The following one-hour general sessions will be available:
FINAL publication update - 02/15/00
Monday 9:30-10:30am
Middle School Science Experiments that Incorporate Computer
Technology
Kevin O'Bryant - sales@pasco.com
PASCO Scientific Technical
Sales Representative
How are you planning to comply with the latest National
Science Standards? This session will present curriculum and the associated
technology that specifically addresses the learning objectives of the National
Science Standards for middle school students. Sources of funding for these types
of projects will also be presented. PASCO's Science Workshop and a variety of
probes will be demonstrated using examples in Middle School Science. Sample lab
manuals will be provided to participants.
LEVEL = Middle School
Offered
Monday in Roanoke Ballroom H from 9:30-10:30am
Teaching Geological and Biological Change Using Web-based
Technologies
George Glasson - glassong@vt.edu
Associate Professor,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Mike Bentley - mbentley@vt.edu
Associate
Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Denny Casey -
dcasey@vt.edu
Graduate Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA
Participants will explore the topics of cosmology, biological evolution,
and geological change using web-based technologies developed during the
"Geological and Biological Change and the Nature of Science" summer 1999
institute at Virginia Tech. Internet resources and web-based lesson plans
developed by teachers will be shared.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High
School
Offered Monday in Buck Mountain Computer Lab from 9:30-10:30am
Monday 10:30-11:30am
How Your Leftover Toast Becomes Compost
Jean Luker - jkl@naxs.com
TITLE
- Washington County Schools
This hands-on presentation demonstrates methods
to introduce and teach the following Virginia Standards of Learning: Science
3.7, 4.8, 5.7, 6.9, and LS 9. It introduces and demonstrates the integration of
science teaching and learning using technology in the classroom. The following
concepts are studied: organic vs. inorganic material, decomposition of organic
waste, (some) soil components, understanding what compost is, how compost is
used, and bioremediation. A study of the role of earthworms in composting can be
launched from this lesson or taught in conjunction with it. Further, a study of
the use of microbes in bioremediation (such as cleaning up oil spills) is an
appropriate and natural follow-up. Technology concepts taught in this lesson
include: using a website to obtain information (introductory research), using a
spreadsheet to organize, record, and report data during scientific
investigation.
LEVELS = Elementary and Middle School
Offered Monday in
Buck Mountain Computer Lab from 10:30-11:30am and Tuesday
Living Classrooms Foundation Presents "Learning by Doing"
Bob
Keddell - bkeddell@aol.com
Sherry Barr - revotch@aol.com
Living
Classrooms Foundation, Baltimore, MD
The Living Classrooms Foundation has a
twelve year tradition of using real world settings and subject matter to
motivate students into advanced conceptual thinking. This session will highlight
the Foundation's 23 programs that serve 55,000 students annually on or around
the Chesapeake Bay region, present it's integrated "lessons for teaming"
curriculum guides, place participants in the Foundation's award winning family
science format and introduce all to the new LivingBay online series of website
services for teachers.
LEVEL = Middle School
Offered Monday in Roanoke
Ballroom H from 10:30-11:30am pm
Monday 1:00-2:00pm
SOL Panel Discussion - Science K-5
Eric Dalton -
edalton@libertyhs.com
Instructional Coordinator for Science, Fauquier County
Public Schools
Charles Pace - cpace@albemarle.org
Science Coordinator,
Albemarle County Schools
Mike Bentley - mbentley@vt.edu
Associate
Professor - Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Sandra Thomas -
sthomas@bcps.k12.va.us
Principal, Eagle Rock Elementary
Discuss key issues
and concerns in assisting students to improve their achievement on the Science
SOL's for grades K-5. Learn about strategies, models, and resources recommended
by panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel will include SOL
experts from the DOE, University level, school administration and classroom
teachers.
