Dinner on Your Own
Day
Wed
(See the list of local restaurants.)
Date/Time
Webinar: STEM Education Instrument Database
ITEST is holding a webinar to preview the STEM Education Instrument Database on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
2:00pm – 3:00pm ET.
To register for the webinar, go to: http://learningtimesevents.org/itest/
Poster Session and Refreshments
Day
Wed
(See list of projects presenting posters.)
Date/Time
-
Session Type
General Poster Session
References
Gaming Arcade
Day
Wed
(Open to all grantees)
Engage in extended play and in-depth discussion around selected DR K-12 games or virtual environments.
Date/Time
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Session Type
Other
GAMING ARCADE
Wednesday 3:45 – 4:30 PM in Washington A & B
Participating Projects
Project:: Expanding PhET Interactive Science Simulations to Grades 4-8: A Research-based Approach
Presenter: Kathy Perkins, University of Colorado, Boulder
CADRE Gaming SIG
Day
Wed
(SIG members only)
This group continues their December 2011 discussion of their gaming/virtual environment work. SIG members focus on successful approaches to common challenges, establish priorities for implementing recommendations from their group meeting, and share the current versions of their games/virtual environments.
Date/Time
-
Facilitators
Options for DR K-12 Project Evaluations
Day
Wed
CADRE invites feedback on a draft paper that describes how evaluation can add value to an R&D project, with special attention to the challenges of making a distinction between evaluation and the project’s research activities.
Date/Time
-
Session Type
Product Feedback Session
Presenters
Session Materials
CADRE is developing a concise "options paper" on project evaluation and invites your feedback in this session. The draft paper, to be distributed to participants, describes challenges in evaluating an R&D project (e.g., how to distinguish between evaluation and the project's research activities). It identifies options for current project leaders, evaluators, and prospective grant applicants to consider. Your feedback in the session will help improve the paper before CADRE revises and distributes it.
CADRE Curriculum Design SIG
Day
Wed
(Open to all grantees)
Participants share their experiences transitioning to digital curricula, explore what curricula should look like, and define how digital curricula enhance and deepen science learning.
Date/Time
-
Session Type
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Facilitators
Since the last SIG meeting, a great deal has happened relating to technology in the classroom. Most notably, the availability and promotion of e-textbooks at the K-12 grade levels have begun to dominate the e-learning landscape. An increased use of a variety of other digital tools designed to enhance learning such as educational games, banks of virtual simulations, and digital assessment features are being developed by major publishers and groups like Apple. A brief overview of the current state of educational technology will be presented.
CADRE English Language Learners SIG
Day
Wed
(Open to all grantees)
This session includes a presentation on English Language Learners and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards, followed by discipline-based discussions.
Date/Time
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Session Type
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Facilitators
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics and the forthcoming Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have taken shape during a period of rapidly changing student demographics and continuing science achievement gaps which emphasize issues related to English language learners. In addition to the focus on disciplinary core ideas, the new standards emphasize “practices”— mathematical practices and scientific and engineering practices—which are language intensive.
Options for DR K-12 Project Dissemination and Knowledge Use
Day
Wed
CADRE invites feedback on a draft paper that identifies alternatives to conventional dissemination in current DR K-12 projects, as well as other creative options worth considering.
Date/Time
-
Session Type
Product Feedback Session
Presenters
Session Materials
CADRE is developing a concise paper, "From Dissemination to Knowledge Use," and invites your feedback in this session. The draft paper, to be distributed to participants, identifies alternatives to conventional dissemination for DR K-12 projects. It briefly describes the relevant research on knowledge use and suggests options for applying this research in ongoing or planned projects. Your feedback in the session will help improve the paper before CADRE revises and distributes it.
Luncheon for CADRE Fellows
Day
Wed
(By invitation only – Fellows and nominating PIs)
During this welcome meeting for the 2011-2012 Fellows and their PIs, participants have the opportunity to meet informally with each other, National Science Foundation (NSF) program officers, and CADRE staff.
Date/Time
-
Session Type
Other