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• MSE Fireside Chat: Making Sense of the Natural World through Translanguaging | Enrique Suárez, UMass Amherst (via Zoom)

  by MSE Brown BagOct 14, 2019 3:45 pm1 View

  Friday, October 18, 2019

  Time: 3 p.m.

  Location: Room 378, College of Education

  Enrique (Henry) Suárez will be kicking off our MSE Brown Bag series with a virtual fireside chat about his research on emerging bilingual elementary school students’ use of translanguaging during their participation in science practices. Enrique is an assistant professor Math, Science, and Learning Technologies at UMass Amherst. During this informal, interactive conversation, Enrique will be telling us the “story behind the story” of the attached paper; talking about his career trajectory; discussing his perspective on doing equity-focused research in MSE; and/or answering any questions we may have.

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  African American Studies 50th Anniversary Events

  by Desiree Y. McMillionOct 14, 2019 1:30 pm1 View

  In 1619, twenty enslaved Africans were imported into Virginia in an act that many people recognize as the beginning of the European slave trade to the Americas. This 400th anniversary is being widely observed. The activities listed here will help us understand why such historical developments are so significant. These are a series of events sponsored by the Department of African American Studies and many other units across the campus.

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• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: IT Accessibility at the University of Illinois

  by Kalli ClaytonOct 14, 2019 1:15 pm1 View

  What is accessibility all about and how does it apply to the University of Illinois and you? In this presentation, Tim Offenstein will give an overview of IT Accessibility. He will explain what “assistive technology” is, who uses it and how it benefits them, and the current state of the legal landscape – are we going to get sued? Please join in for this conversation about IT Accessibility! RSVP!

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• 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture Viewing Party

  by Kathy StalterOct 14, 2019 12:00 pm1 View

  The College of Education is pleased to sponsor a viewing party for the 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture: "A Shade Less Offensive": School Integration as Radical Inclusion in the Pursuit of Educational Equity, presented by Dr. Prudence L. Carter. The lecture will be live-streamed at 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time in 4G Education. A moderated discussion will be held immediately after the lecture.   

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• Mary Lyons, Curriculum & Instruction Grad Student, is a Finalist in the 2019 Research Live! Competition!

  by Ann JonesOct 11, 2019 4:00 pm1 View

  Mary Lyons, a graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction, has advanced to the final round of the 2019 Research Live! competition!

  We invite you to join us for the final event on Tuesday, October 22 from 4-6 PM at Stage 5 in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to see the final presentations. The event is free and open to the public, so we encourage you to come out and support Mary.

  For more information about Research Live! and a full list of finalists please visit https://grad.illinois.edu/research-live/event. 

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• Three Education Faculty Launch New NSF-funded Project

  by Communications OfficeOct 8, 2019 12:45 pm273  Views

  Assistant professor Stina Krist is the principal investigator of the $1.3M award from NSF for Advancing Computational Grounded Theory for Audiovisual Data from STEM Classrooms.

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• EdPsych's Ananya Tiwari Recipient of 2019 Illinois International Graduate Achievement Award

  by Communications OfficeOct 7, 2019 2:15 pm146  Views

  Ananya Tiwari, a second-year PhD student in Educational Psychology, will receive this campus-level award at a banquet on November 20. 

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• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: PAGES: Progressing Through the Ages--Global Change, Evolution, and Societal Well-being

  by kclayto2@illinois.eduOct 4, 2019 10:15 am1 View

  MSTE Friday Lunch is back! Please join us on Friday, October 11, from 12-1 p.m. for a presentation from Barbara Hug about the PAGES project and developing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curriculum and professional development, as well as how to support in-service science teachers through the use of NGSS storylines. Please RSVP: https://fridaylunch.mste.illinois.edu/event/2019-10-11

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• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: A Laser Light Show to Teach Coordinates

  by kclayto2@illinois.eduOct 4, 2019 10:15 am1 View

  Joe Muskin and Adam Poetzel will show how to create a coordinate path that a laser follows to generate a design. This simple apparatus uses mirrors and a laser that projects the image on fluorescent paper. Join us for this presentation on November 8 from noon-1:00 p.m. in Classroom 201, 505 E. Green St, Champaign, IL 61820. RSVP: https://fridaylunch.mste.illinois.edu/event/2019-11-08

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• NSF Awards Funding to Prof. Adrienne Dixson to Study STEM NOLA

  by Communications OfficeOct 3, 2019 12:00 pm590  Views

  Professor of EPOL is the principal investigator on the project that is studying STEM NOLA, a community-based Saturday STEM program for students in grades 2–12.

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