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STEAM and ICT

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  My Personal Reflection on STEAM and ICT: Introduction: I Used to Think School Was Just Books Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog. Today I want to tell you about something amazing. I have undertaken a course called "ICT in STEAM Education", as a part of 1 year M.Ed. in STEAM education at Kathmandu University School of Education. I feel myself opportune to get a mentor like Sushil Upreti we guided us through this course. Until few years ago, I thought school/campus was simple. The teacher comes in. They write on the board. As a student, we copy it into our notebooks. We memorize it. We take a test. We forget it. Sound familiar? I bet it does. But guess what? It is wrong. Education is changing. It is changing big time. And I am so happy to share what I just learned. We are learning about something called eSTEAM+ . It sounds like a robot name, right? But it is actually a way to make learning human again. Let’s dive in. (Figure: https://www.anttrobotics.com/elementary/steam-ict) Par...
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What is STEAM?

Beyond the Acronym: What is STEAM Education? When people hear the word STEAM , they often think of a list of subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. But in my journey as an educator at Cosmos College, I’ve realized that STEAM is not just a "list"—it is a philosophy . It is about breaking down the walls between classrooms and looking at the world as one big, interconnected puzzle. The Breakdown of STEAM To understand STEAM, we have to look at how each piece fits together: Science: Asking "Why?" and "How?" about the natural world. Technology: Using tools to solve problems and communicate. Engineering: Designing solutions and building structures (like the bridges we study!). Arts: Bringing in creativity, ethics, design, and humanity (The "Bold A"). Mathematics: The language of logic and patterns that holds everything together. Why the "A" Matters For a long time, we focused only on STEM . But without the Art...
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