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Conference Schedule

Monday, 28 April 2008

5:00–6:00

Dinner Registration and Reception

 

 

6:00–7:15

Dinner

   
7:15–8:00 Keynote Address: "Science and Cyberspace: What User Behavior Means for Science Educators" by John Horrigan, Associate Director of Research, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

7:30–8:30 a.m.

Conference Registration and Breakfast

 

8:30–8:45

Welcome

 

 

8:45–9:45

Kickoff Address: How Immersion in Virtual Worlds Helps Real Students
Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education, Harvard University

 

 

9:45–10:30

Address: Immersive Technology and Assessment
Diane Jass Ketelhut, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

 

10:30–10:45

Break

 

 

10:45–11:30

Address: Participatory Simulations and Palm Technology
Susan Yoon, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

   
11:30–12:15 p.m. Address: Using Second-Life in the Chemistry Classroom
Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Drexel University and E-Learning Coordinator, Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

 

12:15–1:30

Lunch

 

 

1:30–2:15

Address: Epistemic Games for Teaching and Learning
David Williamson Shaffer, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of Epistemic Games Research Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

 

2:15–3:00

Address: Viral Science and Communication
David Rejeski, Director of the Serious Games Initiative and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

 

 

3:00–3:45

Address: Preparing for Pennsylvania's Classrooms of the Future
George Mehler, Science Supervisor and Creator of Learningscience.org, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

 

3:45–4:15

Wrap-Up Discussion


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



LISE 8 is sponsored by DuPont Center for Collaborative Research and Education