{"id":3228,"date":"2017-12-31T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2017-12-31T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T18:59:24","slug":"inclusion-in-stem-programs-and-maker-spaces-keeps-physics-major-jamie-principato-soaring-high-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3228","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion In STEM Programs and Maker Spaces Keeps Physics Major Jamie Principato Soaring High in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_930\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3228-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. With the inclusion of Arts one has STEAM and one can find classes and programs for each on-line by a Google Search.<br \/>\nColorado University offers summer discovery camps and is inclusive to children with disabilities, not to exclude other opportunities, and our guest Jamie Principato will be teaching at CU Science Discovery Summer Camp.<br \/>\nJamie Principato joins Blind Abilities over a Skype conversation to talk about what has been going on since she last joined us in the late spring of 2017. <!--more--><br \/>\nJamie\u2019s STEM curriculum was a great success at the Colorado Center for the Blind Summer Program. Jamie is in her senior year as a Physics Major, yet, has also began teaching at the very same university, taking on the challenges of transitioning from student to teacher in the same day.<br \/>\nJamie talks about STEM programs and how inclusiveness brings about more learning opportunities and Maker Spaces popping up around the states. Jamie\u2019s hobby is science and is working on making it her career every day.<br \/>\nJoin Jamie as she talks about her passion for science and how you can get started right now if you have that science discovery bug in you.<br \/>\nYou can follow Jamie Principato on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/blackbirdfly\">@BlackBirdFly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencediscovery.colorado.edu\/program\/summer-classes\/\">CU Summer Classes, you can check them out here on the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more announcements on STEM programs as <a href=\"Http:\/\/www.blindinc.org\">Blind, Inc<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/msab.msa.state.mn.us\">Minnesota State Academy for the Blind<\/a> are finalizing the dates and will be announcing soon.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more Podcasts on STEM on the BlindAbilities.com web site under <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/category\/technology\/stem\/\">category College\/STEM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_932\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3228-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/JamiePStem.mp3STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. With the inclusion of Arts one has STEAM and one can find classes and programs for each on-line by a Google Search. Colorado University offers summer discovery camps and is inclusive to children with disabilities, not to exclude other opportunities, and our guest Jamie Principato will be teaching at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,263,490,467],"tags":[448],"class_list":["post-3228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-college","category-stem","category-technology","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-Q4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2477,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2477","url_meta":{"origin":3228,"position":0},"title":"Physics Major Jamie Principato: Shattering Intuition, Settling is Not an Option and Math is Beautiful","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"April 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamie Principato is a Physics Major at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is working on a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program for transition age B\/VI students. 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