused on learning about what robots can do, how they move, how we communicate with them, and what makes a robot a robot.

Crawford and Culver Engage Sacred Heart Students with Coding

Students using spherosDr. Denise Crawford and Dennis Culver visited the Sacred Heart School in Boone, IA as part of a technology exploration project the students were participating in.

Culver Teaches Coding During Roland-Story STEM Day

Hour of Code

Roland-Story Middle School held its first STEM Day on December 6, 2017 as part of the global Computer Science Education Week. Dennis Culver was invited to present to 5th-8th graders on how to get started with coding. Dennis taught the 5-6th graders about sequencing, loops, and conditional statements using Osmo Coding. The 7-8th graders were introduced to Apple’s Swift programming language with the Swift Playgrounds iPad app.

Culver and Lawson Discuss Technology Integration with ISU Student Teachers

Dennis Culver, CTLT Instructional Support Specialist, and Tera Lawson, CTLT Program Coordinator, both presented to current ISU student teachers during their student teaching seminar on Oct. 13, 2017 at the ISU Alumni Center. Dennis and Tera discussed how to bridge content areas with technology and how to integrate robotics into an elementary curriculum. Students were provided with several hands-on experiences to model how various technologies could be incorporated into their future classrooms.