[SEMCO] Scientists in the classroom workshop

[Catherine Cramer]

Educators and Scientists: Looking for ways to make classroom visits more 
successful?

Consider attending this free workshop!


*/Telling Your Story/** at MIT*

*Friday January 16, 2009*

*10:00 AM-3:00 PM*

 

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 */Telling Your Story/*. Workshop participants 
learn skills that translate into successful visits with students as 
*/Telling Your Story/* helps scientists communicate more effectively 
with both educators and young people. COSEE-New England is pleased to be 
able to offer the next */Telling Your Story/* at Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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*/Telling Your Story/* will help:

 

    * *Scientists, engineers, and technologists* learn to construct
      stories that communicate both their research and their passion for
      their research.

 

    * *Formal and informal educators* connect with scientists and learn
      how to plan a successful visit.

 

    * *Administrators* learn how their school's collaboration with
      scientists can invigorate teachers and increase students'
      engagement, understanding, and achievement in science.

 

    * *Facilitators and education and outreach staff* learn how this
      workshop can be a powerful addition to their outreach efforts as
      they help scientists achieve broader impact in public education.

 

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.

 

Visit online <http://cosee-ne/edu_project_3/index.php> for more details 
about */Telling Your Story./*

Register here 
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iTG1SEa8kbA7oH_2bR9_2b6YdQ_3d_3d>, 
and we'll follow up with logistical details.

Additional questions?   Contact Pam DiBona <mailto:pdibona at neaq.org>

 

*/Telling Your Story /**Train-the-Trainers Session*

*3:30 to 5:30pm*

 

Interested in hosting */Telling Your Story/* 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 */Telling Your Story/* at their own institutions.

 

 

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