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281. Fab Labs: Re-envisioning Innovation and “Entrepreneering”
Can Fab Labs provide the impetus for systemic change in education and entrepreneurial environments? Fab Labs, small-scale workshops using off-the-shelf, industrial-grade technologies, are being used to bring prototyping capabilities to underserved communities around the world. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses Fab Labs and information technologies to enable individuals to define problems, prototype solutions, and encourage the start of local micro businesses (Lassiter, 2009). The Fab Lab concept may reflect a new manufacturing paradigm where individual “entrepreneers” (individuals who perform both engineering and entrepreneurial tasks) define problems, create solutions, and market products. A community workspace is created that serves as an incubator for research, creative endeavors, and business incubation. The Fab Lab removes barriers such as start-up funding, access to equipment, and access to expertise, thus encouraging systemic change to educational and entrepreneurial env
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- Publish date: 2011-10
- ASQ Higher Education Brief
282. Innovating for the Future
This month, the world lost one of its greatest innovators—Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple Inc. When thinking of Jobs, you probably think of how products such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad and iMac have revolutionized the consumer technology space. But these innovations also made a tremendous impact on higher education, as well. This article discusses content in the October 2011 issue of Higher Education Brief that highlights the importance of innovation in higher education and how the application of new ideas and new technologies remain paramount concerns for all educators interested in moving past the status quo and exploring new possibilities. How did Jobs achieve the success he did as an innovator in education, and how can we use what we’ve learned from him to continue to innovate and improve quality in education in the future?
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- Publish date: 2011-10
- ASQ Higher Education Brief
283. Not Invented Here: Tales From the Dark Side of Innovation
Pioneering spirits in higher education are rare. Sometimes, self-interest and political affiliations play a role in the abandonment of innovative ideas and innovative people: a venture that is risky may hold opportunities for failure and the wrong political alliances can spell doom, and so there is a perceived need to establish distance. The “not invented here” syndrome results in a certain myopic view that encapsulates individuals “inside” of the box, stifling innovation and precipitating the departure of innovators who cannot get to first base because of institutional or organizational gatekeepers. This article discusses the importance of being open to thinking differently—and the potential consequences if an organization is reluctant to do so.
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- Publish date: 2011-10
- ASQ Higher Education Brief
284. QED News: Fall 2011
The fall 2011 issue of the Education Division Newsletter..
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- QED News; Vol. 16; Issue 3
285. National Quality Education Conference: A Great Return on Investment!
National Quality Education Conference Article
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- NQEC
286. When Students and Teachers Take Responsibility for Learning
Continuous improvement is an idea that Sue Cleveland Elementary (SCE) has cultivated and embedded into the academic and learning climate of the school. As we began to move toward a systems-based approach, the leadership team realized that we could quickly make progress toward achieving our yearly goals only if our colleagues were willing and ready to think differently about our challenges.
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- ASQ Primary and Secondary Education Brief
287. Managing Processes Instead of Having Them Manage Us
The Pewaukee School District, located near Milwaukee, WI, has been on a quality journey for over 20 years. The school district has successfully employed a strategic planning process to guide its direction since 1992. However, it was in 2006 the district began using the Baldrige criteria, a comprehensive framework with seven distinct categories focusing on achieving performance excellence. While we have reaped many benefits from our commitment to using the Baldrige criteria, the most easily overlooked benefit is that we now have a better understanding of how we do our work. This article focuses on how we accomplish that work. In the Pewaukee School District, we call this “process management.”
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- ASQ Primary and Secondary Education Brief
288. The ADDIE Model: Designing, Evaluating Instructional Coach Effectiveness
The era of accountability throughout the last decade has brought with it a demand for increased capabilities in today’s educators. The elevated need for teachers to engage in the practices of effective instructional design, quality lesson delivery using research-based strategies, and data-enhanced reflection of student results has begun a flurry of interest in a form of professional development known as “instructional coaching.” Recent literature and conversations have demonstrated great strides in identifying the proper role of the instructional coach, as well as key practices coaches can use to support the work of their campuses. Very little information, however, has surfaced in the public education community that describes specific, systematic processes that coaches can use to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of their support. Using the Analysis-Design-Develop-Implement-Evaluate (ADDIE) Model of instructional design, the instructional coach can effectively demonstrate a proper ret
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- ASQ Primary and Secondary Education Brief
289. New Problems Require New Solutions
Unprecedented financial and performance mandate challenges face today’s educators. We have ample proof that an outcome-based management approach hasn’t worked. NAEP scores have been flatlined for years. Dropout rates continue to hover at or above 30%+. Public support for continually increasing education funding has waned. Legislative funding is dwindling and unstable. But costs continue to rise. It is time we embraced a more effective management model, that of Process Improvement and Management. The only way our schools and districts are going to be able to preserve or attain Academic Excellence is by first focusing on becoming institutions of Operational Excellence.
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- ASQ Primary and Secondary Education Brief
290. Editorial: Taking Ownership
I was reminded of the importance of taking ownership in the processes we follow as I worked on the content for this issue of Primary & Secondary Education Brief, with its focus on “Education Reform on Systems and Process Management.” Having standard systems and processes in place is crucial in any school. The ability to follow proven guidelines that have worked for others in the past lays the groundwork for quality. Still, it’s important to take these established processes and adapt them to make them work for you.
