Invigorate your teaching at this three-day event
Experience invention education that offers opportunities for:
- Inclusivity in STEM
- Teaching across disciplines (transdisciplinary)
- Building computational literacy
- Engaging students in their local communities
Meet expert speakers, educators, and colleagues who will share activities and techniques that enable students from all walks of life to develop confidence in their ability to engage in STEM. You will experience activities that:
- Support the engagement of students from diverse backgrounds in STEM learning
- Develop students’ capacities to think and act as inventors
- Develop hands-on skills needed for creative problem solving
- Promote entrepreneurial mindsets
No matter your level of experience with Invention Education, you’ll benefit from the range of activities and events at this unique PD Workshop.
Highlights
Meet our high school InvenTeams® at EurekaFest!
Attendees will have unlimited access to LMIT’s EurekaFest where you'll get to see the power of IvE come alive. At this culminating event for InvenTeams (the 10 recipients of LMIT’s grant awards) you will hear the students describe in real time their process and results, and showcase their invention prototypes.
Tailored Workshops
Our evidence-based model, backed by published research and case studies gives you the tools to evolve your teaching and facilitating of K-14 student learning. You’ll hear from expert speakers, educators, and colleagues about activities and techniques that help inclusive and diverse student populations develop confidence in their ability to engage and encourage STEM and pursue STEM college and career pathways. You will participate in small group workshops to develop skills tailored to your grade band.
Community college educators, we have something for you. You will hear from faculty and administrators about i3 – the new Invention and Inclusive Innovation program for community colleges being developed with multiple colleges in California.
Exclusive Tours
You’ll get an insider’s tour of MIT and a rare opportunity to visit the famous MIT Toy Lab and Design Lab.
Invitation to See Inventing Samanta
This original play, created by Central Square Theater and LMIT, details the fun, frustration, and fulfillment involved in the invention process as part of an InvenTeam.
Keynote Speaker: Antonio Gamboa
Antonio is a previous InvenTeam leader, who has continued to implement invention education at Garey High School in Pomona, CA. The Garey High School InvenTeam received a U.S. Patent in 2022. Antonio will talk about how he became involved in invention education, the challenges to begin a program, and the way invention education changed the trajectory of the students' lives, and how he teaches as well.
As Antonio states, “Investing in invention education is a powerful and transformative educational tool.”
Who Should Attend?
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Administrators
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Superintendents
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Educators at all levels
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Community College Administrators and Faculty
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After-school Professionals
We encourage participation by teams consisting of both administrators and educators committed to creating pathways to invention for students.
Invention is transdisciplinary, so educators from all disciplines are invited to attend.
What Will You Gain?
Administrators and educators, of varying levels of experience with invention education (new to invention education, experienced, and community college level), will develop the capacity to help students learn to think and act as inventors. There will be both large group sessions for all and smaller sessions broken out by IvE theme or grade span.
Participants will gain:
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Approaches to engaging students from diverse backgrounds in STEM learning
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Ways to develop students' capacities to think and act as inventors
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Hands-on activities that will help students become creative problem solvers
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Best practices for strengthening STEM, entrepreneurship, and enrichment programming
Participants will receive a Certificate of Professional Development from MIT for 20 credits.
Here's an inside look at the power of IvE:
Invention Education Brings a Learner's Mind Alive!
At the PD Workshop, you'll see first hand how invention education helps K-14 administrators and educators address the federal STEM education strategic plan by offering programs that will:
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Excite and inspire students and educators
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Engage students where disciplines converge
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Build computational literacy
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Support students' engagement in their local communities.
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Empower educators with tools and strategies
Cost
$1,850 per participant
Included: workshop materials and meals during the event.
(registration fee is fully refundable until May 31, 2023)
NOTE: The fee is waived for our Partners in Invention Education (PiE) members.
To learn more about PiE and see our catalog of offerings, click here.
Join us to experience the power of invention education!
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