STEAM Program
STEAM News
All Year 7s have now spent time in the STEAM room running through the introduction scenarios and we’re moving into the next phase. Watch this space in the next few weeks.
The STEAM program also includes visits to classrooms by teachers with specialist knowledge and I want to introduce Linden Raybould as one of our roving STEAM experts.
Linden has worked with the Year 8s with a lesson exploring demographic data and target marketing. Students participated in a range of activities to better understand how easily demographic data can be collected and used by a range of authorities and companies. The class ended with a real-time survey collection and ‘valued customer’ promotion designed to make them think twice before giving away their personal information.
Any questions about MGC’s STEAM program can be sent via the email address below.
Introducing DASH!
We use many robots in our STEAM program and we’re going to introduce a robot to you starting with Dash. Dash can be driven around using an iPad but as part of STEAM, we use a block based programming language to get Dash to where it has to go. Dash is always popular at lunchtimes.
Future Employment Trends
By 2025, experts predict that we will be a fully automated society which is expected to displace 4,000,000 from the Australian workforce. By 2025, the main job opportunities (as predicted by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) are expected to be in:
• Technology and computational thinking
• Caregiving and health-related fields
• Social intelligence and new media literacy
• Lifelong learning provision
Becoming ICT literate with highly developed skills in computational thinking, digital programming and entrepreneurship are priorities of our STEAM program.
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