HICSS – The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – has been known worldwide as one of the longest standing scientific communities in the information systems and technology fields. Since 1968, it has become a respected destination that attracts high-caliber scholars and professionals in academia, industry and government agencies around the world to discuss their cutting-edge research.

Important Dates for Paper Submission
June 15, 2017 | 11:59 pm HST : Paper submission deadline
August 17, 2017:  Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2017: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication
October 1, 2017: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for HICSS-51

Important Dates for Doctoral Consortium
July 15, 2017 | 11:59 pm HST: Application deadline
August 17, 2017:  Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

Project Access includes principles in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), as well as instructs best practices for working specifically with deaf and hard of hearing students. 

This experiential workshop enables participants to gain an understanding of how deaf students experience a mainstreamed classroom, and provides real-life strategies and extensive on-line resources that will help teachers and faculty modify their teaching to provide greater access for students by:

• Sensitizing educators to challenges faced by deaf and hard-of-hearing students in a mainstream environment
• Presenting effective use of support service personnel (sign language interpreters, notetakers, tutors, and captionists)
• Preparing individual teaching strategy plans
• Assisting in mastering strategies to meet the goals of Universal Design in education

Project Access shares best practices for instruction for the benefit of all students in the classroom.

The Writing in the Disciplines workshop is designed to provide STEM faculty at both the secondary and post-secondary levels with strategies for including a variety of writing activities in their courses. Workshop participants learn how to add writing practice to their STEM courses that will help students improve their writing and at the same time enhance their learning in the discipline.

Topics include:

• Why writing matters - the theoretical underpinnings
• The role of informal and low-stakes writing both in and out of class
• Building a formal writing product using scaffolding techniques
• Developing meaningful rubrics for evaluating writing products
• Providing students with feedback on their writing in the context of a STEM classroom
• Sharing writing-related resources on the DeafTEC website

Each workshop participant will leave with a plan for developing a writing assignment that provides students with writing practice and the tools to provide constructive feedback.

Registration contact:  [email protected]  904-361-6214

Project Access - including principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

A workshop designed to provide teachers with strategies for providing improved access to learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in mainstreamed classes.

This experiential workshop enables participants to gain an understanding of how deaf students experience a mainstreamed classroom, and provides real-life strategies and extensive on-line resources that will help teachers and faculty modify their teaching to provide greater access for students by:

•  Sensitizing educators to challenges faced by deaf and hard-of-hearing students in a mainstream environment
•  Presenting effective use of support service personnel (sign language interpreters, notetakers, tutors, and captionists)
•  Preparing individual teaching strategy plans
•  Assisting in mastering strategies to meet the goals of Universal Design in education

Project Access shares best practices for instruction for the benefit of all students in the classroom.

Registration contact:  [email protected]   904-361-6214

CareerTech teachers will have the opportunity to attend professional development sessions on a variety of topics during the 2017-18 school year. Topics include technology, instructional strategies, classroom management and instructional planning, as well as many other topics.

The training dates are September 13 and January 24. The registration cost is $30 per training which includes a continental breakfast and lunch.  Because the trainings are individual and not part of a series, each one requires separate registration.  See registration link for details.

Writing in the Disciplines is a workshop designed to provide STEM faculty at both the secondary and post-secondary levels with strategies for including a variety of writing activities in their courses. Workshop participants learn how to add writing practice to their STEM courses that will help students improve their writing and at the same time enhance their learning in the discipline.

Topics include:

• Why writing matters - the theoretical underpinnings
• The role of informal and low-stakes writing both in and out of class
• Building a formal writing product using scaffolding techniques
• Developing meaningful rubrics for evaluating writing products
• Providing students with feedback on their writing in the context of a STEM classroom
• Sharing writing-related resources on the DeafTEC website

Each workshop participant will leave with a plan for developing a writing assignment that provides students with writing practice and the tools to provide constructive feedback.

Registration contact:  [email protected]   904-361-6214