Building Partnerships in STEM Education

During this presentation, by UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and College of Education, Dr. Robert Everett and Mr. Eric Fisher described the Engineer Teacher Connection. They shared about the Internet Science and Technology Fair and explained that it is an Online competition where teams of students participate in a competition to innovate solutions to real world problems. http://istf.ucf.edu They also presented about the product they just released that connects engineers and teachers. To explore this free site, go to: http://stemaid.ucf.edu/ Currently, the site lists engineers in Florida. However, during this presentation, educators stated that they like using tools like Skype to connect educators and learners that are in remote locations. This team plans to expand the database of engineers.