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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10352.

Appendix B

Symposium Agenda

National Academy of Sciences Building

2100 C St. NW

Washington, DC

Wednesday, January 24, 2001

NAS AUDITORIUM

8:30 am

Welcome and Overview, Wm. A. Wulf & Roy Pea

9:00 am

Opening Remarks, Linda Roberts

9:30 am

Exercise to Build a Common Language, David Sibbet

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Building a Common Language (cont.)

Noon

Lunch

1:00 pm

Breakout Groups on Successful Partnerships

 

Case 1: Project LemonLINK, Barbara Allen, Darryl LaGace NAS 150 – Facilitator, Kathleen Fulton

Case 2:Union City Public Schools, Fred Carrigg, Steven Perez, José Marrero

NAS 180-Facilitator, David Dwyer

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10352.
 

Case 3: Chicago City Science Program, Barbara Watkins, Irene DaMota, Louis Gomez

NAS 280 – Facilitator, Dan Atkins

Case 4: SimCalc Project, James Kaput

Lecture Room – Facilitator, David Sibbet

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Reports from Breakout Groups

GREAT HALL

4:30 pm

Technology Demonstrations (open until the end of the reception)

 

Classroom Connect

AgentSheets

Teachscape

Cognitive Tutors for Mathematics

Educational Software Components of Tomorrow WorldWatcher

Digital Earth Follow-on Project

SimCalc

5:00 pm

Reception

NAS AUDITORIUM

5:45 pm

Welcome, Wm. A. Wulf & Roy Pea

6:00 pm

How People Learn, John Bransford

6:45 pm

Talk on K-12 Education Issues, Nora Sabelli

7:30 pm

Closing Remarks, Wm. A. Wulf & Roy Pea

GREAT HALL

8:15 pm

Dinner

9:30 pm

Adjourn

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10352.

Thursday, January 25, 2001

NAS LECTURE ROOM

8:30 am

Overview of the Day's Agenda Wm. A. Wulf & Roy Pea

8:45 am

Learning to Work Together: Breakout Groups Around Three Design Scenarios Using Information Technology

 

Scenario 1: Creating an Advanced Placement Calculus Course for a Rural High School

NAS 180 – Facilitators, Jeremy Roschelle & Uri Treisman

Scenario 2: Enhancing Literacy in Children: Reading to Learn

NAS 250 – Facilitators, Marilyn Adams & Tom Landauer

 

Scenario 3a: Developing Environments for Learning Eighth Grade Science

NAS Auditorium – Facilitator, Elizabeth Stage

Scenario 3b: Developing Environments for Learning Eighth Grade Science

Lecture Room – Facilitator, Sharon Derry

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Breakout Groups (cont.)

Noon

Working Lunch—Reports from the Breakout Groups

1:30 pm

Reflections on the Workshop

2:45 pm

Closing remarks, Wm. A. Wulf & Roy Pea

3:00 pm

Adjourn

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Symposium Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10352.
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