STEAM is a curriculum, based on the idea of educating students in five specific disciplines \u2014 science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics \u2014 in an interdisciplinary and applied approach.<\/p>\n
Why STEAM? <\/strong> TALK, and other tech councils across America, have a commitment to encouraging and participating in the development of additional curriculum in our cities across our state. Through partnership with private industry, government officials , educators, and a variety of funding sources, including grants, corporate sponsorship, donations, and fee-based approaches, STEAM curriculum continues to develop in our markets.<\/p>\n TALK currently has several curriculum paths that it is offering in KY and IN regions:<\/p>\n TALK is anticipating live TechGirlz sessions again in Jefferson County in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n TALK also anticipates tech coursework in 2024 for AMPED for middle school students.\u00a0 Curricula and planning is underway.<\/strong><\/p>\n *Rad Science Skateboard Build\u2014Geared at Middle and High School age students<\/strong>, this programmatic approach allows for a deep-dive three-day event that teaches students foundational skills and produces an exciting result: a working skateboard for use. The next Rad Science Skateboard Build event is slated for Spring 2024. If you would like to partner with TALK on a live event in 2024, please connect <\/strong>Executive Director Dawn Marie Yankeelov (dawny@talklou.com or dawny@aspectx.com), or STEAM Curriculum Chair Jim Martin (jim@marwoodveneer.com).<\/p>\n Current Events:<\/p>\n About TALK STEAM is a curriculum, based on the idea of educating students in five specific disciplines \u2014 science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics \u2014 in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Why STEAM? Building our future tech workforce is already an issue for all industries, and programmatic approaches to introduce these specific… Read more“Full STEAM Ahead”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talklou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBuilding our future tech workforce is already an issue for all industries, and programmatic approaches to introduce these specific disciplines in a fun, collaborative open learning model after-school, or in classroom has risen as a national priority for all tech professionals.<\/p>\n
\nTALK stands for the Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky, our local technology council which focuses on economic development, workforce development, networking, education, advocacy, and talent identification. TALK, a 501C3, is one of more than 50 tech councils in the US and Canada that are members of TECNA (Technology Councils of America).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"