Online After School Programming

We are excited to offer online STEM afterschool programming. Students at different school sites will meet online with a group of highly qualified CSUSM undergraduate students to think, design, and create solutions to real-world problems using technology tools and STEM project kits. Each co-design session will last about 1 hour each week. A CSUSM administrator and a school staff will be present at each session to monitor the session.

When you sign up for our program at your school site, you will received: (1) the dates for each session, (2) a Zoom link for the meetings (we will use the same link for all sessions at a school site), and (3) a passcode to join the zoom meeting.

Structure of Each Session

Each session will include a short community building activity followed by an introduction of a design challenge informed by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals that identify global challenges we face such as poverty, hunger, climate change, environmental degradation, etc. Students then will brainstorm ideas for a solution and learn to use a technology tool to enact their solutions in small groups in breakout rooms. Finally, students will get together as a whole group to share and reflect on their designs and learning. Students will be encouraged to continue to work on their designs and share it on FlipGrid before the next session.

Schedule and Resources

All the applications/technology tools we will be using are cloud-based. They require a username and password, but you do not need to download anything locally to your computer.

Schedule by Week
Week	UN Sustainability Goals	Technology Tools	Resources	FlipGrid Link for Sharing Projects
1	Good Health and Well-Being	Pixton	Visit the Class Join Page to enter Pixton using your Google Account (your google integrated school e-mail address). If you have trouble viewing the application on your browser, watch the video on how to enable Flash on your computer	Good Health and Well-Being FlipGrid
2	Sustainable Cities and Communities	TinkerCad	Visit TinkerCad to create a username and password. To get started, you can explore TinkerCad blog	Sustainable Cities and Communities FlipGrid
3	Responsible Consumption and Production	TinkerCad	Visit TinkerCad to create a username and password. To get started, you can explore TinkerCad blog	Responsible Consumption and Production FlipGrid
4	Life on Land	Gamestar Mechanic	Visit Gamestar Mechanic to create a username and password. If you have trouble viewing the application on your browser, watch the video on how to enable Flash on your computer Make sure to complete quests to earn spirits and your ability to publish games!	Life on Land FlipGrid
5	Life Below Water	Scratch	Visit Scratch to create a username and password. To get started, you can access tutorials Explore Scratch Wiki to find answers to your questions	Life Below Water FlipGrid
6	Zero Hunger	Scratch	Visit Scratch to create a username and password. To get started, you can access tutorials Explore Scratch Wiki to find answers to your questions	Zero Hunger FlipGrid

How to Set Up Zoom

To join the sessions, you will follow the link provided for your school site. Once you follow the link, if you already downloaded the Zoom on your device (e.g. phone, computer, tablet), you will be prompted to enter the Zoom meeting. If not, you will need to download Zoom before entering the session.

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For questions and more information, please contact April Nelson at anelson@csusm.edu