LEVELS = Elementary
Offered Monday in Roanoke Ballroom G from
1:00-2:00pm and Tuesday
SOL Panel Discussion - Mathematics 6-12
Betti Kreye -
bkreye@mail.mcps.org
Math Supervisor, Montgomery County Schools
Deborah
Lyman - dlyman@mail.vak12ed.edu
Secondary Mathematics Specialist, Virginia
DOE
Bobby Cutlip - bcutlip@mail.vak12ed.edu
Governor's Best Practice
Center - Marion
Douglas Arnold, Ed.D. - darnold@pen.k12.va.us
Assistant
Superintendent, Galax City Schools
Discuss key issues and concerns in
assisting students to improve their achievement on the Math SOL's in grades
6-12. Learn about strategies, models, and resources recommended by panel members
to help teachers with their task. Panel will include SOL experts from the DOE,
university level, school administration and classroom teachers.
LEVELS =
Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom B from
1:00-2:00pm and Tuesday
Approaches to Technology in Biology and Chemistry Classes: An Alternative
Perspective
Charles Jervis - cjervis@mail.mcps.org
Teacher, Montgomery
County Schools
In an interdisciplinary study unifying themes and skills from
science, social studies and language arts, an approach to technology use will be
presented. Technology as a tool and a topic will be discussed with reference to
practice and current literature. Sample student products will be displayed and
discussed. Covers biology, chemistry and physics.
LEVELS = High
School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom C from 1:00-2:00pm
WBRA's Homepage - A Resource for Lifelong Learning
Kim S. Jackson -
kim_s._jackson@wbra.pbs.org
Blue Ridge Public Television, Roanoke,
VA
Blue Ridge Public Television is a free resource to teachers, and yet many
teachers aren't aware of the many services that this public television station
offers. Get online with us in this session and search our homepage for multiple
resources that teachers can use. Some of the highlights of this session will be
the new database that has been added this year, where you can input a grade
level and subject, and search instructional programming offered, correlated with
the Virginia Standards of Learning. Schedules and program links, many of which
offer a broadcast schedule, teacher guides, and interactive games, will be
shown.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Monday in
Monroe Computer Lab from 1:00-2:00pm
Internet2: what does it mean for education
Carmel Vaccare -
cvaccare@exchange.vt.edu
Internet2 Studio - Virginia Tech, Richmond
The
research and development from the Internet2 intiative (http://www.internet2.edu/
) promises enhancements to the existing Internet infrastructure and content
delivery. The head on collision of the Internet equipped computer with Internet
"appliances" and the Internet as more than "just" a web browser, promise to make
our lives more than just a little interesting. This presentation provides a
basic, non-technical overview of key technologies within the context of
education and community.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle and High
School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom E from 1:00-2:00pm and Tuesday
The Seven Strategies of Highly Successful Technology Integrators
-Tap
into the Power
Lynn McNally -
lmcnally@pen.k12.va.us
Technology Resource Teacher, Loudoun County Public
Schools
Seven success-proven strategies that help teachers and students tap
into the power of the software tool as well as the collaborative possibilities
and collective knowledge of the network (LAN, WAN, and Internet). Session will
provide many examples of teacher and student work. Strategies also provide a
framework that supports the beginning through invention stages of teachers'
adoption of technology.
LEVEL = Elementary, Middle and High School
Offered
Monday in Wilson Computer Lab from 1:00-2:00pm
NASA's Aerospace Education Services Program
Pat Biggs -
pbiggs@aesp.nasa.okstate.edu
NASA Aerospace Education Specialist,
Langley
NASA offers an excellent program for teachers. This session will
provide an overview on the AESP programs and provide hands-on activities from
NASA's education teacher guide. The hands-on activities will be space oriented
and designed to incorporate math, science and technology in the classroom.
Participants will receive a NASA Rockets Guide.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle
and High School
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom D from 1:00-2:00pm and
Tuesday
Women and Minorities in Information Technology
Carol J. Burger -
cjburger@vt.edu
Coordinator, Science and Gender Equity Program, Virginia
Tech
A discussion on the current status of women and minorities in
information technology (IT) careers. Including how career tracks are presented
to women and minorities by teachers and school counselors; classroom climate
issues especially in science and computer science courses; and programs that
have successfully encouraged the recruitment of underrepresented groups to IT
disciplines and employment.
