Innovations 2012 is the premier event for professionals dedicated to improving organizational teaching and learning, and discovering new approaches for enhancing the community college experience. The conference provides a tremendous forum for collaboration among academic experts and leading community college professionals, while granting participants exclusive access to the most inventive and thought-provoking programs from around the world.
The conference provides opportunities for colleagues to showcase their model programs, share lessons learned, and look to the future by experiencing a wide array of new ideas through the Conference Streams:
Learning and Teaching
Leadership and Organization
Workforce Preparation and Development
Student Services and Activities
Basic Skills and Developmental Education
Resource Development and Foundation Management
Research, Assessment, and Accountability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Sustainability
Open Educational Resources
We encourage you and your colleagues to attend the 23rd ANNUAL NATIONAL YOUTH-AT-RISK CONFERENCE, March 4 to March 7, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Savannah, Georgia. The College of Education of Georgia Southern University hosts the conference in cooperation with other universities, school districts, and social agencies. The following credits will be awarded: PLU, CEU, POST, LPCA, GAMFT, and NASW. COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Join 1200 attendees and select from 120 sessions for school and community educators. Nationally recognized presenters share research-based practical strategies on how to identify and eliminate at-risk conditions that may threaten young peoples’ safety, health, emotional needs, or academic achievement.
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.
Session topics include:
*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?
National Agriculture Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America join together recognize the contributions of agriculture.
Revolutionizing manufacturing with automation and process control. Our webinars are accessible online from virtually anywhere, and they are FREE to attend and/or replay.
This conferences main focus is to look at the increased dependence on computers and the implications of it. Chief of Security for General Motors, Rod J. Kinghorn, will be the keynote speaker and promises to give attendees a peak at the automotive future in his presentation, "Your Automobile - The Rolling Computer: Risks and Rewards". In addition to a wide-variety of speakers, there will be SANS hands-on interactive presentations on persistent threat management as well as speakers on virtual cloud, voting machine fraud and more.
Ongoing assessment is a key tenet of POGIL pedagogy and vital in actual classroom practice. This webinar will address typical classroom concerns, such as how to grade a POGIL activity and how to incorporate POGIL-related assessments into your existing grading system. This webinar will also discuss ways to effectively communicate with parents and administrators about the goals and methods used when incorporating POGIL activities in the classroom.
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide an alternative solution for technicians and engineers looking to implement digital logic. This workshop provides instructors with an introduction to designing with Xilinx FPGAs using ISE development software tools and will allow all attendees to work towards successful implementation of teaching digital logic with FPGAs. Sponsored by the ATE project: Developing the Digital Technologist for the New Millennium based at the University of New Mexico.
ACE Founder Diego Navarro and Pathway Manager Jim Knickerbocker, PhD provide detail about how ACE Pathway works and how to get involved.
Agenda
Session topics include:
What are tangible outcomes of using ACE Pathway?
Does ACE Pathway work for colleges with existing learning communities?
How is the ACE Inquiry Path different than the ACE Action Path?
What is involved in the Pathway Launch this summer?
If we decide to participate in Pathway, what do we do next?
How can I learn more about ACE Pathway?
Deciding what to measure (and what not to measure) towards gathering evidence of impact can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t need to be. In this webinar, Lana Rucks, an ATE external evaluator, will provide a step-by-step approach for making the decisions around what should be measured as an indication of impact. Using an actual ATE project as a framework, attendees will learn how the varying aspects of evaluation (e.g., logic modeling, operationalizing variables, triangulation, etc.) come together in the real world. Regardless of whether you are in the planning phase or already started the implementation your project, you’ll walk away knowing how to better communicate the story of your project/center’s impact.
Presenter: Lana Rucks - Principal Consultant, The Rucks Group LLC
Moderator: Jason Burkhardt - Project Manager, EvaluATE
Would you like to launch a mentoring program for girls and/or women in technology or improve the one that you have implemented already? Research has shown that quality mentoring programs can have a significant positive impact on the lives of women.
