Dear ASEE K12 and Precollege Engineering Division Members,
Don’t forget that abstracts for the ASEE Conference are due October 20! This newsletter contains friendly reminders related to this and several other ASEE opportunities. Please be sure to read carefully as you choose the right proposal for the right event.
Please know that the K12 Workshop on Saturday, June 14, is on – but the call for proposals has not been issued.
1) USA Science and Engineering Festival Exhibit and Professional Development Opportunities (due October 17!)
2) ASEE K12 Division at the NSTA Regional Conferences this Fall – See you soon for Engineering Day October 24 in Portland!
3) ASEE K12 Division Best Practices in K12 and University Partnerships Call (due January 13)
4) ASEE K12 Division Best Practices in K12 and University Partnerships Reviewers Needed
5) ASEE K12 Division Annual Conference Call for Papers (due October 20!)
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.
All the best,
Stacy
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This year the American Society for Engineering Education’s K12 and Precollege Division will participate in the USA Science and Engineering Festival to be held in Washington, DC, April 25-27, 2014. You may also wish to know that the US News STEM Solutions Conference is moving to DC in conjunction with the festival and will immediately precede the Festival.
The K12 Division will participate in two aspects of the Festival at no cost to you other than your own travel and lodging:
1) The division will host a booth in the exhibit hall Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27, 2014. The exhibit days and times will be divided amongst interested K12 division members to showcase their K12 engineering work. It is critical that all participants understand that you MUST have hands-on activities for students and families to complete while they visit the booth. Talking with people alone will not be permitted. Also, the crowds can be very large; one of our division members estimates that she saw 5000 people over the course of last year’s Expo (that’s about 300 people/hr). You MUST keep 2-3 people in your booth at all times, per expo rules (and for sanity).
2) The division will host professional development workshops on Saturday, April 26, 2014. We will have four PD workshops that will run from 8:30-3:30. During that time, we will host four separate workshops: elementary teachers, middle school teachers, high school teachers and one for parents, counselors, and K12 administrators. In each workshop, three different ASEE K12 Division members will have the opportunity to provide a 1.5 hour PD for a group of teachers (30-70; size TBD).
This survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JVGZKDN) will allow the division organizers (Laura Bottomley and Stacy Klein-Gardner) to assess the division’s interest in participation and eventually to assign people to different time slots for both the Expo and the Workshops. Please be sure to complete this survey no later than October 17, 2013.
To book your hotel room with an official Festival block, click here:
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10747021
If you have questions about the events themselves, please explore the Festival’s website: http://www.usasciencefestival.org/.
If you have questions about the division’s activities, please contact us at stacy.klein-gardner@vanderbilt.edu or laurab@ncsu.edu.
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Again this year, ASEE will be providing the sessions for the engineering day to be hosted at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Regional Conferences. If you are already attending one of these conferences or have teachers or colleagues who are, please encourage them to stop by one or more of our sessions. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time! Each day will be anchored with an opening session focusing on the ASEE K12 division that will also include a hands-on, classroom-ready engineering design activity. Additional sessions will include an Engineering is Elementary session and other hands-on sessions offered by engineering educators in that area.
Portland, Oregon – October 24-26, 2013 – Engineering Day: October 24
Charlotte, North Carolina – November 7-9, 2013 – Engineering Day: November 8
Denver, Colorado – December 12-14, 2013 – Engineering Day: December 13
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Call for Proposals: Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel
The K-12 and Precollege Division of ASEE intends to recognize exemplary K-12 – university partnerships in engineering education at the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Indianapolis, Indiana. To do this, the division will sponsor a panel session on Best Practices in K-12 and university partnerships. Submissions chosen for participation in this session will demonstrate a true partnership between a K-12 school (or schools) and an engineering or engineering education school/college at a university. The deadline for submission is Monday, January 13, 2014.
Selected partnerships will have data to support proven success in the classroom and will demonstrate engineering engagement and knowledge acquisition by K-12 students through age appropriate activities and lessons. Best Practices Partnership Panel submissions authored collaboratively between engineering and technology education faculty and K-12 teachers are encouraged. Details on the partnership’s structure and goals, the strategies employed to overcome challenges and obstacles, and successes and lessons learned must be included.
One proposal winner will be chosen at each of the following levels: pre-school or elementary school; middle school; high school. The three winning abstracts will be used to create a conference paper for this session. The winning K-12 teachers will each be given a 15-minute time slot to present her/his work to the conference session attendees. The presentations will be followed by a 30-minute panel discussion. In order to offset the costs of attendance, the winning K-12 teachers will have their conference registration and publication fees paid for by the K-12 Division and will receive a travel stipend.
