ASEE K12 Division Newsletter
December 10, 2014
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Dear ASEE K12 and Precollege Engineering Division Members,
Hello! I hope that the end of your semester is going smoothly and quickly.
The call for proposals has been announced and presentation proposals may now be submitted for the 12th Engineering in K-12 Classrooms – ASEE Annual Teachers Workshop!! This daylong program for teachers and engineering educators from across the country will provide an energizing, interactive overview of successful engineering education instruction for the K-12 classroom. Attendees will learn engaging hands-on lessons and interactive activities to share with students, receive takeaway materials ready for use in the classroom, and have opportunities to network with other engineering educators. To submit a proposal, download the complete the K-12 Workshop Proposal Form <http://k-12meetingcoordinator.cmail2.com/t/y-l-iidtiiy-jtykhynhh-w/> and submit your proposal through the ASEE Paper Management system as shown in the K12 Workshop Presenter’s Kit. <http://k-12meetingcoordinator.cmail2.com/t/y-l-iidtiiy-jtykhynhh-yd/> Proposals are due January 23, 2015. Individual workshops should:
· prominently feature hands-on classroom activities,
· provide take-home or classroom-ready materials, in addition to written materials,
· engage participants in interactive exercises,
· explicitly feature strategies, activities and/or curricula.
All workshops must be linked to national standards (e.g., the ITEEA Technological Literacy Standards <http://k-12meetingcoordinator.cmail2.com/t/y-l-iidtiiy-jtykhynhh-yh/> , the Next Generation Science Standards <http://k-12meetingcoordinator.cmail2.com/t/y-l-iidtiiy-jtykhynhh-yk/> , the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics <http://k-12meetingcoordinator.cmail2.com/t/y-l-iidtiiy-jtykhynhh-yu/> ).
Are you a primary school teacher or outreacher who works with grades K-2? If so, please contact me (Stacy) directly with information about effective engineering programs for this age beyond Engineering is Elementary. I am collecting information for the Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees.
The international society for optics and photonics, SPIE, is now offering access to the SPIE Digital Library free of charge to high schools. For complete details see this link: http://spie.org/x111011.xml <http://spie.org/x111011.xml>
Each summer the Center for STEM Education for Girls (http://stemefg.org <http://stemefg.org> ) hosts the STEM Think Tank and Conference. The 4th Annual Think Tank and Conference will be held July 8-10, 2015, at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, TN (http://stemefg.org/index.php/think-tank-and-conference/). It brings together national leaders in K12 education for girls and young women (independent, public, charter, and parochial), university K12 outreach coordinators and researchers, STEM university faculty, girls’ informal educators, and members of industry. Please plan to attend if you teach or work with girls and young women in a STEM field. The conference begins midday on Wednesday (July 8) and runs through 5pm on Thursday (July 9). On Friday (July 10) we hold optional post-conference workshops. This year, those workshops can be either 3- or 6-hour workshops and are intended to be very deep dives into a particular topic. Please consider making your proposal to share your work in the classroom or outreach program during a 3- or 6-hour Friday workshop: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/STEMTTC2015WorkshopProposals. The call for full conference proposals (as opposed to just the Friday workshops) will be issued soon.
The Mechanical Engineering Department, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, is seeking to recruit two doctoral research assistants, with a start date of January 2015, under an externally funded project. The project will research, identify, and build an effective model of teacher education and associated curriculum to facilitate the integration of robotics in science and math learning in middle school classrooms. Applicants must have a B.S. and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field with research experience in robotics. They should have a strong aptitude in mathematics and engineering as well as interests in engineering education and learning science. The following areas of academic expertise are essential: i) robotics, ii) mechatronics, iii) system dynamics, and iv) automatic control. The research assistants are expected to excel in their academic work. Their dissertation research will focus on robotics and STEM education. The project begins in January 2015 and requires highly motivated and dedicated individuals who are self-driven to excel in education and research. For further information, please contact Prof. Vikram Kapila, vkapila@nyu.edu. Applicants can send a single pdf file containing a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and statement of research interest to Prof. Kapila.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly with information that should be shared with the division or if you have questions or concerns about division work. It’s easiest to reach me by email at stacy.klein-gardner@vanderbilt.edu.
With best regards,
Stacy
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Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Adjoint Associate Professor of the Practice of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Chair, K12 and Precollege Engineering Division
American Society for Engineering Education