Weekend+Seminars

===**Throughout the year, you may choose to pursue independent professional development by attendng a festival or seminar that occurs afterschool or on the weekends. These events are similar to a conference in that they offer participants an opportunity to attend seminars or courses that will enhance your understanding of STEM, PBL, GPS, GIS, or Web 2.0. An example of such a conference is the U. S. Science and Engineering Festival that was held over the weekend of October 23rd, in Washington D.C. **=== ===**In order to receive credit for a portion of your time spent there, you will be asked to complete an assignment similar to the one you will be asked to complete for your conference attendance. **=== Your goal is to share information that you learned while attending the festival or seminar. Your colleagues will read your post in order to get ideas to incorporate into their on STEM unit creation and implementation. The information that you provide, as well as your reflection, should be written with this in mind. Your reflection must include the following:
 * Criteria: **
 * Name of Festival and date you attended, amount of time you spent there
 * A detailed summary of the session that conveys an in depth understanding of content and its application.
 * A description of how at least one of the strategies or concepts presented could be applied in the classroom to improve student learning.
 * If there was an interdisciplinary approach presented, please briefly explain how this concept could work in multiple content areas.
 * Most sessions will give you a link to the presentation or handouts. **Please include this link, or if handouts were given, please scan them as a .pdf file and post with your reflection**. Your instructional coach should be able to help you with this if you need it. (Remember, most document cameras can work as scanners.)
 * *Copyright*
 * If the handouts are copyrighted, it should be stated on the papers if they are, email the presenter and ask permission to include the handout on the Wiki.
 * If the handouts don't specifically say they are copyrighted, you should still cite from whom and where they came.

Your Name, Festival Name, Seminar Title
(Example: Riedel, Sci. and Engineering, PBL in the classroom)

You will receive 1.5 hours of pd for each session/seminar/course that you post for. Please include a separate post for each session. Please post to the discussion board.

=Link to Discussion Board =