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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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In spring 2000, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) and senior staff at the National Research Council (NRC) recognized a common frustration: that the potential of information technology to transform K-12 education remains unrealized. In fall 2000 the U.S. DOEd formally requested that the National Academies undertake an interdisciplinary project called Improving Learning with Information Technology (ILIT). The project was launched with a symposium on January 24-25, 2001. This report summarizes the proceedings of the symposium and is intended for people interested in considering better strategies for using information technology in the educational arena. While it offers insights from the presenters on both the challenges to and the opportunities for forging a better dialogue among learning scientists, technologists, and educators, it does not contain conclusions or recommendations. Rather, it highlights issues to consider, constituents to engage, and strategies to employ in the effort to build a coalition to harness the power of information technologies for the improvement of American education. Every effort has been made to convey the speakers' content and viewpoints accurately. Recognizing the speculative nature of many of the speaker contributions, most attributions identify a speaker by area of expertise rather than by name. The report reflects the proceedings of the workshop and is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all the issues involved in the project to improve learning with information technology.

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