This past August, the MIT pK-12 Action Group coordinated and completed its first MIT STEAM Camp. With a goal to bring MIT’s Mens et Manus approach to learning to Hong Kong, the inaugural crew worked with approximately 200 middle-school aged students and 25 teachers from all around the area. Participants engaged in hands-on activities around the theme of “Energy” and explored the use of digital technologies and tools that promote creativity, invention and collaboration. They'll be returning this July for a similar program with the theme, "Into the Water."
MIT’s pK-12 Action Group, according to co-chair Professor Angela Belcher, is a “catalyst to bring people together, not just people at MIT, but people all over the world, to amplify progress, ideas, solutions, and education at all levels.” MITili affiliated faculty member, Eric Klopfer, adds “We are now building on that important foundation to create programs that engage growing numbers of diverse learners and educators through design, research, and implementation of education innovations. This is an exciting time to be actively engaged in this space on campus.”
“Into the Water” will begin next week and continue through August.