The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Promoting education in engineering and design for all ages. Learn more and read
transcripts at www.k12engineering.net. Produced by Pius Wong, engineer, of Pios
Labs (www.pioslabs.com [https://pioslabs.com/]). This podcast is for educators,
engineers, entrepreneurs, and parents interested in bringing engineering to
younger ages. Listen to real conversations among various professionals in the
engineering education space, as we try to find better ways to educate and
inspire kids in engineering thinking. For episode transcripts and more
information, visit: www.k12engineering.net Topics include overcoming
institutional barriers to engineering and STEM in K12, cool ways to teach
engineering, equity in access to engineering, industry needs for engineers,
strategies for training teachers, "edtech" solutions for K12 classrooms,
curriculum and pedagogy reviews, and research on how kids learn engineering
knowledge and skills. Thanks for listening!
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- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 118
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2023
What Do Equations Sound Like on the Piano?
Let’s make equations musical. Instead of visualizing equations on a graph, let’s listen to them on the piano, merging all our math and music knowledge. You can make two-dimensional x-y math equation…
00:49:29 |
Tue 29 Dec 2020
Modernizing Army Training in Software and Tech
Army Futures Command (AFC) is partnering with Austin Community College (ACC) in Texas to create a new Software Factory, which will be a software development training program for Army soldiers. Plann…
00:33:52 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
How Is School Reopening Going?
Schools have reopened in Fall 2020 amid the COVID19 pandemic, and educators are putting in overtime to make it work. Four educators speak about their experiences getting students learning again eith…
00:46:32 |
Sat 31 Oct 2020
Listen and Learn: Making an Audio Course in Science for Kids
How do you make an audio-based course to teach science topics to kids? Podcast creator, teacher, and musician Marshall Escamilla explains. Marshall is a co-creator of the highly rated Tumble Scienc…
00:44:12 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
How Can Model Railroading Teach STEM?
Model railroading is uniquely primed for doing educational outreach today, says Stacey Walthers Naffah, President of Milwaukee-based Walthers. Walthers is a major model railroading company, distribu…
00:46:31 |
Sat 27 Jun 2020
How Do You Build a Career in EdTech?
These teachers know tech. Steve Dembo and Victoria Thompson teach in K-12 and are also educational technology consultants. Steve is a middle school teacher and founder of the edtech consulting and …
01:11:31 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Green Chemistry Invention in K-12
The nonprofit Beyond Benign specializes in developing and disseminating educational resources in green chemistry – like how to create bioplastics, or thinking about a full product life cycle – and tw…
00:51:46 |
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Shelter in Place, Go to School
Rachel describes how her small Texas school district can function in the middle of COVID-19. As a school district administrator, she has to organize many major actions in this crisis, ranging from m…
00:35:46 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Teach the Geek to Speak
As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, but then he worked hard to improve his skills. Now h…
00:31:47 |
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Not SXSW Live
The South-by-Southwest education conference for 2020 is cancelled, due to emergency declarations related to COVID-19. Pius and Rachel discuss what happens next, for educators in Texas and across the…
00:32:29 |
Sat 14 Mar 2020
Real-World Learning in 2020
Casey Lamb and Roger Horton work with the nonprofit organization Schools That Can. Schools That Can aims to promote real-world learning in education, with particular experience fostering real-world …
00:52:13 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
This Engineer Is Running for Congress
Project manager and software engineer Rick Kennedy is running for US House Representative for District 17 in Texas, in the 2020 Democratic primary. After decades working in tech, and after Trump was…
00:41:57 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Leveling Up Your Career in Education
How do you “develop your practice” as a teacher and administrator? Rachel and Pius discuss this question and share their thoughts on going deeper into their careers as educators, all after a dinner o…
00:18:29 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Inventing GPS
Hugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS subsystem of the atomic clock. Hugo was one of four r…
00:32:26 |
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Australian Trends in Engineering Education
Like much of the world, Australian educators are increasingly embracing STEM education for younger students. Chris Perkins is one such teacher at Keithcot Farm Primary School outside Adelaide, South …
00:55:36 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Q&A with a Chemical Engineer
What does a chemical engineer do? What makes a good one? What should young people know about the field? Chemical engineer Will Mullen helps us answer these questions and more. Will is a Process Eng…
00:54:37 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Career Advice for New Electrical and Software Engineers
What should you look for in your first engineering job? How do you bridge high school, college, internships, and then finally full-time work? Is college worth it for the tech industry? Engineer and…
00:40:41 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Robots for Everyone!
What do young people think about STEM fields today? Michigan STEM educator Danielle Boyer talks about her perspective as a recent high school graduate who teaches robotics to many young K-12 student…
00:37:22 |
Sat 31 Aug 2019
Distributed Programming for Newbies
Distributed systems rule much of new technology today, as software programs exist across multiple computers, servers, phones, and smart devices. How can students learn to program these systems? Star…
00:27:55 |
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Teaching Accessibility by Building Picture Books for the Blind
How can you teach universal design to kids and teens? Have them build accessible games and books, according to The Build a Better Book project, from The University of Colorado Boulder. Guests Dr. S…
00:22:35 |
Sat 18 May 2019
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