We’ve got to tell you about one of our cutting-edge clients
that will be contributing lots to the education arena.
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will be doing all kinds
of classes and programs to equip entrepreneurs and innovators to succeed at home,
but there are some things that will specifically appeal to educators.
Just this week the Innovation Hub announced a partnership
with the EAST Initiative to create The STEAM Room at the coming-soon Argenta
Innovation Center. STEAM, as many of you know, stands for science, mathematics,
engineering, art and mathematics.
EAST is already in more than 200 schools in six states with
its respected model for STEM education, but this will be the first time it is
able to offer its curricula to adults as well as to students.
Examples
of training and programs to be offered in The STEAM Room include coding,
programming, 3-D design, animation, videography, graphic design and more.
The Innovation Hub will offer some cool after-school programs,
too, like a club for students interested in computer programming -- as well as
school-day (field trip!) opportunities any STEAM subject teacher will want to
take advantage of for his or her students.
For instance,
at The Launch Pad, also to be located in
the Argenta Innovation Center, school groups will have the opportunity to work
on some expensive, high-tech equipment in the areas of computer technology,
electronics, carpentry, machining and metalwork.
No doubt, the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will make a
splash in the world of economic development, but the school community will
benefit from some major ripples as well.
To stay up to date with the Hub’s happenings , sign up for
the Innovation Hub’s e-newsletter at www.arhub.org.
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