Student Voice Live!: Connected Classrooms
Monday, 4.28.14: Is STEM the Answer?
Government programs, news reports, and television commercials stress the need for more students to study STEM fields. But, how about the other disciplines that need their share of talented graduates? Does the pressure for some students to study STEM subjects come at the expense of their true passions?
Fresh from the USA Science and Engineering Festival and looking forward to the college decision date, students will discuss whether their voice is being heard in the push into STEM. Is the STEM push top-down, or are students aligned with the apparent need for more STEM graduates? What role do students themselves play in increasing the interest of today’s youth in STEM fields?
Join Student Voice and Google+ at 8:30-8:50 EST on Monday, April 28 in conjunction with our Twitter Chat (#StuVoice) as we continue the discussion from the USA Science and Engineering Festival. The hangout will be moderated by Kyle Scott from NBC News and will feature the following guests:
- Camsie McAdams, @camsiemcadams Acting Director for the Office of STEM, US Department of Education
- Jonny Cohen, @jonnycohen616 Columbia Mechanical Engineering student, USA Science & Engineering Festival Youth Advisor, inventor, two times elect to Forbes 30 Under 30: Energy
- Line Dalile, @LineDalile 16-year-old student in Dubai, UAE; home schooled, writer, TEDx speaker
- Naomi Kellogg, @nalaaspride High school senior from Elizabethtown, KY, former STEM student