This workshop will provide a step-by-step guidance for program coordinators on developing and sustaining successful mentoring programs. Learn what's involved and how to host one. Participants will also get a chance to shadow the coordinator in order to gain a full understanding of the event.
If you're a woman considering a career in the exciting technology field, Moraine Valley's mentoring program is just for you. The Women in Technology program, supported by the National Resource Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA) helps women feel more comfortable entering technology careers.
The mentoring groups allow students entering programs in technology to connect with experienced female students who can provide guidance, answer questions, and learn more about career opportunities for females. The unique relationship between students and professionals makes the transition from college into the work world smoother and less intimidating.
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?
IntelliSuite was the first MEMS-specific CAD tool and has been under development for over 20 years. In this webinar, understand how this industry-standard software can help MEMS designers, process engineers, and professors save time and costs in the development cycle, share their designs with others, and teach students about MEMS. The webinar will cover: process development using virtual fabrication tools, etch recipe development using process simulators, design rule checking and cross-sectioning tools for MEMS layout, design exploration and optimization using behavioral and parametric modeling, recent developments in automated meshing algorithms, discussion of coupled FEM-BEM solvers for MEMS multiphysics analysis, linking MEMS models to EDA tools for MEMS/IC co-development, real-world examples showing how simulation tools can help accelerate the MEMS design cycle and discussion of the new features in the latest IntelliSuite release.
Join NSTA at the crossroads for science education during the NSTA 2012 Indianapolis National Conference on Science Education. The conference headquarters hotels are the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, JW Marriott Indianapolis, and Westin Indianapolis. Conference registration and exhibits will be at the Indiana Convention Center. Most sessions and events have been scheduled at the Convention Center as well as the Indianapolis Marriott, JW Marriott, and Westin Indianapolis.
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.
This 1/2 day workshop, the morning session of a one-day workshop, serves as an introduction to POGIL(Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) and an exploration of the benefits of this approach to active-learning in the classroom. Participants will experience a POGIL-based learning environment, analyze activities to understand how guided-inquiry is structured in a POGIL classroom, and consider classroom facilitation and other issues related to the implementation of POGIL.
ACE Founder Diego Navarro and Pathway Manager Jim Knickerbocker, PhD explains how ACE Pathway can help colleges to apply the latest research on “tentative” students. Such “tentative” students are typically underprepared, vulnerable, or have risk factors that come from lives of poverty.
Agenda
Session topics include:
*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?
April 5-6, 2012
Irvine Valley College, Tustin, California
Purpose of the Workshop:
· To inform participants about career opportunities and the growing need for optics and photonics technicians and the secondary and postsecondary programs options to prepare them.
· To explain the opportunities for participants to create new secondary-to-postsecondary programs in photonics and/or to infuse optics and photonics instruction into existing technical programs and courses in math, science and technologies enabled by photonics.
· To inform participants of the OP-TEC curriculum materials and services available for planning and implementing photonics education at their institutions.
The workshop is free of charge. Space is limited and registration is required. Participants will be responsible for any travel, lodging or meals. Lunch will be provided both days of the workshop.
Background:
Optics and photonics applications are rapidly transforming the way we work and live. Photonics, and its applications, involve the cutting-edge use of lasers, optics, fiber-optics and electro-optical devices. Photonics has many applications in manufacturing, medicine, aerospace, communications, security, solid-state lighting, and other high-tech fields. Thus, it represents a broad, commercially viable area in which American employers require a steady supply of well-qualified technicians.
The demand for photonics technicians in the United States is great and that demand is growing faster than the pool of qualified candidates. Since most of the skills needed for photonics workers at the technician level are obtainable through AAS degree programs, community and technical colleges provide the optimum environment for significantly increasing the number of qualified personnel available to U.S. employers in technical fields. Two-year colleges must also partner with high schools to design photonics career pathways to lead students through well planned secondary course sequences and into articulated two-year postsecondary programs. The creation of this secondary-to-postsecondary “pipeline” of students is critical to the success of producing enough qualified technicians to meet industry needs.