LEVEL = Elementary, Middle & High
School
Offered Monday in Roanoke Ballroom H from 1:00-2:00pm
Oceans For Virginia
Bob Keddell - bkeddell@aol.com
Living
Classrooms Foundation
Lena Jankowsky -
Reef Ball Coalition
The Living
Classrooms Foundation and Reef Ball artificial reef building groups are working
together to create educational programs that promote environmental stewardship.
This session will feature a detailed explanation of Reef Ball's worldwide reef
restoration success and Living Classrooms' programs that feature direct student
interaction with the environment, authentic research and "learning by doing"
classroom curriculum. We invite Virginia teachers to join us to learn how Oceans
for Virginia can activate SOLs across K-12 disciplines.
LEVELS = Elementary,
Middle and High School
Offered Monday in Roanoke Ballroom F from 1:00-2:00pm
Monday 2:15-3:15pm
SOL Panel Discussion - Science 6-12
Eric Dalton -
edalton@libertyhs.com
Instructional Coordinator for Science, Fauquier County
Public Schools
Charles Pace - cpace@albemarle.org
Science Coordinator,
Albemarle County Schools
George Glasson - glassong@vt.edu
Associate
Professor - Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Discuss key issues and
concerns in assisting students to improve their achievement on the Science SOL's
for grades 6-12. Learn about strategies, models, and resources recommended by
panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel will include SOL experts
from the DOE, university level, school administration and classroom
teachers.
LEVELS = Middle & High School
Offered Monday in Roanoke
Ballroom G from 2:15-3:15pm and Tuesday
SOL Panel Discussion - Mathematics K-5
Betti Kreye -
bkreye@mail.mcps.org
Math Supervisor, Montgomery County Schools
Linda
Petrie, Ed.D. - lp@swva.net
Director of Instruction, Floyd County
Joann
Bolling - bolling@mail.mcps.org
Principal, Harding Elementary School,
Montgomery County
Janis Carter - jcarter@mail.pulaski.k12.va.us
Principal,
Snowville Elementary School
Douglas Arnold, Ed.D -
darnold@pen.k12.va.us
Assistant Superintendent, Galax City Schools
Discuss
key issues and concerns in assisting students to improve their achievement on
the Math SOL's in grades K-5. Learn about strategies, models, and resources
recommended by panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel will
include SOL experts from the DOE, university level, school administration and
classroom teachers.
LEVELS = Elementary
Offered Monday in Crystal Ballroom
B from 2:15-3:15pm and Tuesday
"S'COOL" is always looking UP!
Doug Stoddard -
d.b.stoddard@larc.nasa.gov
NASA Teacher in Residence
Come and see how you
can be involved with an active research project that supports NASA's research on
the Earth's climate. Observing, comparing and sharing as a part of the S'COOL
team is how your students can become a vital part of the collaborative research
along with the CERES scientists. You will be introduced to S tudents' C loud O
bservations O n - L ine as you observe the formation of a cloud and discover how
your class can collect ground truth measurements to provide NASA with validation
data for the CERES instruments. Come ready to keep your head up!
LEVEL =
Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered - Monday in Crystal Ballroom C
from 2:15-3:15pm
"Storms on the 'Net"
Dave Carroll -
carrollwx@netscape.net
Science Teacher, Pulaski County High
School
Forecasting and evaluating significant weather events using Internet
resources, including snowstorms, severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes. We will
cover some of the best information available on the web for monitoring severe
weather. Topics and sites will include radar and satellite imagery,
watches/warning sites, and convective outlooks.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle
and High School
Offered Monday in Wilson Computer Lab from 2:15-3:15pm
A Pragmatic Approach to Bridging the Technogeek with the Practioner: the 4
S model.
Carmel Vaccare - cvaccare@exchange.vt.edu
Internet2 Studio -
Virginia Tech, Richmond
How does one filter through all of the software,
hardware, and technologies to arrive at a way to select and use them? How does
one avoid costly time and resource "blackholes" The trick is in how we frame our
decision making process. The 4 S model provides a system based on the criteria
of Simplicity, Stability, Scalability, and Sustainability combined with a tool
for analyzing instructional events based on time and space dependency. The model
provides an easy to use filter for deciding when and whether a technology should
be used or avoided.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle and High School
Offered on
Monday in Crystal Ballroom E from 2:15-3:15pm and Tuesday
A Picture is worth a Thousand Words...
