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Conference Schedule

Monday, 16 April 2007

3:30–4:00 p.m.

Workshop Registration

 

 

4:00–5:30

Workshop: "21st Century Skills in the Science Classroom"
Susan Van Gundy, Director of Education and Outreach, National Science Digital Library, Boulder, Colorado

 

 

5:30–6:00

Dinner Registration and Reception

 

 

6:00–7:15

Dinner

   
7:15–8:00 Keynote Address: "Science Literacy and the Lack of It in the United States" by Hai-Lung Dai, Dean, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia

Tuesday, 17 April 2007

7:30–8:15 a.m.

Conference Registration and Breakfast

 

8:15–8:30

Welcome

 

 

8:30–9:15

Kickoff Address: Preparing Teachers for the Future I
Bruce Fuchs, Director, Office of Science Education, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

 

 

9:15–10:15

Panel: Today's Discoveries in Tomorrow's Classrooms
Mary Kirchhoff, Director of the Education Division, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
Kathy Frame, Vice President of Educational Programs, Biotechnology Institute, Arlington, Virginia

 

 

10:15–10:30

Break

 

 

10:30–11:30

Panel: New Technologies for Teaching and Research: Perspectives
Susan Van Gundy, Director of Education and Outreach, National Science Digital Library, Boulder, Colorado
Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Drexel University, and E-Learning Coordinator, Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia

   
11:30–12:15 p.m. Panel: New Practices in Teaching and Research: Incorporating New Ideas
John Penick, Head, Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, North Carolina State University and Chair of the Committee on Developments in Science Education, International Countil of Associations for Science Education, Raleigh, North Carolina
Diane Jass Ketelhut, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Temple University, Philadelphia

 

 

12:15–1:30

Lunch

 

 

1:30–2:15

Preparing Teachers for the Future II
Jeanne Narum, Director, Project Kaleidoscope, Washington, D.C.

 

2:15–3:15

Panel: Using New Technologies Today: Web-based Teaching Tools
Dennis Liu, Senior Program Officer for Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Robert de Groot, Educaton Specialist, Southern California Earthquake Center, Los Angeles

 

 

3:15–3:45

Roundtable: Teaching in the Science Classroom of the Future Today
Gamal Sherif, Biochemistry Teacher, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia

 

 

3:45–4:15

Wrap-Up


For program information, contact:
John Theibault
Education Manager
Tel.: 215-873-8256
E-mail: John Theibault

For logistical information, contact:
Nancy Vonada
Events and Stewardship Manager
Tel: 215-873-8226
E-mail: Nancy Vonada