Agenda
 Why “re-imagine” your classroom? – Framing The Challenges
 Digital STEAM Overview Presentation
 Live Tour of the Digital STEAM Workshop Web Portal
www.autodesk.com/digitalsteam
 Questions and Answers
Global Challenges Facing Secondary Education
 The dominant education model is largely based on 20th century
educational practices that do not include digital literacy.
 Students are not engaged, long for relevance; high drop out rates globally.
 A learning gap exists between the teachers and the students with
technical knowledge. Teachers often lack context of how technology is used
in real life.
 Students lack essential 21st century skills needed to enter the workforce.
21st Century Skills
It is not just about the core academic subjects of math and science, but
the intersection of these and other subjects and how students use
critical thinking skills. To be competitive in the 21st century, students
will need to make connections and integrate ideas across the various
disciplines—what Daniel Pink calls “symphony”—the ability to visualize,
recognize patterns, and make connections.
Highly visual web based curriculum portal offering a new approach to teaching
design, sustainability, and creative problem solving.
 Teaches Autodesk software through the design process
 Engages students in STEAM through projects developed
by industry experts and teachers
 Includes comprehensive teacher resources including lesson
plans, project briefs, design criteria worksheets,
assessment tools, and rubrics
 Projects include a 3D real-time project viewer, datasets and
step by step technical videos
Home Page
New Dynamic Portal
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STEAM
3 Level Structure
New content monthly
Cross curricular
Gallery
Resources
www.autodesk.com/digitalsteam
Start Here
Overview of new curriculum structure
 9 Start Here videos explaining how the learning
content can be used in your class.
 Design Thinking Guide
Home>Start Here
Guide for:
 Teachers
 Counselors
 Administrators
 Technology Directors
Level 1
Foundation
• What is 3D?
• Industry & Careers Videos
• Interactive Learning Games
• Creative Resources
• Sustainability
• Skills Documents
• Digital Study Packets
• Quizzes
Level 1
You don’t Have to be an expert to teach software!
- Step by Step Video and PDF Guide
- Follow the Design Thinking Guide
Level 1
Skills & Digital Study Packet
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The Skills serve to standardize the core competencies for fundamental-level
instruction for a two-semester class.
New learning content is built on the Skills.
The Digital Study Packets are a reference guide of short procedural videos to
enforce the basic software skills needed for the project based learning.
Level 1
Learning Games/Applications
 Visual Design
 Measure
 Applied Mechanics
Each game includes: a Learn More PDF,
Hands-on Lesson Plan, and Quiz
Level 2
Project Based Learning
 Sort by functions
 Software
 Subject
 Difficulty
 Time
 Easy to read icons
Project Based Learning
Design Thinking
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Design Thinking is a creative process for discovering opportunities and
finding new ideas.
The Design Thinking Process is used to align the Digital STEAM Workshop
projects with the creative process.
The Design Thinking Process helps students understand that the creative
process is similar for all design challenges and can be applied to many
different types of projects.
Project Based Learning Through The Digital STEAM Workshop
 Engages students in science, technology, engineering, art and math through
relevant real life projects introduced by industry designers and teachers.
 3D project viewers and learning through the design process promotes
creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.
 Students learn by doing rather than learning how to use a design tool.
 The practice of the arts promotes new ways of thinking and drawing
connections while rewarding students for exploration.
 Teaches essential 21st century skills
Design Thinking Guide
7 Steps
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Understand: Watch and Listen
Explore: Curiosity and Possibilities
Define: Clarify and Synthesize
Ideate: Creativity
Prototype: Test
Refine: Almost There
Solution!
Level 2
Project Overview Page Content
Design Thinking
By replacing ornamental plants with edible
plants and following the principles of
sustainable landscape design, you create
an edible garden.
Level 2
Project Packet Page Content
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Digital STEAM – Projects
Example projects using AutoCAD
Edible Landscape
Chicken Coop
Digital STEAM – Projects
Example projects using Autodesk Inventor
Smart Phone
Pooch Cooler
VEX Gripper
Digital STEAM - Projects
Example Autodesk Maya Projects
Set Designer
Help the Environment
Visualize a Virus
Teacher Resources Plans
Lesson Plans
• Day to Day Plans
• STEAM Connections
• Math & Science Matrices
• Rubrics & Assessment Tools
• Academic Standards Mapping
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ISTE Seal of Alignment
The International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE Seal of Alignment
 Curriculum meeting the requirements
of the ISTE NETS.
 The NETS are widely adopted in the US
and are being increasingly adopted
worldwide.
 The ISTE NETS address learning and
teaching across entire educational
systems and at all student levels.
What the ISTE Seal of Alignment means to teachers
NETS Students Standards and Performance Indicators
• Creativity and Innovation
• Communication and Collaboration
• Research and Information Fluency
• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
• Digital Citizenship
• Technology Operations and Concepts
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Autodesk Certification Solutions for Job Entry Skills
Step 1
Classroom Learning
Digital STEAM
Step 2
Leve
AutoCAD
Certified User
Digital Study Packet
Practice Test
Exam Preparation
and Training
Inventor
Certified User
Certification Test
Certificate
Autodesk Certified User Exam
Digital STEAM Teacher Professional Development
 Digital STEAM Professional Development
Workshop for Teachers
 Helping teachers move to facilitators
 Building confidence and helping teachers gain
confidence to teach software through design.
 3 day workshop and follow up webinars and 1 day
 training.
 In country teacher leaders.
Web Site: www.autodesk.com/digitalSTEAM
Blog: digitalSsteam.typepad.com/blog
Facebook: Facebook.com/AutodeskEducators
Twitter:@AutodeskED
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