SXSW EDU 2021

I’m Not a STEM Person, I Am a STEAM Storyteller

Description:

STEAM storytelling for authentic audiences of local and national public media outlets engages teens who haven’t excelled in traditional science or math classes. In this session, student reporters will share quick tips and unique strategies to be be better science communicators through practices such as story development, evaluating evidence and statistics, investigating how science works in public policy and how STEAM relates to our daily lives.


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Takeaways

  1. Attendees will learn how to identify STEM topics and refine them into clear news stories.
  2. Attendees will learn how to evaluate and interpret scientific evidence and statistics and how to communicate data through STEM news stories.
  3. Attendees will learn how to become better science communicators and storytellers.

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Organizer

Leah Clapman, Managing Editor, Education, PBS Newshour


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