Once upon a time a distinguished group of “Tech Ed” high school teachers were trying to solve a vexing age-old problem... How do we inspire more students and attract them to study STEM courses - our courses - while being realistic with our school’s budget? After careful consideration and robust discussion, a solution was arrived at and STEM Fuse was born. Our mission is simple. We develop courses that use “real life” technology applications to expose students to the math, physics, technology and design skills needed in order to be successful. We take great pride in aligning our courses with 21st Century Skills and the Common Core. STEM Fuse will be a strong partner and terrific resource for schools as they continue to focus on new and innovative ways to reach students and promote STEM related courses.
320.241.4664 Phone
2329 N Career Ave, Suite #215 Sioux Falls, SD 57107
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GAME:IT GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION This course was created by high school technology teachers for the purpose of attracting students to technology and STEM related courses. Using game design and development as the teaching vehicle, GAME:IT exposes your students to a wide range of concepts and technical skills in six separate areas that will greatly help them succeed in the future. GAME:IT’s learning objectives were designed to align very closely with ISTE’s NETS for students and 21st Century Skills Technology Core Standards. You and your students DO NOT need experience in programming or graphic design. We have written our game projects using Game Maker (a free, open source game design tool). Game Maker starts with “drag-n-drop” programming, so anybody familiar with Windows and using a mouse will be able to start creating games.
GAME:IT PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN SIX CRITICAL AREAS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Technical skills related to software development, computer programming & critical design Creative, innovative & critical thinking Communication and collaboration as an individual and part of a team Using appropriate and accessible digital tools for research and learning Using engineering, physics & mathematical concepts critical to game development Post-secondary and career options & resources related to STEM
www.stemfuse.com 320.241.4664 Phone
2329 N Career Ave, Suite #215 Sioux Falls, SD 57107
kari.tatge@stemfuse.com Email
GAME:IT ADVANCED GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will pick up where GAME:IT left off. We will use the same basic formula of integrating all of the individual disciplines of STEM as students will work with Microsoft’s XNA / .Net Framework to develop game projects. As with GAME:IT, the student will also learn the correlating math & science (physics) concepts and calculations required in order to make a game “work”. This course is heavily focused on learning and using actual software development tools and programming (C#). Working with XNA / .Net will give students exposure to working with the same tools professional web developers, game developers and app developers use. Accordingly GAME:IT Advanced will spend time explaining in detail the education and career paths available to those students who wish to pursue software or game development. GAME:IT Advanced is an intermediate to advanced technology & programming course. This IS NOT for a student unfamiliar or uncomfortable with technology. GAME:IT Advanced is designed to be easy to follow and easy to teach, however the game projects will contain hundreds of line of detailed C# code so a real interest in programming and gaming would be very beneficial.
SKILLS AND CONCEPTS LEARNED AND APPLIED • • • • • • • • • •
Microsoft’s XNA / .Net development framework Programming with C# Use of Engineering Design Cycle For Game Project Development Critical Mathematical & Physics concepts required in a working game (gravity, laws of motion, acceleration, velocity, etc.) Project Troubleshooting Creating and Working Within a Development Team Project Management Technical Writing Oral Presentation Correlating Education & Career Paths
www.stemfuse.com 320.241.4664 Phone
2329 N Career Ave, Suite #215 Sioux Falls, SD 57107
kari.tatge@stemfuse.com Email
MOBILE APP:IT GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION Mobile application development is the process by which application software is developed for small low-power handheld devices such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones. These applications are either pre-installed on phones during manufacture, downloaded by customers from various mobile software distribution platforms, or web applications delivered over HTTP which use server-side or client-side processing (e.g. Silverlight) to provide an "application-like" experience within a Web browser. Students will learn how to develop and program working mobile applications using Microsoft’s XNA, Visual Studio and Silverlight platforms. Like all STEM Fuse courses time will be spent learning how all facets of STEM are needed to design a successful working application. Students will even learn about educational and career opportunities and how to bring an app “to market”.
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C# programming using XNA, Visual Studio & Silverlight platforms Study the common programming platforms, coding languages and mobile devices used today Develop working mobiles app using the team engineering design cycle Project management Study how advanced math & physics are used in creating mobile apps Study necessary education and careers in mobile app design and programming industry Learn how mobile applications are brought to market and end up on your mobile device
This course is constructed as an introductory level programming course with some math & physics components. However students should have a real interest in learning programming and mobile application design platforms and at least a familiarity with writing code or a familiarity with C# would be beneficial.
www.stemfuse.com 320.241.4664 Phone
2329 N Career Ave, Suite #215 Sioux Falls, SD 57107
kari.tatge@stemfuse.com Email
HEALTH:IT GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a study of how technology is used in record-keeping practices in hospitals and physicians' offices. Health information professionals are in high demand as the United States moves toward the 2014/2015 electronic record keeping mandate. Emphasis is placed on hospital and medical staff organization, patient record content, quantitative analysis, release of patient information, forms control and design, indexes and registers, reimbursement, regulatory and accrediting agencies, and alternate healthcare delivery systems. The student is given an opportunity to learn about the latest technologies and software used in today’s healthcare system. The student is introduced to the role of the health information professional, the many career options available and how AHIMA's role is integral to the healthcare delivery system.
OUTLINE OF MAJOR CONTENT AREAS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Understand healthcare data management. Identify health service organizations and delivery. Explain and utilize electronic health records on the latest software. Understand clinical vocabularies and classification systems. Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare data sets and standards. Identify health information functions and duties and careers. Understand information security and HIPAA requirements. Understand ROI rules and requirements. Identify laws and regulatory guidelines for record retention.
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Gain an introduction to the legal aspects of health information management concepts common to allied health professionals. Identify the career opportunities for health information management professionals, including responsibilities in regards to indexes, registers, and health data collection using standard industry technology. Be able to describe characteristics of health care delivery and settings in the United States. Include a description of types of patient records, including documentation issues associated with each. Be able to provide an overview of coding and reimbursement issues.
www.stemfuse.com 320.241.4664 Phone
2329 N Career Ave, Suite #215 Sioux Falls, SD 57107
kari.tatge@stemfuse.com Email