<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Steam-education ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/steam-education Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:44:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Cartoon Adds STEAM to Computer Ed Initiative ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/cartoon-adds-steam-computer-ed-initiative-409465 22PCcRHsR7UmenpXzLfiWJ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:44:00 +0000 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:49:46 +0000 false false false

Cartoon Network has created an advisory board to guide the channel's efforts to its promote STEAM education (STEM plus the arts) efforts.

As part of a three-year White House push to promote computer science education, Cartoon Network last January launched a $30 million initiative to get kids interested in computer codes and coding.

The network's new STEAM advisory board was billed as the latest initiative in that effort, others being teaming with MIT, DIY and Google to promote using computer coding to "express ideas, craft stories and make art."

Read more #CableInTheCommunity stories.

Named to the advisory board were DIY CEO Zach Klein; National Girls Collaborative CEO Karen Peterson; Mitch Resnick, a professor at MIT Media Lab; and Diana Skaar, head of business innovation for robotics at X (formerly Google[x]); and Mimi Ito, digital media professor at University of California Irvine.

“Cartoon Network’s unparalleled multiplatform reach uniquely positions us to meet kids where they are and find new ways to unlock their creativity through technology,” said Christina Miller, president of Cartoon Network, in announcing the board. “Now, with the leadership of this incredible group of dedicated visionaries, we will accelerate and expand our reach, fulfilling our goal of giving Plurals creative confidence to become the next generation of creators, animators and makers.”

]]> <![CDATA[ #CableInTheCommunity: Turning STEM Into STEAM ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/blog/cableinthecommunity-turning-stem-steam-395083 SmohWmoWzMncz4Zegkdnh Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:15:00 +0000 false false false

A growing movement to add the arts to STEM education -- expanding the acronym to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) -- is gaining a step up via The Ovation Foundation, Ovation TV's philanthropic arm. Its innOVATION STEAM Grant Awards Program last night (Nov. 3) recognized 10 public schools from across the country for their K-12 model STEAM programs, giving each a $10,000 grant.

The financial awards enable the schools to invest further in STEAM educational programming or curriculum development.

The innOVATION STEAM program, developed in partnership with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) and Americans for the Arts (AFTA), and in consultation with the Congressional STEAM Caucus and the Rhode Island School of Design, was created in 2013 to raise awareness of the value of integrating the arts into STEM curricula, according to the Foundation's website.

"There is no better way to provide students with 21st century work skills and to regain America's competitive edge than to integrate the arts into education," Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation, said. "The Ovation Foundation is proud to partner with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and Americans for the Arts to honor these exemplary schools and congratulate them on advancing efforts to integrate the arts into STEM education."

The 10 schools honored in Washington, D.C., last night were:

  • Boston Arts Academy, Boston
  • Dayton Regional STEM School, Kettering, Ohio
  • High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego
  • Highland Park Middle School, Beaverton, Ore.
  • Kennedy Elementary School, Janesville, Wisc.
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame Center for STEM Learning, Akron, Ohio
  • Quatama Elementary School, Hillsboro, Ore.; and
  • Renaissance Arts Academy, Los Angeles

The Ovation Foundation advocates for the arts nationally and locally, and has provided more than $15 million in contributions and in kind support to arts institutions and arts education programs.

]]>