The National Center for Optics and Photonic Education (OP-TEC), a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence, promotes photonics education and assists colleges to develop and implement educational programs in optics and photonics.
As part of its efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC offers a hybrid, online faculty development course in optics and photonics. This online course is being offered at no charge to U.S. high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course.
The Webinar will feature three tools that have been developed to improve the security and resilience of our Nation’s buildings and infrastructure. The tools provide scores for risk and resilience and are capable of analyzing and compiling a range of high-performance requirements, including: energy conservation; safety (earthquakes, floods, winds, and fire); security (explosives, ballistics and chemical, biological and radiological); environmental footprint; sustainability; durability; and continuity of operations, in an effort to provide an improved comprehensive solution for the physical environment.
ACE Founder Diego Navarro and Pathway Manager Jim Knickerbocker, PhD explain how ACE Pathway can help colleges to apply the latest research on “tentative” students. Such “tentative” students are typically underprepared, developmental education, vulnerable, or have risk factors that come from lives of poverty.
*What is ACE Pathway?
*What are the benefits to colleges using ACE Pathway?
*How is ACE Pathway different than other approaches?
*What are tangible outcomes of using ACE Pathway?
*Why is ACE qualified to offer Pathway?
*How does ACE Pathway work?
*How can I learn more about ACE Pathway?
*What is the ACE Pathway Launch?
CyberWatch maintains a CyberWatch Second Life Island that has classrooms available for faculty to teach virtual classes in. We also have a student “sandbox” area in which they can develop – or participate in a virtual security audit exercise. This training will walk faculty through what they need to know to schedule virtual classes, register their students to attend, and use the presentation media – as well as will orient faculty on the use of the sandbox. Contact mleary@nvcc.edu for more information and to register!
This two-day Summit will introduce participants to K-20 best practices in education focusing on innovative teaching and learning in STEM. Attendees will examine curriculum for incorporation of best practices in STEM teaching and learning.
This free event includes lunch and snacks, materials, and fun giveaways.
Your educational colleagues will be sharing their strategies for incorporating STEM in the classroom
Industry professionals from aerospace and advanced manufacturing, education, energy, and information and computing technology will highlight emerging technology and workforce trends.
The STEM Summit keynote is Dr. Bradley Layton. His presentation will focus on Energy Technology Education in Efficiency To Engender Energy Independence:Science & Math Lay the Foundation for the Next Generation of Energy Technology Leaders.
The curriculum development this year will be facilitated by Dr. Michele Royer. Expect an innovative practicum developed by Dr. Royer which will allow you to take a project and adapt it using STEM principles to your classroom.
In a fun hands-on environment of multi-disciplinary faculty teams, develop engaging student STEM projects in the context of aerospace, education, energy, and Information and Computing Technology industries using innovative collaborative teaching/learning processes. Through the guided activity you will:
-Create multi-disciplinary student projects that can be applied to your classroom or to an online environment
-Explore innovative processes for student collaboration across programs and institutions, and for industry engagement in student learning experiences
-Share perspectives from different disciplines and different education levels through the lens of a collaborative project
-Discuss barriers and possible solutions to implementing truly multidisciplinary student experiences to meet the needs of growth industries and emerging technologies
STEM Summit has reserved the Hotel Sierra, a premier boutique hotel, a less than five minute walk from the N-Building at Bellevue College, for you at a great rate. Visit the Hotel Sierra to reserve your room now. After Friday, January 20, 2012, the room rate may no longer be available. Mention or use the code “STEM Summit” to get this rate. Please contact us if you have any problems with this code.
MATEC NETWORKS produces free online webinars covering various topics in advanced technology education. A Webinar is a seminar, a workshop, or a lecture administered through the computer where participants and presenter can interact together. It is not just a one-way presentation, but a two-way connection between presenter and attendees. The Webinars will be conducted through Elluminate, a virtual meeting room accessible online from virtually anywhere. Participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance upon request. This webinar, Entrepreneurial Development, discusses "Incorporating entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and abilities into technology programs."
