Upcoming Event: 2012 STEM Education Conference

On October 1st and 2nd the Virginia Military Institute will be hosting the 2012 STEM Education Conference. The purpose of the conference is to focus on STEM education at all steps in the process, from kindergarten to college. Over three days, students and industry leaders will come to VMI to solve America's most bewildering math problem. The keynote speakers will be Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, and Laura Fornash, Virginia Secretary of Education. For more information visit vmi.edu/STEM.

Monday, 1 October
9:00 am - 5:00 pm	Math Workshop (Tentative)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Exhibitor Set-Up
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Opening Session The Honorable Laura Fornash, Virginia Secretary of Education John A. Luke, Jr., President and CEO, MeadWestvaco Corporation
4:00 pm -5:00 pm	Plenary Session I Cathy Seeley, Ph.D., (Invited), author of Faster Isn’t Smarter: Messages About Math, Teaching, and Learning in the 21st Century (2009)
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Welcoming Reception and Dinner (Extra Registration)
Tuesday, 2 October
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 am - 9:15 am	Plenary Session II STEM Success through Inquiry-Based Learning
9:25 am - 10:40 am	Breakout Session A A Snapshot of the New Horizon in Teaching and Learning Workshop 1: Cadets & Students Grades 9–12 2012 Assessments of Revised 2009 Math SOLs Math Discourse: Promoting Deep Learning and Skills Recruiting and Retaining STEM Majors Undergraduate Research Programs TBA
10:50 am - 12:05 pm	Breakout Session B Hybrid Learning and the Flipped Classroom Robojelly and More K-5 Virginia Math Specialist I Creating Classroom Atmosphere for Success College Algebra and Modular Developmental Math Summer Internships and Career Counseling TBA
12:05 pm - 12:55 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Breakout Session C Evaluating Online Resources Workshop 2: Cadets & Students Grades 6–12 K-8 Virginia Math Specialist Selecting and Creating Tasks for Project-Based Learning Math Resource Centers Applied Math Solving Real World Problems TBA
2:25 pm - 3:40 pm	Breakout Session D Enhanced Teaching and Research Tool Robojelly and More Guided Inquiry through Science Fair Participation Formative Assessment: Student Learning and Growth Mentoring Applied Math Solving Real World Problems TBA
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Plenary Session III K-20 Digital Learning
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm	Dinner (Extra Registration)

Wednesday, 3 October
7:00am - 8:00 am	Breakfast/Visit Exhibit Hall
8:00 am - 8:50 am	Plenary Session IV Patricia Wright, Ph.D., Superintendent of Public Instruction, Virginia Department of Education
9:00 am - 9:50 am	Breakout Session E Apps for Differential Learning Workshop 3: Cadets & Students Grades 3–5 and Leadership Workshop Grades 9-12 12th Grade Math Capstone Course Career Dreaming and Developing Research on the Teaching and Learning of Math Business and Government Leaders as Mentors and Coaches TBA
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Breakout Session F Discouraging and Detecting Cheating Workshop 3: Cadets & Students Grades 3–5 and Leadership Workshop Grades 9-12 STEM Academies Update: The Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA) Research on the Teaching and Learning of Math Innovation, Entrepreneurship TBA
11:05 am - 12:15 pm	Plenary Session V Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch on the go