Almost two dozen students from St. Albans City School, attended the 2010 Tech Jam in Burlington Vermont, where 60 exhibitors shared information about high tech careers and college majors. Equipped with 3D glasses, the students watched an interactive NASA exhibit with a strong message about the importance of math and science in preparing for their future. Check out this video of St. Albans City School students at this year's Tech Jam 3.0. (Out students are in the very last segment of the video visiting Nasa)
The students attending worked in teams of 3 on an “investigation” about Creativity and Innovation as part of their CSI Challenge Project. The team interviewed, photographed, and videotaped exhibitor in order to created an online multimedia exhibit to submit to a Virtual Gallery about Creativity and Innovation in Vermont. Aryah, a sixth grader, interviewing Burlington Telecom was amazed on how the company used “fiber” to provide the Internet to her community. Kameron, also in sixth grader thought it was cool that “Vermont has companies like GreenSea System that make robots that to underwater and find stuff”. “It helps us know more about companies and jobs that might be around when we get older”.
Classroom teachers, Brian Clark and Matt Allen, guidance counselor, Deb McCarthy, and Technology specialist, Lucie deLaBruere, felt like they got as much of an education as the students. “Understanding the jobs and companies that exist outside our school, helps us better prepare our students for their future” explained Ms. McCarthy.
This was the first of eight CSI challenges students at St. Albans City School will have a chance to participate as part of a grant award received by Ms. deLaBruere focused on helping student and teachers develop projects that feature Creativity and Innovation at St. Albans City School.