Please contact K-12 and Precollege Division Program Chair Elect, Dr. Merredith Portsmore (mportsmo@tufts.edu) for additional information.
NOTE: Your submission should be e-mailed directly to Merredith Portsmore and not submitted via the ASEE website (monolith).
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REVIEWERS NEEDED: Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel
Reviewers are needed for the Best Practices Submissions! If you are willing to review contact Merredith Portsmore (mportsmo@tufts.edu). The review process will take place between January 15th and February 5th, 2014. The process involves reading submissions and rating them on a one-page, provided rubric.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
The K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division invites submissions for the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference to be held June 15 – 18, 2014 in Indianapolis, IN. The Division provides a rich and vibrant forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences in the K-12 precollege engineering and technology education arena.
Abstract submission will be open from September 9, 2013 – October 20, 2013.
Papers should be submitted to these three main categories:
1. Research-to-practice studies
Research-to-practice studies are assessed/evaluated outreach and education initiatives; therefore, we expect that these papers will present robust data and evaluation. Because of the recently released Next Generation Science Standards, we are seeking papers that will offer practical supports to classroom teachers and are particularly interested in work that falls into the following four strands:
- Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections
- Engineering across the K-12 curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core
- Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice
- K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design
(NOTE: This strand is not the Best Practices Panel focusing on university and K-12 partnerships. A separate call for these abstracts will be issued later in the year.)
Research papers focusing on other topics such as pre-service teacher preparation, K-12 out-of-school-time programs and curriculum, partnerships, etc. are also welcome.
Accepted papers in this category will either be presented as an oral presentation and discussion during a themed session OR as a poster during a 90-minute poster session.
2. Curriculum Exchange
Resources presented in the Curriculum Exchange should be lesson and activity examples that show how you incorporate engineering into the K-12 curriculum. These resources will be presented in a round table format.
Abstract submissions to the Curriculum Exchange should include a brief description of your program and the resources that you will be demonstrating at your station. If your abstract is accepted, a one-page handout to be distributed at the exchange should be submitted in lieu of a paper. This hand out should summarize the curriculum, the target grade level(s), and your contact information.
3. Works in Progress
Work in Progress should describe an innovative study or program for which only preliminary data and results are available. These papers will be presented at the conference during a 90-minute poster session.
4. Other
NOTE:
- A separate call will be issued later in the year for the Saturday K-12 Workshop and Best Practices Panel.
- If you submit an abstract, you will also be asked to review at least one abstract (and paper).
Preparing Your Abstract: A Checklist
Please remember the following points when preparing your abstract:
- Category:
In parentheses, indicate the category in which your submission falls in the abstract’s title.
Ex: Long-Term Impact of Attending Engineers-In-Training (research to practice)
- Length:
Abstracts should be 250 – 500 words long.
- Content:
Unless you are submitting an abstract to the Curriculum Exchange, abstracts should provide sufficient description of the research question, program details, observations, and (preliminary) results.
Abstract submissions to the Curriculum Exchange should include a brief description of your program and the resources that you will be demonstrating at your station.
- Format:
PLEASE refer to the Author’s Kit for guidance on formatting your abstract.
(As of August 2013, the Author’s Kit for ASEE 2014 is not yet on-line. If you would like to use the ASEE 2013 Author’s Kit for guidance, go to: http://www.asee.org/conferences-and events/conferences/annualconference/2013/program-schedule/call-for-papers.)
Do not use formats from other conferences, such as AERA and FIE
- Blind review:
Reviewers must be able to conduct a blind review of your abstract and paper.
- Please use a pseudonym or placeholder for institutional, department, and other identifying names. (Ex: University of _____)
- Anonymize references (Ex: author ASEE 2008 paper)
- Do not use identifying information, such as last names, in the file name (Ex: ASEE13_K12abstract.pdf)
For More Information:
To help place your research and experiences in context, we encourage you to review past proceedings and other literature sources to identify previous work done in your area. By reviewing these other papers, you may also find information and instruments that may be helpful in conducting and assessing your work.
Additional information on the Division’s plan for ASEE 2014 and how you can participate as author, reviewer, and/or moderator will be communicated through the Division Chair’s regular reports, updates from the Program Committee, and on the Division’s website at www.k12division.asee.org.
Please contact the Division’s Program Chair, Sharlene Yang, sharleneyang@yahoo.com if you have any questions or require more information. We look forward to your submission(s)!