Fred Hoffman -
hoffman@rvgs.k12.va.us
Physics Teacher, Roanoke Valley Governor's
School
Computers now allow us to do more than just describe pictures. They
allow us to significantly quantify them as well. Students need to be able to do
both. Sources of digital images include the Internet, digital cameras, video
cameras, movies, and many other sources. This session will look at some examples
of these sources and why you want to allow your students to experience this type
of activity. There will a brief description of the type of equipment needed to
get the graphic into the computer and then the software to really analyze the
graphic. This is intended to be an introduction to the options. Several
workshops will be described that give support to learning how to actually do all
of these steps.
LEVEL = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered on
Monday in Monroe Computer Lab from 2:15-3:15pm
Multimedia Aporoach for Teaching Geology SOL's on Virginia
Karen K.
Cecil - kcskis@juno.com
Radford High School and New River Community
College
Robert C. Whisonant - rwhisona@runet.edu
Parvinder S. Sethi -
psethi@runet.edu
Phyllis L. Newbill - pnewbill@runet.edu
Department of
Geology, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, VA
Teachers spend increasing
amounts of time integrating and streamlining the SOLs into Earth Science
curricula. Radford University has created the first of a series of interactive,
multimedia CD-ROMs designed to help Earth Science teachers address the geology
of Virginia in a technology-intensive manner via use of text, audio, video and
animations. The design and content of the CD-ROM integrates the latest research
findings concerning Howard Gardner's Multiple-Intelligence Theory. This session
will demonstrate the first CD-ROM that covers general geologic information with
specific examples from Virginia. Specific strategies for integrating the CD-ROM
and the Teacher's Guide into course instruction and lesson plans will be
discussed, both for schools that are well equipped with computer labs and for
those that are not.
LEVEL = Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered
on Monday in Crystal Ballroom D from 2:15-3:15pm
Cooperative Learning in the One-Computer Classroom
Wade Whitehead -
WWhiteh17@aol.com
Third grade teacher, Crystal Spring Elementary
School
Member of the Presenter's Club - Tom Snyder Productions
Learn to
combine effective group-making strategies, technology, and engaging discussion
to turn your classroom into an interactive, interdisciplinary, inquiry-based
learning venue. Using the latest software titles from award-winning publisher
Tom Snyder Productions, we'll examine what makes effective groups just so, and
what types of cooperative learning work best from situation to
situation.
LEVEL = Elementary & Middle School
Offered - Monday in
Roanoke Ballroom F from 2:15-3:15pm
Virtual Jamestown
Mickey Hickman - mhickman@usit.net
Appalachian
Learning Laboratory
Erin Wiggington -erin_go_braugh@hotmail.com
Pulaski
County High School
This session is designed to introduce the instructional
component of the Virtual Jamestown Project. Participants will be taken through a
number of cooperative problem solving activities from Catch Them Thinking in
Social Studies. Integrate science, math and social studies with this
material.
LEVEL = Elementary, Middle and High School
Offered Monday in
Roanoke Ballroom H from 2:15-3:15pm
Monday 3:15pm
o Plenary Session with Dr. Ron Kander
Tuesday 8:30-9:30am
Using DK Multimedia in the Classroom
Lee Moser -
ubleemoser@aol.com
Vicki Frantz - dkbooks4u@aol.com
DK Certified School
Sales Advisor
An "eyewitness" presentation of the latest multimedia products
by Dorling Kindersley. A Question and Answer session and samples of
products/materials will be available at the presentation.
LEVEL = Elementary,
Middle & High School
Offered Tuesday in Wilson Computer Lab from
8:30-9:30am and Monday
Hands-on Science with Computer Technology
Kevin O'Bryant -
sales@pasco.com
PASCO Scientific Technical Sales Representative
Teaching
science laboratory investigations with the aid of computers is no longer a
question of "IF", but rather now "HOW" it should be done. This session will
review the benefits of using computers in the science lab, how it meets National
Science Standards and sources of funding for these projects. PASCO's Science
Workshop and a variety of probes will be demonstrated using examples in Biology,
Chemistry and Physics. Sample lab manuals will be provided to
participants.