In an effort to support and promote the inclusion of optics and photonics applications in secondary and postsecondary programs, OP-TEC, the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, offers a free two-day Workshop on Optics and Photonics Education.
Who Should Attend?
Community & Technical Colleges – learn how to create new AAS programs in photonics or to infuse photonics into existing technical programs
Secondary Science and Math Coordinators, Instructors, and Administrators – learn how to enhance existing science and math courses
CTE Directors – learn about adding dual-credit courses
Counselors – learn about career opportunities for your students
Industry/Workforce trainers – learn about available courses and materials
Applications are accepted online or by email. For more information, to view the workshop flyer, or to register online please visit http://www.op-tec.org/workshop, call 254-751-9000, or email op-tec@op-tec.org.
In this webinar you will explore techniques for making micro-size components including:
• Microsystems (MEMS) fabrication vs. semiconductor fabrication
• Surface micromachining overview
• Bulk micromachining overview
• LIGA micromachining overview
Find out what the hype is all about documenting "skills attainment" with technical credentials as part of academic programs. Could this strategy improve your program? This webinar will define some common credentials and how and why educators should use them in technical academic programs at both high school and two year program levels. Industry experts will share their views on this timely topic including their views on benefits of integrating technical training and education.
This workshop provides an introduction to POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) and explores the benefits of this approach to active learning in the classroom. Participants will experience a POGIL-based learning environment, analyze activities to understand how guided inquiry is structured in a POGIL classroom, and consider classroom facilitation and other issues related to the implementation of POGIL.
2012 National Forum on Dropout Prevention for Native and Tribal Communities will be held this April 15-18, 2012. The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) in partnership with The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD), The Arizona Department of Education, The National Indian Education Association (NIEA), The Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, The Southwestern Institute for the Education of Native Americans (SIENA), The Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN), The National Johnson-O'Malley Association would like to invite you to submit a proposal to present at the 2012 National Forum on Dropout Prevention for Native and Tribal Communities, Engaging Native Students In Their Education. All presenter information is being processed online to better serve you. At this time we are accepting proposals from presenters and co-presenters only.
The workshop is the first of a 2 part series. The 2 workshops have been designed to provide post-secondary faculty and administrators with the resources needed to effectively teach undergraduate nanotechnology courses. It does not matter which workshop is attended first.
This webinar discusses the learning cycle and guided inquiry as well as the purposeful structure of a POGIL activity. We will also examine how the group process can be fostered through activity completion. This webinar focuses specifically on a sample high school POGIL activity that can be downloaded on the POGIL website free of charge.
STEM+ARTS delivers stories, anecdotes and analysis of the US and global movement to connect the arts way of learning with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Learn about emerging technologies and communities integrating STEM+ARTS to define what is next in innovation practice. Discover free tools for use at school in middle school, high school and college programs. Jim Brazell's speeches on STEM+ARTS have been featured at major US and global conferences since 2004 when he co-authored Gaming: A Technology Forecast for the Texas State Technical College Program for Emerging Technology.
The Community of Practice (CoP) is an opportunity for the ACE community to come together to exchange ideas and learn from one another. It is a day when ACE instructors and implementers can share their innovations around every aspect of the program; from recruiting students, to teaching, or institutionalizing ACE at a college. The goal is to not only build community and share knowledge, but also to capture great ideas to further strengthen this program and better help our students.
The premiere event for community college leaders, AACC's Annual Convention offers unprecedented professional development as well as the opportunity to network, share, and learn from professionals in the fields of education, business and industry, and the government sector. The AACC Exhibit Hall offers a variety of services and products to bring innovation to your campus.
The 2012 Symposium will be held at the Westin Crown Center April 22 - 26, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. GIS covers such a broad range of subjects, applications and types of people that use it, that developing a conference program that meets everyone's needs is a challenging task. Even more challenging is an attendee trying to figure out exactly which sessions or topics will be most interesting and helpful. MAGIC 2012 is intended to focus the content of the presentation options into a program specifically geared to each attendee's needs. Your 2012 Program Committee is working very hard to bring you the best Symposium yet. If you have ideas or comments, please send them to the Symposium Chair.
