Incorporating+Technology+into+the+Curriculum

You may have noticed on the homepage for this wiki a STEM logo. What is STEM? STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Many of the jobs of the future are believed to be STEM jobs. According to the U.S. Joint Economic Council STEM jobs are more secure and peaked at 5.5% unemployment versus 10% unemployment for non-STEM jobs in 2009. Also STEM workers were paid on average 26% more than non-STEM workers. Therefore the integration of technology into math and science departments is important in the preparation of our students for the future workforce.



Watch this video link called STEM Summit 2012: NNPS STEM Initiative from Newport News Public School Media Center. It will give you an introduction to a STEM education, its importance, and what it can look like.

Still need convincing of the importance of integrating technology into math and science departments, look at how underrepresented women and minorities are in STEM related fields. According to the US Joint Economic Council, "only 14 percent of engineers are female and just 27 percent work in computer or math related occupations. African-American and Hispanic workers only account for six percent of STEM workers but 11 to 14 percent of the overall labor force respectively (JEC, 2012)." We need to make sure that all of our students have the opportunity to the better paying, more secure STEM jobs. How are we going to do this? **Technology**.