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<p class="MsoNormal">Educators and Scientists: Looking for ways to make
classroom
visits more successful? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Consider attending this free workshop!</p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Telling
Your Story</span></i></b><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">
at MIT</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date
year="2009" day="16" month="1"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Friday January 16, 2009</span></b></st1:date></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:time
minute="0" hour="10"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">10:00 AM-3:00 PM</span></b></st1:time></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most
scientists are accustomed to presenting their
research to colleagues or lecturing college and graduate students. But
if asked
to speak in front of a classroom full of elementary or junior high
school
students, or to a group at an informal institution, many scientists
feel less
comfortable. The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence-New
England
(COSEE-New England), together with TERC, has designed a workshop to
help
scientists develop skills for working with K-12 teachers and informal
educators, called <b><i>Telling Your Story</i></b>. Workshop
participants learn
skills that translate into successful visits with students as <b><i>Telling
Your Story</i></b> helps scientists communicate more effectively with
both
educators and young people. COSEE-New England is pleased to be able to
offer
the next <b><i>Telling Your Story</i></b> at Massachusetts Institute
of
Technology in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><st1:State><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Massachusetts</span></st1:State></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Telling
Your Story</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> will help:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scientists,
engineers, and technologists</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">
learn to construct stories that communicate both their research and
their passion for their research.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Formal
and informal educators</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">
connect with scientists and learn how to plan a successful visit.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Administrators</span></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> learn how their school’s collaboration
with scientists can invigorate teachers and increase students’
engagement, understanding, and achievement in science.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Facilitators
and education and outreach staff</span></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> learn how this workshop can be a powerful
addition to their outreach efforts as they help scientists achieve
broader impact in public education.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Join
us! The workshop is free and includes lunch.
Pre-registration is required, as seats are limited and we seek a
balance of
scientists and educators. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Visit <a
href="http://cosee-ne/edu_project_3/index.php">online</a> for more
details
about <b><i>Telling Your Story.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><a
href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iTG1SEa8kbA7oH_2bR9_2b6YdQ_3d_3d">Register
here</a>, and we’ll follow up with logistical details.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Additional questions?
Contact <a href="mailto:pdibona@neaq.org">Pam DiBona</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Telling Your
Story </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Train-the-Trainers
Session</span></b></p>
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minute="30" hour="15"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">3:30 to
5:30pm</span></b></st1:time></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interested
in hosting <b><i>Telling Your Story</i></b>
at your own institution, or as part of another event? Following the
workshop there will be a special training session for participants who
would
like to be able to present <b><i>Telling Your Story</i></b> at their
own
institutions.</span></p>
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