CEHD

Teacher Summit Schedule

Contextualizing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Texas A&M University
Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
January 31 - February 1, 2008


Thursday, January 31, 2008

6 p.m.          Reception at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center

Hosted by the Dwight Look College of Engineering
Jo Howze, Senior Associate Dean

If you received an invitation from the Dwight Look College of Engineering, you may contact Naomi Gomez at n-gomez@tamu.edu or 979.845.7247 for hotel accommodation details.

All other registrants should contact Amy Klinkovsky at amyk@tamu.edu or 979.847.9018 regarding hotel accommodation possibilities.


Friday, February 1, 2008

8 a.m.           Continental Breakfast
Hosted by the College of Science

8:15 a.m.     Welcome and Introductions
Doug Palmer, Dean, College of Education and Human Development

8:30 a.m.     Keynote Address: Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Karl Fisch, Director of Technology, Arapahoe High School Brian Hatak, Chemistry and Astronomy Teacher, Arapahoe High School

9:30 a.m.    Resource Tables Break

10 a.m.        Energy for the Future
Mark Holtzapple, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering

10:45 a.m.   Educational Innovations 
Robert M. Capraro, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, College of Education and Human Development

Jim Morgan, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering

11:45 a.m.   Increasing Graduation and College Enrollment Rates: The Texas High School Project
Jim Scheurich, Head and Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development

Noon           Lunch 
Hosted by the North Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Project Grant

Remarks by Cesar Malave, Associate Dean, Dwight Look College of Engineering

1 p.m.          Opening the Afternoon Session
H. Joseph Newton, Dean, College of Science

1:15 p.m.     Nano-what? Nanotechnology in Our Future
Winfried Teizer, Associate Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Science

2 p.m.          Best Practices: From Our Classrooms to Yours 
Teacher/Professor Panelists
Moderator: Tim Scott, Associate Dean, College of Science

2:45 p.m.     Break

3 p.m.          Engineering Applications Using Math and Science Tools
April Moon, Engineering Instructor, Waxahachie Global High School

3:45 p.m.     Closing Remarks
G. Kemble Bennett, Vice Chancellor and Dean, Dwight Look College of Engineering

4 p.m.           Summit Adjourns