The Educating for Careers Conference is an annual three-day professional development event surrounding career technical education (CTE). A variety of delivery systems, strategies, and Industry Sectors throughout the CTE system are represented in the more than 170 breakout sessions offered over the course of this three-day pre-conference and conference.Technical assistance is also provided by several of the delivery systems through special office hours during the conference.
Even though education is facing great fiscal challenges across the nation and professional development has continued to take a large hit, it is understood by all stakeholders that continuing to improve classroom instruction and student achievement is critical for our success as a nation. Therefore, the overarching goal of this conference is to offer high-quality, cost-effective professional development for all stakeholders with broad general breakout session themes such as: Assessment & Accountability; California Partnership Academies Model; Career Pathways/Industry Sectors; Curriculum & Instructional Strategies; Employer & Community Partnerships; Mentor & Internship Programs; Middle School Connections; Perkins Policy & Programs; Secondary-Postsecondary Connections; and Work-Based Learning.
This webinar will cover how POGIL activities can fit within your overall course structure. Tips for integration within current classes and expected student responses will be discussed. Alignment of POGIL's to the National Science Standards and specific state Standards in New York and Pennsylvania will also be covered.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is organizing a series of events to provide information about submitting a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Universities and 2- or 4-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the United States, or a consortia of such institutions; or U.S. nonprofit entities that have established consortia among such institutions of higher education may submit Noyce Teacher Scholarship proposals. For Noyce Teacher Scholarship Proposals, one of the participants should be a prospective PI or Co-PI and must be a faculty member in a mathematics, science, or engineering department. The workshop or webinar is recommended for STEM faculty and education faculty who are considering submitting proposals to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program in 2012. Please register for the workshop or one of the two webinar dates by Monday, February 13. A confirmation will be sent to you at the email that was used for registration.
The NACK center offers a live webinar, hosted by MATEC NetWorks, every month to engage and educate those of you that are interested in learning more about nanotechnology related topics. Our webinars are accessible online from virtually anywhere, and they are FREE to attend and/or replay. See complete details and registration links to future and past webinars at nano4me.org/educators. Click on the 'Educators' tab, or visit http://matecnetworks.org/webreg/nack1112.php
The GeoTech Center, Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) & Bird's Eye View have created a complete course curriculum based on Free and Open Source Software for GIS (FOSS4G). This workshop will demonstrate the FOSS4G software and lesson materials available for educators to use in their classrooms immediately. If you have been interested in teaching a FOSS4G course or just want to know more about FOSS4G, but didn't know where to start, or where to find curriculum material, this workshop is for you. It is recommended that you bring a laptop. Live bootable FOSS4G DVD's will be provided.
This is a one day workshop on micro and nano machining for high aspect ratio structures in glass, silicon, silicon carbide, PZT and other materials, held at the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
The short course will include both classroom lectures and hands-on activities relevant to many different applications. Topics that will be covered include:
DRIE on Si, glass, other materials
Metrology and analysis of etched results
Design rules
Masking strategies: resists and others
Review of LNF capabilities
…and much more!!!!
With the Geospatial Revolution fully integrated with our student populations, many students today interact with geospatial technology on a daily basis, and their activity space extends to international communities worldwide. What should be the core skills and outcomes of a GIS 101 class that will allow these contemporary general student populations greater integration and implementation of emergent geospatial skills in their academic and daily lives? The session explores strategies to integrate a GIS 101 class with General Education requirements, as well as how gateway GIS 101 courses integrate with the Geospatial Technology Competency Model.
ACE Founder Diego Navarro delves deeper into the concepts he presented in his Change magazine article “Supporting the Students of the Future” and engages participants in an interactive discussion.
Agenda
Session topics include:
Who are “vulnerable” or “tentative” students?
How can we reach these students?
What can we do to increase retention & completion for these students?