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- Publish date: 2011-09
- ASQ Primary and Secondary Education Brief
292. Development and Continuous Improvement of K-12 Outreach Programs in STEM ppt
Pre-Conference Workshop for the ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
Presentation slides from the pre-conference workshop, Development and Continuous Improvement of K-12 Outreach Programs in STEM by Dr. Paul Plotkowski, Dean of the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, Grand Valley State University (MI). This workshop engaged participants in the essential elements of developing, sustaining, and continuously improving K-12 Outreach Programs in STEM.
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- Publish date: 2011-08
- ASQ Education Division
293. Developing Effective Entry and Socialization Programs to Improve Retention of STEM Students
As the demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent continues to increase and outpace the supply of graduates, it becomes increasingly more important for an organization to effectively recruit and retain STEM talent. Strategies for recruiting, orienting and socializing STEM graduates to the workplace are varied, but one that has been shown to be particularly effective is internship or cooperative (co-op) education programs through a college or university.
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- Publish date: 2011-08
- ASQ Higher Education Brief
294. Luncheon Keynote at the 2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference ppt
Pre-Conference Workshop for 2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda
Presentation Slides for the Luncheon Keynote, STEM : An Entrepreneurial Approach by Dr. Keith T. Miller at the 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference.
There is no greater responsibility than to prepare the next generation of students to be leaders in the future of our society. It is up to the current generation of leaders and educators to set priorities and to establish a new precedent. Advances in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will drive our social and economic future.
Future generations that are well versed in these areas will have a disproportionate effect on the direction of initiatives and developments throughout society.
Being prepared in these areas starts with attitude. Failure is more often than not one key to success. One STEM student must be developed at a time. This takes perseverance, creativity and an entrepreneurial approach. The presentation will discuss examples of entrepreneurial attitudes and initiatives that can stimul
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- Publish date: 2011-07
- STEM Conference Proceedings
295. STEM from a Job Churning Perspective ppt
Pre-Conference Workshop for 2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda
Presentation Slides from the pre-conference workshop,STEM from a Job Churning Perspective: Professions Deemed critical for the Country's Future Well-Being presented at the Education Division's 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference.
The workshop is a discussion of STEM from the backdrop of job churning, particularly job flow as seen in imployment and wage data.
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
296. Closing Keynote for 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference ppt
Powerpoint Handout
Presentation Slides from Closing Keynote- Lessons Learned and Next Steps by Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe for the Education Division's 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
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297. Opening Keynote for 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference-ppt
Powerpoint Handout
Presentation slides from the Opening Keynote QLS: Quality as a Second Language by Michele Brinn. Presented July 20, 2011 at the Education Division's Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference.
The presentation shows success stories about using the tools of quality and innovation in the early grades to help students understand the learning process and enjoy learning. Learning a second language at a young age optimizes learning potential, helps to shape the brain, and is cognitively easier than later in life. Learning the principles and tools of Quality as a young child will lead to “native–like fluency” and will lay the foundation for STEM success.
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
298. Toward a New Paradigm A Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Engineering Education-PPT
Presentation Handout
Presentation based on paper by same title by Kenneth Reid and Eric T. Baumgartner, Ohio Northern University, College of Engineering
Conference Handout
2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
299. Interdisciplinary Lesson Study: Building Graph Interpretation, Web Evaluation Skills - PPT
Presentation Handout
Presentation handout for the paper of the same title by Maleka Hahmi, Amanda Little and Jennifer Grant for the 2011 ASQ Education Division's Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Conference.
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
300. High Performance Math
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Presentation handout for the paper of the same title by Wendy Zinn and Craig Reisgen for the 2011 ASQ Education Division's Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Conference.
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
301. Fab Labs: Re-envisioning Innovation and "Entrepreneering" PPT
Presentation Handout
Presentation handout for the conference paper of the same title by Sylvia Tiala for the 2011 ASQ Education Division's Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Conference.
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302. SySTEMically Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics and Science - PPT Handout
Presentation Handout
Presentation handout based on the paper of the same title by Kevin Mason, Charles Bomar, Petre Ghenciu, Mike LeDocq, Carolyn Chapel, Jerrilyn Brewer and Jerry Redman for the 2011 ASQ Education Division's Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Conference.
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
303. Identifying a Solar Cell Misconception Held by Middle Schools Students ppt
Conference Handout
Presentation based on paper by same title by Dr. Marsha Ing, Peter Huang, Nohemi Lacombe, Yahaira Martinez and Elaine Haberer, University of California, Riverside
Conference Handout
2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
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- Publish date: 2011-07
- STEM Conference Proceedings
304. Making the Blind to See: Balancing STEM Identity with Gender Identity ppt
Conference Handout
Presentation by Jennifer Skaggs, Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Conference Handout
2011%! 20Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
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- STEM Conference Proceedings
305. Mathematics in the Life Sciences: Developing a Best Practice Presentation
Conference Presentation Handout
Authors of paper include Jennifer Fellabaum, Jeni Hart and Rainer Glaser
Conference Presentation Handout
2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference
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- Publish date: 2011-07
- ASQ Education Division Website