LEVELS = Middle and High School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke
Ballroom H from 8:30-9:30am
Tuesday 9:30-10:30am
Link your Students to Integrated Math, Science and Technology through NASA
CONNECT
Robert M. Starr - r.m.starr@larc.nasa.gov
NASA Langley Office
of Education, Hampton, VA
Learn about the NASA CONNECT series consisting of
seven, interactive, 30-minute instructional (television and Internet) programs
that use NASA aeronautical and space technology projects, facilities, and
researchers to enhance scientific literacy and improve the math, science, and
technology competencies of upper elementary (i.e. grades 4-5) and middle school
(i.e. grades 6-8) math and science students. NASA CONNECT links math, science,
and technology concepts and skills to the workplace, joins classrooms with NASA
researchers, and supports the national math, science, and computer/technology
standards.
LEVEL = Elementary and Middle School
Offered Tuesday in Wilson
Computer Lab from 9:30-10:30am and Monday
Internet2: what does it mean for education
Carmel Vaccare -
cvaccare@exchange.vt.edu
Internet2 Studio - Virginia Tech, Richmond
The
research and development from the Internet2 intiative (http://www.internet2.edu/
) promises enhancements to the existing Internet infrastructure and content
delivery. The head on collision of the Internet equipped computer with Internet
"appliances" and the Internet as more than "just" a web browser, promise to make
our lives more than just a little interesting. This presentation provides a
basic, non-technical overview of key technologies within the context of
education and community.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle and High
School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke Ballroom H from 9:30-10:30am and Monday
Tuesday 10:45-11:45am
How Your Leftover Toast Becomes Compost
Jean Luker - jkl@naxs.com
TITLE
- Washington County Schools
This hands-on presentation demonstrates methods
to introduce and teach the following Virginia Standards of Learning: Science
3.7, 4.8, 5.7, 6.9, and LS 9. It introduces and demonstrates the integration of
science teaching and learning using technology in the classroom. The following
concepts are studied: organic vs. inorganic material, decomposition of organic
waste, (some) soil components, understanding what compost is, how compost is
used, and bioremediation. A study of the role of earthworms in composting can be
launched from this lesson or taught in conjunction with it. Further, a study of
the use of microbes in bioremediation (such as cleaning up oil spills) is an
appropriate and natural follow-up. Technology concepts taught in this lesson
include: using a website to obtain information (introductory research), using a
spreadsheet to organize, record, and report data during scientific
investigation.
LEVELS = Elementary and Middle School
Offered Tuesday in
Monroe Computer Lab from 10:45-11:45am and Monday
SOL Panel Discussion - Science K-5
Eric Dalton -
edalton@libertyhs.com
Instructional Coordinator for Science, Fauquier County
Public Schools
Charles Pace - cpace@albemarle.org
Science Coordinator,
Albemarle County Schools
Mike Bentley - mbentley@vt.edu
Associate
Professor - Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Sandra Thomas -
sthomas@bcps.k12.va.us
Principal, Eagle Rock Elementary
Discuss key issues
and concerns in assisting students to improve their achievement on the Science
SOL's for grades K-5. Learn about strategies, models, and resources recommended
by panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel will include SOL
experts from the DOE, University level, school administration and classroom
teachers.
LEVELS = Elementary
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom A from
10:45-11:45am and Monday
SOL Panel Discussion - Mathematics 6-12
Betti Kreye -
bkreye@mail.mcps.org
Math Supervisor, Montgomery County Schools
Eddie
Roland - mathstat@ls.net
Director of Research & Assessment, Grayson
County
Maureen Hijar - mhijar@mail.vak12ed.edu
Curriculum/Instruction,
Governor's Best Practice Center
Deborah Lyman -
dlyman@mail.vak12ed.edu
Secondary Mathematics Specialist, Virginia
DOE
Discuss key issues and concerns in assisting students to improve their
achievement on the Math SOL's in grades 6-12. Learn about strategies, models,
and resources recommended by panel members to help teachers with their task.
