MakersLearnersTeachers EVENT

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MakersLearnersTeachers EVENT

By Dr. Yasmin Kafai and Dr. Debora Lui

Date and time

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 · 6 - 7pm EST

Location

Solomon Labs, Room B35

3720 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Description

Come to the MakersLearnersTeachers Speaker Series and learn from prominent education scholars about the intersections between making, learning, and teaching!

January 16: Teachers Making for Learning in Science Classrooms

Dr. Colby Tofel-Grehl Utah State University

Abstract: This talk explores teachers’ different approaches to engaging electronic textiles within their core content classrooms. From elementary classrooms to advanced placement physics, electronic textiles offers teachers a unique context from which to explore integrated STEM learning with a strong focus on computing. Mixed methods findings are shared exploring the various areas of impacts that e-textiles affords teachers in improving learning and instruction as part of their professional practice.

Bio: Dr. Colby Tofel-Grehl is an assistant professor at Utah State University and director of the secondary science education program in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Science Education. Her research is situated between the worlds of science education, technology integration, and classroom interaction. She explores the ways in which novel technologies afford teachers new approaches to improve their classroom instruction through discourse. Currently, she is the principal investigator of Project STITCH, a professional and curriculum development grant funded by the National Science Foundation looking at the implementation of electronic textiles in science classrooms across three states.


Directions:

The Solomon Labs building is located at 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. It is not visible from the street but located behind 3700 Walnut Street. The room B35 is located on the ground level in the middle of the building.

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Dr. Yasmin Kafai is a professor of learning sciences at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She co-developed Scratch with the MIT Media lab team and researched learning of computational concepts and practices in community technology centers and schools while also addressing equity and access issues in online and classroom communities. She was a member of the steering committee for the National Academies’ workshop series Computational Thinking for Everyone, and reviewed the national framework for computer science education. Her doctorate in education is from Harvard University.

Dr. Debora Lui 

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