I hope this finds you well. If the last few days of abstract submission time are any indication, it finds you VERY busy! We received 172 abstracts for next year’s conference—and our volunteer reviewers are hard at work. Please remember reviews are due NEXT Friday, October 5, 2012 by 5 pm EST, and many, many thanks to those who volunteered to review.
There is a lot of information in this update. Please read on to find information about:
ASEE 2013 Annual Conference K-12 and Precollege Division Program Update
NAE Grand Challenges featured in “Bleeker” comic strip
In the News: STEM Career Smartbrief
In the News: GM Official discusses Engineering Education
NSTA Journal Opportunities for Engineering Educators
NSTA 2013-14 Conferences Proposal Information
IEEE Award Nominations
Job Posting: College of New Jersey Department of Technological Studies
If you are attending any of the 2012 NSTA regionals (Louisville, Atlanta and Phoenix), be sure to check out the Engineering Day coordinated by ASEE (HQ and K-12 Division). Division chair-elect Stacy Klein Gardner will be in Louisville, I’ll be in Atlanta and Immediate Past Chair Mindy Zarske will be in Phoenix.
Keep up the great work! You are crucial to our goal of our division being the center of competency for K-12 Engineering Education.
Best,
Liz
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K-12 Division News
Thank you, authors and reviewers! We have 172 abstracts under review. Reviews are due by 5 pm Friday, 5 October (yes that would be NEXT Friday!), and the results will be sent to the authors by Friday, 19 October. Based on the abstracts, it looks as though the division will enjoy another strong, compelling, and inspiring program!
The Curriculum Exchange (CEIII) and Best Practices Panel provide other opportunities to participate in ASEE 2013. If you didn’t submit an abstract during the period that just closed, you may email your proposal(s) to asee.k12.2013@gmail.com by 11:59 pm Friday, 12 October. Please follow the instructions found in the division’s Call for Papers for abstract length, content, and format. A separate Call for Submissions for the Saturday K-12 Workshop will be announced later in the year.
Please contact Susan Donohue, Program Chair, at susand@virginia.edu if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for your dedication to K-12 engineering education!.
Other Announcements
NAE Grand Challenges and Changing the Conversation Messages in “Bleeker” comic this month
From September 17 through this Friday, September 28, King Features Syndicate will be running its comic strip “Bleeker,” about a robotic dog, with engineering as the theme. Daily strips include mention of the NAE’s Grand Challenges for Engineering as well as use one message from the NAE Changing the Conversation project (Engineers are Creative Problem Solvers, 9/27) and one CTC tagline (Turning Ideas Into Reality, 9/28). Each day’s strip will appear on the banner of the NAE homepage (nae.edu) and the complete archive will be available at http://www.nae.edu/63051.aspx.
In the News: STEM Career SmartBrief, September 24, 2012 issue
This digest contains a number of stories on K-12 STEM Education, including an article about the STEM Forum held in Dallas this summer. http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dSqKCiokneCeqZmTCidmzpCicNtahP
In the News: Why GM official says U.S. is trailing the world on engineering education
NSTA Journal Opportunities for Engineering Educators
The National Science Teachers Association is requesting K-12 Engineering educators and researchers, as well as other discipline professionals working in K-12 engineering education, to submit journal articles for publication in all of NSTA’s journals, including:
- Science and Children (elementary)
- Science Scope (middle school and junior high)
- The Science Teacher (high school)
- Journal of College Science Teaching (higher education)
Please review the call for articles at http://nsta.org/publications/call-tst.aspx . Please note the link directs interested authors to the page for The Science Teacher journal; however, accepted articles and research findings will be published in the appropriate journal based on grade level impacted. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2012.
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Submit a session proposal for NSTA’s 2013–2014 conferences The National Science Teachers Association 2013–2014 conferences include: • Portland Area Conference (October 24–26, 2013) • Charlotte Area Conference (November 7–9, 2013) • Denver Area Conference (December 12–14, 2013) • Boston National Conference (April 3–6, 2014) Deadlines for submissions are January 15, 2013, for the 2013 area conferences, and April 15, 2013, for the Boston National Conference. Go to http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx for more information and to submit a proposal.
IEEE Award Nominations Please see the following about education awards that the IEEE Computer Society sponsors. You do not need to be a Computer Society member nor does the nominee need to be a Computer Society member or of the IEEE to receive any of these awards or to nominate someone! The Distinguished Service in a Pre-College Environment Award plaque is awarded for furthering the professional and technical goals of the IEEE Computer Society in a pre-college environment. One endorsement is required for this award. See the award details at: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/precollege. For a flyer of all IEEE awards, please go to: http://web.media.mit.edu/~reilly/EducationAwardsFlyer.pdf. |
Career Opportunities
JOB POSTING: College of New Jersey Department of Technological Studies
The Department of Technological Studies in the School of Engineering at The College of New Jersey invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position starting September 2013. An earned doctorate in Technology/Pre-Engineering Education, Engineering Education, Engineering, or a closely related field is required at the time of appointment. Preference will be given to candidates who have the following attributes: evidence of sustained interest and experiences in K-12 STEM education with an emphasis on technology and engineering education, undergraduate teaching, curriculum and laboratory development, directing student design projects, involving undergraduate students in research, and potential for national leadership in the field. A detailed position description and application inforamation is available at: https://jedi.tcnj.edu/webteam/employment/show_job.php?jobid=10914&category=Academic/Faculty%20Positions . Contact: Steve O’Brien, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Director of Center for Excellence in STEM Education @ obriens@tcnj.edu.
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Thanks,
Liz
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Elizabeth Parry
Coordinator, K-20 STEM Partnership Development
North Carolina State University College of Engineering
Chair, K-12 and Precollege Division, American Society for Engineering Education