Panel will include SOL experts from the DOE, university level, school
administration and classroom teachers.
LEVELS = Middle & High
School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom B from 10:45-11:45am and
Monday
The NEW Virginia Science Resource Network
Pat Fishback -
pfishback@smv.org
Center for Science Education at the Science Museum of
Virginia
David Hagan - dhagan@smv.org
Center for Science Education at the
Science Museum of Virginia
Sue Kirk - skirk@smv.org
Center for Science
Education at the Science Museum of Virginia
For teachers who seek support for
their students who are working on science research projects, and for teachers
who seek scientists to visit their classrooms as experts, a new resource has
been created. The Virginia Science Resource Network (VSRN) includes an
electronic version of the Virginia Academy of Science's Visiting Scientist
Program. This presentation will introduce educators to the new website and show
teachers and scientists how to participate. A brief overview of other
educational services provided by the Science Museum of Virginia will be
included.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle and High School
Offered Tuesday in
Crystal Ballroom from 10:45-11:45am
NASA's Aerospace Education Services Program
Pat Biggs -
pbiggs@aesp.nasa.okstate.edu
NASA Aerospace Education Specialist,
Langley
NASA offers an excellent program for teachers. This session will
provide an overview on the AESP programs and provide hands-on activities from
NASA's education teacher guide. The hands-on activities will be space oriented
and designed to incorporate math, science and technology in the classroom.
Participants will receive a NASA Rockets Guide.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle
and High School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom E from 10:45-11:45am and
Monday
Dynamics and Kinematics: Where Math & Physics Meet!
Bob Carlson
- carlsonr@aol.com
Physics Teacher - Southwest Virginia Governor's
School
Rick Fisher -
Mathematics Teacher - Southwest Virginia Governor's
School
Learn how to integrate mathematics and physics in the classroom.
Attendees will receive Beta Versions of Software, which models lab activities
and experiments with the chance for students to select problems and see the
solutions both mathematically and simulated on Screen. Topics include projectile
motion, friction on incline planes, graphical analysis of motion, and rotational
motion. While some programs are set for idealized motion, others include
friction and other forces.
LEVEL = High School
Offered Tuesday in Buck
Mountain Computer Lab from 10:45-11:45am
AirPort - Wireless Technology for the Classroom
Marianne Jolley -
jolley1@apple.com
Lynn McNally - lmcnally@pen.k12.va.us
Jayson Bevins -
jbevins@maccenter.com
Apple Computer
Wireless: What is it and how can it
be used? Why is it useful in the science classroom? How does it fit into your
existing network? This session will demonstrate how to access the Internet
wirelessly to get relative curriculum information. A demonstration on how
information can be easily passed from one student to another for data
collection, etc. will also be covered.
Offered Tuesday in Wilson Computer Lab
from 10:45-11:45am
Extending the Use of Collaborative Virtual Environments for Instruction to
K-12 Schools
Steve Howard - showard@cvgs.k12.va.us
Central Virginia
Governor's School, Lynchburg, VA
Leonard Klein -
klein@csvrgs.k12.va.us
Central Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor's School,
Fishersville, VA
With the advent of high-speed networks, it is now possible
to create collaborative tools that will benefit education and research projects.
Virginia Tech is committed to building an Advanced Communications Information
Technology Center (ACITC) where collaborative virtual environments (VE), such as
the CAVE, can be used to solve many problems associated with distance learning,
outreach and research across the state of Virginia. This project will link the
Central Virginia Governor's School in Lynchburg and the Central Shenandoah
Valley Governor's School in Fishersville via the Internet to the Virginia Tech
CAVE. The goal of this project is to demonstrate that users at a CAVE site and
users running the EVL CAVE Simulator can deliver a collaborative virtual
learning environment to K-12 students in remote locations across Virginia.
LEVEL = Middle & High School
Offered on Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom D
from 10:445-11:45am
Computer Monitors or Real Windows - Which Weather Lab Do you
Prefer?
