Meet STEAMA for Athletics:
Interestingly enough, I found this form in FL. 10 It’s from the description of the game portion of STEAMA that mental health is a priority from a comprehensive aspect. My friends, mental health is very important, but when you factor in the over prescribing of psychotropic drugs on young people, the high stakes tests and assessments used to label students with disorders that they may or may not truly have is alarming. Factor in that the schools, due to the funding they receive and the ESSA mandates for healthy students, this means that organizations outside of the school are overreaching into the schools. Especially in a community wide accessible form!
STEM, Tiger Woods Foundation and US Dept. of Defense:
Many famous people, including Mr.Woods, have thrown their support behind the UN & SDGs, even if they don’t realize it. While the Foundation 11 is doing great work to reach many students, it is concerning what is involved. Do we really need more of our society to embrace globalization?! You might be asking yourself how is the US Dept of Defense involved with a sports icon and his foundation. Well, it’s easy, the US Dept of Defense has its own STEM Ambassador Program. 12
On to Massachusetts!
We all are aware of what a SMART City is supposed to look like, but what about a STEAM City? Americans, we have one! Cambridge, MA has united the entire town to become one. Why Cambridge? Well, according to the website this joint project 13 (combines education, healthcare and the public library) to bring about a city-wide mindset based in STEAM. Cambridge bragged on itself about being a ‘cutting edge biotechnology’ city. The mindset involved contains 6 aspects. I’m not going to use the flashy-gives-me-good-vibes labels used on the website. I’m giving you the agenda behind the flashes.
#1: data collection (code for ‘observe’) #2: use technology for ‘your’ purposes (code for ‘develop craft’) #3: collectivism (code for ‘reflect’) #4: collaborate (code for ‘engage’) #5: be a good follower (code for ‘express’) #6: test, test and test again (code for ‘explore’)