Looking for an exciting conference to attend?
Here are three upcoming conferences for educators:
STEMgrants Virtual Conference – From your Computer!
The 2011 STEMgrants Virtual Conference will be held from March 1-4, 2011and is focused on connecting educators with STEM funding through a series of virtual workshops! From the comfort of your computer you can learn how to find STEM funding, write grant proposals and win awards. Each presentation consists of live video of the speaker, simultaneous PowerPoint presentations and Q&A’s in real-time! Worried about missing a session? If you miss a live session, you will be able to watch a recorded version for up to 30 days!
There is also a full line-up of engaging keynote speakers to kick-off each day of the conference. Keynote Speakers include:
- Dr. Douglas Arion, President, Galileoscope LLC
- Darlene Cavalier, Founder, ScienceCheerleader.com
- Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis, President, Boston Museum of Science
- Dr. Winston Scott, Astronaut and Dean or Aeronautics, Florida Tech
Register by February 15th and receive an Early Bird Discount! For $99 per person, you will have access to all of the live sessions! After February 15th, the cost goes up to $129 per person.
For more information and to register, please visit: http://stemconference.com/
SVCUE Technology Conference – San Jose, CA
The Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators (SVCUE) will be holding their annual Technology Conference entitled “T3: Teach Through Technology” on Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 8am to 3pm in San Jose, CA. This one-day conference will focus on the ways teachers can integrate the technology they have been given (or are seeking to obtain) into their curriculum! If you register by March 4th, the cost to attend is $40 for SVCUE Members and $50 for non-SVCUE members. Register before January 16th and save $10!
IISME will be exhibiting at this conference, so please don't forget to stop by and say hello!
For more information on SVCUE and to register for this conference, please visit: http://www.svcue.org/
The NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education – San Francisco, CA
Begin the new year with resolve to get personal and professional development in 2011. Build your experiences in science education at the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) National Conference on Science Education in San Francisco. Scheduled for March 10-13, more than 2,000 sessions will be offered—hands-on workshops, seminars, and symposia will increase your content knowledge, performance strategies, and techniques in the classroom. Nationally known presenters will inspire and inform. Thousands of your peers will share ideas, experiences, and challenges. Invest in yourself, your career, and your future. Register before January 14th to save the most. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2011SAN/
Sessions and presentations include:
- Featured Presentation: Ira Flatow, President and Executive Producer, NPR’s Science Friday
- Giving Elementary Science Teachers the Confidence, Skills, and Experience to Teach Chemistry. (lesson plans, strategies, and rubrics are the take-away’s.)
- Shaping Children's Views of Science by Doing and Knowing About Inquiry. Elementary, (research-based techniques)
- Linking Assessment to Teaching: Ideas and Evidence. Middle School
- From Cells to Sea Ice: Analyzing Data from Digital Images. Middle-High
- Developing Literacy and Addressing Content Standards Through Issue-oriented Science. Middle-High
- Variation, Selection, and Time. (Natural selection) Middle-High
- Hands-On Learning Activities for AP Biology. High School
- NASA Brings You Newton's Laws of Motion. 20 hands-on investigations. Middle-High
- Featured Presentation: Deeply Digital Science Teaching, Chad Dorsey, Pres, CEO, The Concord Consortium
- Featured Presentation: Dr. Art’s Planet Earth Show. Art Sussman, Sr Project Director, WestEd
- Exhibit Hall—test and try the most cutting edge products from companies across the nation. Bring an extra tote for giveaways.
- Field trips (ticketed) for real discovery. USS Pampanito, Lawrence Hall of Science, the Match Science Nucleus, Wes Gordon Fossil Hall, the Tech Museum, RAFT, and more.
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