Robin Reed - rreed@wdbj7.com
Chief Meteorologist, WDBJ7,
Roanoke, VA
A tour of the hottest weather Internet sites mixed with some
great hands on weather demonstrations. Designed for Grades 2 through 6, this
session will only work if you agree that nature is the best classroom. WDBJ
Chief Meteorologist Robin Reed guides you through the stormy future with the
promise of a rainbow ending.
LEVELS = Elementary & Middle
School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke Ballroom F from 10:45-11:45am
Auburn High School's Interactive Life and Science Museum
Alison
Goforth - agoforth@usit.net
Teacher, Auburn High School, Riner, VA
This
session demonstrates how high school biology and earth science students are
creating 3-D interactive science exhibits based on topics of interest chosen
from the Virginia Standards of Learning for Science. Student generated exhibits
will be published on the World Wide Web in a "Virtual Museum". Topics to be
discussed include; project implementation (group dynamics, student roles/jobs,
grading rubric), hardware and software, accounting for multiple intelligence's
and differentiating by depth and complexity.
LEVELS = Middle and High
School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke Ballroom G from 10:45-11:45am
Tuesday 11:30am-1:00pm
LUNCH - Roanoke
Ballroom A/B
Tuesday 1:00-2:00pm
SOL Panel Discussion - Science 6-12
Eric Dalton -
edalton@libertyhs.com
Instructional Coordinator for Science, Fauquier County
Public Schools
Deloris Dalton - dudalton@pen.k12.va.us
Secondary Science
Specialist, VDOE
Charles Pace - cpace@albemarle.org
Science Coordinator,
Albemarle County Schools
George Glasson - glassong@vt.edu
Associate
Professor - Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Discuss key issues and
concerns in assisting students to improve their achievement on the Science SOL's
for grades 6-12. Learn about strategies, models, and resources recommended by
panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel will include SOL experts
from the DOE, university level, school administration and classroom
teachers.
LEVELS = Middle & High School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal
Ballroom A from 1:00-2:00pm and Monday
SOL Panel Discussion - Mathematics K-5
Betti Kreye -
bkreye@mail.mcps.org
Math Supervisor, Montgomery County Schools
David
Bockes - dbockes@pen.k12.va.us
Governor's Best Practice Center -
Marion
Janis Carter - jcarter@mail.pulaski.k12.va.us
Principal, Snowville
Elementary School
Maureen Hijar -
mhijar@mail.vak12ed.edu
Curriculum/Instruction, Governor's Best Practice
Center
Discuss key issues and concerns in assisting students to improve their
achievement on the Math SOL's in grades K-5. Learn about strategies, models, and
resources recommended by panel members to help teachers with their task. Panel
will include SOL experts from the DOE, university level, school administration
and classroom teachers.
LEVELS = Elementary
Offered Tuesday in Crystal
Ballroom B from 1:00-2:00pm and Monday
A Pragmatic Approach to Bridging the Technogeek with the Practioner: the 4
S model.
Carmel Vaccare - cvaccare@exchange.vt.edu
Internet2 Studio -
Virginia Tech, Richmond
How does one filter through all of the software,
hardware, and technologies to arrive at a way to select and use them? How does
one avoid costly time and resource "blackholes" The trick is in how we frame our
decision making process. The 4 S model provides a system based on the criteria
of Simplicity, Stability, Scalability, and Sustainability combined with a tool
for analyzing instructional events based on time and space dependency. The model
provides an easy to use filter for deciding when and whether a technology should
be used or avoided.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle and High School
Offered on
Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom E from 1:00-2:00pm and Monday
Using DK Multimedia in the Classroom
Lee Moser -
ubleemoser@aol.com
Vicki Frantz - dkbooks4u@aol.com
DK Certified School
Sales Advisors
An "eyewitness" presentation of the latest multimedia products
by Dorling Kindersley. A Question and Answer session and samples of
products/materials will be available at the presentation.
