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PHILADELPHIA—24 April 2008—The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) will hold its eighth annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education Conference (LISE 8) 28–29 April 2008. The theme of the 2008 conference is “New Media and Technology in Science Education.”
The LISE 8 conference will highlight new perspectives on how new technologies, including online games and information clearinghouses, affect science teaching and learning at all levels. Keynote speakers for this year’s conference will be John B. Horrigan, associate director of research, Pew Internet and American Life Project, an expert in how people acquire information about science online, and Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Harvard University, a pioneer in the application of learning technologies in education. Horrigan will speak on “Science and Cyberspace: What User Behavior Means for Science Educators” following a reception and dinner on 28 April. Dede will speak on “How Immersion in Virtual Worlds Helps Real Students” on the morning of 29 April.
Confirmed speakers on 29 April include Jean-Claude Bradley, associate professor of chemistry at Drexel University; Diane Jass Ketelhut, assistant professor of science education at Temple University; George Mehler, science supervisor and creator of learningscience.org of the Central Bucks School District; David Rejeski, director of the Serious Games Initiative and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars; David Williamson Shaffer, associate professor of educational psychology and director of epistemic games research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Susan Yoon, assistant professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania.
The conference will take place at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
LISE 8 will bring together leaders from industry, colleges and universities, education, science and technology museums and learning centers, and national and regional organizations that are at the forefront of efforts to provide the highest-quality science education for students.
LISE 8 is sponsored by the DuPont Center for Collaborative Research and Education. For additional conference information, visit www.chemheritage.org/events/lise8. If you have questions, please contact John Theibault at 215-873-8256 or jtheibault@chemheritage.org.
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF carries out a program of outreach and interpretation in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society; maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries; and encourages research in its collections.
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