Elida High School Students Use Virtual Reality & Real-Life Entrepreneurship in STEM journeys.
Mark Suter knows hands-on experience, combined with the freedom to “play” engages students in all subjects, especially STEM. At Elida High School, students are using virtual reality (VR), and real-world entrepreneurship, to apply STEM learning in new and rewarding ways. Suter, a computer science teacher at Elida, finds the best way to get students excited […]
Teacher Externship Program Gives Educators Unique Opportunity to Develop Relationships With Local Businesses
It’s the big question. What do you want to be when you grow up? For many children, the question is filled with promise. But for those in disadvantaged communities, it often brings only silence. Children in underserved, low-income, and low-resource communities have limited exposure to the ideas, opportunities, and role models from which professional dreams […]
WIR’ED Pairs Students With Businesses
Students Support Businesses to Improve Their Digital Presence In mid-March 2020, NeoSTEM leaders identified a real and immediate problem. Many of the brick-and-mortar businesses in their communities had a limited online presence, and were struggling to operate in the socially distanced and virtual world brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, NeoSTEM developed WIR’ED, […]