LEVEL = Elementary,
Middle & High School
Offered Tuesday in Monroe Computer Lab from
1:00-2:00pm and Tuesday morning
Teaching Inquiry over the Web
Arthur L. Buikema, Jr. -
buik@vt.edu
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biology, Virginia Tech
Pat
Duncan - duncan@swvgs.k12.va.us
Director, Southwest Virginia Governor's
School, Dublin, VA
This workshop will highlight three web-based modules that
can be used either as supplements for teaching biology or as a primary resource
to teach biology. The modules cover endangered species and biotechnology. The
endangered species module covers the challenges and ethics of saving cheetahs.
Biotechnology is loosely defined and covers a broad range of materials
including: artificial breeding programs, treatment of infertility, birth
control, the Human Genome Project, gene therapy, transgenics, organ transplants,
xenotransplantation, and the integration of materials sciences and biology to
rejoin nerves and reconstruct body organs. Participants will be able to view
these modules and listen to high school students share their experiences with
this teaching strategy.
LEVELS =
Offered Tuesday in Buck Mt. Computer Lab
from 1:00-2:00pm
Environment-People -Interactions: Internationalizing the Curriculum
through Southern Africa Studies
Mike Bentley -
mbentley@vt.edu
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Josiah
Tlou - tlou@vt.edu
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Few
teachers have undertaken any significant study of Africa, yet Africa is a
continent of major importance to the K-12 curriculum because of it's historic
link to the US via past imperialism and the slave trade, and also because of its
vast resources and current environmental and social problems. Virginia Tech's
Southern African Studies Institute for Teachers offers a two-year summer program
for Virginia teachers culminating in a multi-country field trip to Southern
Africa. The Institute focuses upon key aspects of African society - history,
economics, geography, government, education, social life, etc., and the types of
habitats and wildlife found there. Social science and ecological concepts are
integrated through examining social and ecological issues in this unique part of
the world and participants learn how to integrate African studies into their own
classroom curriculums.
LEVELS = Elementary, Middle & High
School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke Ballroom G from 1:00-2:00pm
DIGSTATS
Tom Morgan - tmorgan@cvgs.k12.va.us
Director, Central
Virginia Governor's School, Lynchburg, VA
Experience this WWW site being
developed by the Central Virginia Governor's School and the Data Visualization
Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Activities introduce students to descriptive and
inferential statistical concepts and data visualization techniques through the
analysis of real data sets using Excel or TI-83 calculators and a JAVA
visualization applet. The activities, designed to be integrated into existing
mathematics and science courses, cover a range of complexity appropriate for
students in grades 9-14.
LEVEL = High School
Offered Tuesday in Wilson
Computer Lab from 1:00-2:00pm
Students Monitoring Local Frog and Toad Populations
Julie Grady -
jgrady@usit.net
Teacher, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, VA
This
session will focus on two current projects involving the monitoring of
anuran
populations and how teachers can involve their own students (grades
K-12) in
local population monitoring using the protocol set up by the North
American
Amphibian Monitoring Program and the Michigan Calling Survey.
LEVELS =
Elementary, Middle & High School
Offered Tuesday in Crystal Ballroom D
from 1:00-2:00pm
Science from Virginia Tech: The process of talking about the research
process
Susan Trulove - strulove@vt.edu
Research and Graduate Studies,
Virginia Tech
When newspapers, TV and radio report on research, it is usually
to report research results ("Scientists report that coffee causes curls in
twins" or "Scientists clone sheep"). But public understanding and support of
research programs depend upon awareness of science as a process. While
universities engage in various educational outreach programs involving equipment
loans, mobile labs, and virtual facilities, aimed at sharing the process of
discovery with K-12 students and teachers, University Public Information
Officers (PIOs) weave process into reports of researcher achievements in news
releases and publications written for the general public. This session will
discuss the "Science from Virginia Tech" columns sent to high school science
teachers for five years, and will present several science communication programs
offered to young people by other universities.
LEVEL = Middle & High
School
Offered Tuesday in Roanoke Ballroom F from 1:00-2:00pm
Tuesday 2:15-3:15pm
Closing Session - Roanoke Ballroom A/B
PLUS MORE
*All session titles, descriptions, and time slots subject to change.