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Katie Klinger, educator
Katie Klinger, a recognized leader and mentor in educational technology, was the primary designer of the National University Virtual High School and lead faculty statewide for National University’s educational-technology master’s degree program. In her spare time, she designs math and science project-based programs that foster investigative, hands-on learning. Her INSPIRE (Innovative Stories and Project-Based Learning Inspires Relevant Education) seminars role-model effective teaching strategies to inspire young women to pursue opportunities in math or science. She was the lead investigator for a four-year, $1.27 million U.S. Department of Education grant through the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) initiative to recruit more women professionals as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators, working closely with higher education and master teachers to design lessons that helped more than 14,000 educators enhance their STEM skills. She frequently partners on mini-grants with Imaginary Lines, headed by former NASA astronaut Sally Ride, to empower elementary school and middle school girls to explore the world of science. Klinger’s passions are digital equity and access, leading to her involvement with Project Inkwell; in addition, she works year-round with teachers and students in both traditional and charter schools in Hawaii, California, and the Navajo Nation. She is honored to sit on the Steering Committee for the International Society for Technology in Education’s Digital Equity Summit at NECC 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subscribe to this blogger's RSS feedImproving the Training: Educators Evaluate the Program That Teaches Them STEM Skills
By Katie Klinger
8/15/08
As a professional-development incentive, teachers who participate in the eighty hours of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) institutes aligned to the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards will receive a letter of completion. To receive the letter, teachers will have to submit for review an e-portfolio with their STEM projects.
Learning to Teach STEM: Teachers Bring Back New Knowledge to Their School
By Katie Klinger
8/1/08This is the second part of a three-part entry. Read part one.
In Hawaii, there will be eighty hours of training at science, technology, engineering, and math institutes during the school year. At these institutes, university professors will guide teachers in how to scale STEM projects to the appropriate grade level. The institutes will employ middle school math and science benchmarks and standards from the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards as the basis for what to cover.
Seeding STEM: One School Designs a Grant to Break the Cycle of Poverty
By Katie Klinger
7/25/08Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, recently discussed a report from Public Agenda titled "Important, But Not for Me: Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science, and Technology Education." The report found that even though parents and students say that they understand the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, they don't see how it applies to them personally.
Sally Ride's New Mission: Science Resources That Are Out of This World
By Katie Klinger
6/11/08This is the second post in a two-part entry about astronaut and scientist Sally Ride. Read part one.
Sally's Ride: A Star in Space -- and on Earth
By Katie Klinger
6/4/08For many of us who have been in education, struggling with student achievement scores and dealing with technology advances, 1983 doesn't seem that long ago. Yet, incredibly, on June 18 it will be twenty-five years ago that a brilliant, determined, and courageous astronaut, Sally Ride, became the first American woman to fly in space.
Tag, You're It: The Responsibility Project
By Katie Klinger
3/28/08Recently, I was watching a group of children play tag in a local park. The premise, of course, is that one person is "it." He or she does his or her best to tag another participant, who then becomes the new "it." When I was a kid, being "it" never had a positive connotation. The entire purpose of the game is to pass along the unwanted responsibility of being "it."
School Success with Dr. Suess: Exploring Themes Through Creative Activities
By Katie Klinger
2/21/08In part one of this entry, I wrote about an interdisciplinary event that our school planned and carried out. Here's another schoolwide activity to inspire you and motivate your students.
Role-Play Day: Teacher Creativity Motivates Students
By Katie Klinger
2/20/08Interdisciplinary events can demonstrate the achievements of the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards, and they motivate K-6 students with learning opportunities related to those standards.
STEM and the Spirit of Aloha: The Initiative Continues
By Katie Klinger
2/15/08This is the second post in a two-part entry. Click here to go to part one.
STEM and the Spirit of Aloha: Partners for Success
By Katie Klinger
2/14/08This is the first post in a two-part entry.
Grassroots efforts are revitalizing the understanding of how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) applies to everyday life for communities in Hawaii. The journey began in Hilo at the Institute for Astronomy nine months ago when the Charter School Administration Office sponsored a one-day brainstorming session to expand the definition of STEM across Hawaii's communities.
