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Rest? Not much, even on the weekend
Some NSTA attendees take a few minutes to rest their feet....
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Hughes High School, a STEM-focused school in Cincinnati, has an intersession which students devote to their projects. As luck would have it this year, the intersession is the same week as the NSTA conference in Philadelphia. Kathy Wright, a program f...
By Mary Bigelow
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ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) sponsored a series of seven sessions (spread out over two days) presented by two of the most dynamic educators I’ve ever met: Ben Smith and Jared Mader of the Red Lion School District...
By Mary Bigelow
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Diana Hunn and Susan Clay Due to technical difficulties, I arrived late to Diana Hunn’s and Susan Clay’s session on Using Humor to Enhance Scientific Literacy. Fortunately, they are good humored about late arrivals....
By Debra Shapiro
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Science talk in Philadelphia at the NSTA national conference
Science talk between students (not teacher-to-student)—is that possible?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I talked to a few more teachers this afternoon. There are folks from all across the country here this week, but I somehow managed to talk to two people from the West Coast in a row. They weren’t together, so just random chance. Maybe once the t...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Students teaching teachers and rethinking education at the college level
Linda Colon...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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I was in an interesting session yesterday and have overheard bits and pieces of a lot of different conference attendees talking about presentations they’ve liked. I’m wondering: What presenters would you like to hear more from? ...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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I talked to a few teachers this morning between sessions. Here’s what they’re saying about attending the conference: Daniel Welker...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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People were doing double-takes in the exhibit hall as Ben Franklin himself was strolling around. I wonder what he thought of all the displays and events—just a few blocks from Independence Hall....
By Mary Bigelow
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This is my favorite conference so far, and that’s saying a lot since I’ve worked at NSTA for 12 years! Even the weather is cooperating—it couldn’t be a more beautiful time to be in Philly. Yesterday I walked around downtown, a...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director