Dear PCEE Division Members,
Happy September to you! The buses are rolling, and the crayons are still sharp.
Two big items to share regarding the upcoming conference:
- Abstracts for the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference and Expo in Columbus, OH can be submitted now and are due into Monolith by October 16th. Please go to our division’s Call for Papers for more information.
- Also, this year, there will be Wednesday Workshops(not Sunday Workshops) for Exemplary Hands-on Activities at the Annual Conference. Short proposals (descriptions) are due by October 1st. See the first announcement after my signature for details.
Announcements follow my signature, and include:
- More details about the Wednesday Workshops (new!)
- Two workshops on teaching 3D spatial skills (reposted)
- A 3D Printing and Professional Development opportunity (new!)
- An opportunity to give feedback on a National Call to Action to improve STEM Education via active learning (reposted)
- A K12 engineering education podcast (reposted)
Feel free to send me items to post in upcoming newsletters. Please limit those to a paragraph of text, and provide links for readers to find more information.
Take care,
Pam
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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D.
Chair, Pre-College Engineering Education Division
American Society for Engineering Education
Associate Professor of Science Education
Director, Integrated STEM Instructional Leadership (PreK-6) Post-Baccalaureate Program
Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences
Towson University
~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~
ASEE ANNUAL WORKSHOP at the 2017 Annual Conference (new!)
Wednesday Workshop Call for Exemplary Hands-On Activities: This year’s PCEE Wednesday Workshop at the ASEE Annual Conference in Columbus on June 28, 2017, will focus on preparing university faculty and staff to plan and implement outreach activities relevant to their discipline and location. In addition to discussing standards and best practices for P12 engineering education we plan to engage attendees in a few exemplary hands-on activities targeting a variety of disciplines. We’d love to have you join us by sharing an innovative hands-on activity with the workshop attendees! Please send Jenny Keshwani (jmelander7@unl.edu) a brief description of your activity by October 1st if you’d like to be considered for participation in the hands-on component of the PCEE Wednesday Workshop.
OTHER WORKSHOPS (reposted x1)
Two Workshops on Teaching 3D Spatial Skills by Sheryl Sorby. Each workshop will engage participants in the relevant research findings regarding the impact of spatial skills training for improved STEM outcomes as well as hands-on instruction with the curriculum developed by Dr. Sorby.
Marymount School of New York. This workshop will run from 9:00-4:00 on November 14 and 9:00-12:00 on November 15. http://stemefg.org/index.php/resources/teacher-professional-development-opportunities/teaching-3d-spatial-skills-new-york-city/
The Hockaday School in Dallas. This workshop will run from 9:00-4:00 on September 30 and 9:00-12:00 on October 1. http://stemefg.org/index.php/resources/teacher-professional-development-opportunities/teaching-3d-spatial-skills-dallas/
The cost is $300 per person. The workshop serves elementary teachers, middle school, and high school teachers as well as university faculty, staff, and graduate students (particularly those who teach introductory courses)
MAKER/3D PRINTING OPPORTUNITY (new!):
Digital Harbor Foundation – 3D Printer and Professional Development: I’m reaching out from the Digital Harbor Foundation, a nonprofit located in Baltimore Maryland. We run a Tech Center and Youth Makerspace and offer professional development opportunities for educators. During the National Week of Making, we launched our Innovation Access Program, through which we will be offering a free 3D Printer and accompanying training to an educator in every state. More details about the Innovation Access Program can be found on our website at dhf.io/iap.
NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION (reposted x1)
National Call to Action from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: OSTP is issuing a national Call to Action to improve STEM education through the use of active learning. In issuing a call to action for active STEM learning, the OSTP is seeking commitments to implement active learning strategies in STEM fields, and we are also interested in actions and efforts that will encourage others to do so, including: (1) incentives for PK-12 educators and higher education faculty to implement active learning strategies, (2) investment in professional development opportunities for instructors at every level of education, and (3) training materials and resources for educators to promote the help them use active learning. If you are involved in an effort to drive forward authentic active learning strategies then consider submitting your ideas here by Sept 23, 2016.
ENGINEERING EDUCATION PODCAST (reposted x1)
Announcing the start of a project by Pius Wong: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast. The podcast is a new digital show that features conversations from professionals about bringing engineering to students at younger ages. As far as I know, no other podcast exists focused on this.