Many gifted enrichment programs have at the heart of them complex, problem-based activities. These WeDo’s and Mindstorms afford opportunities to develop engineering process skills. Do you have a future engineer in your class? Check it out.

Shaping Tomorrow’s Creative Problem Solvers Symposium

Hosted by LEGO® Education

Join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop focused on bringing STEM and other 21st-century skills to life in elementary and middle school classrooms. Discover how the LEGO Education building experience can help students develop their analytical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, while preparing them for the jobs of tomorrow.

Date: November 8, 2016

Location: Sandia Vista Elementary School, 6800 Franklin Rd. NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144

Who: Open to elementary and middle school educators (including principals, teachers, administrators, and more).

What: three hands-on workshops that will cover creative ways to engage students in robotics, science, technology, engineering, and math.

Do you have a workshop or professional development opportunity you would like us to post at nmgifted.org? Drop me a line.
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About Steve Heil

Steve supports advanced and gifted students of Santa Fe Public Schools as a Gifted Specialist and maintains National Board Certification in Teaching Early/Middle Childhood Art. In his previous work as an art teacher in Gallup, NM, he achieved a Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award, and he continues to advocate for improvement in the teaching profession as a Golden Apple Academy member.