Musical Chairs: Using Play to Develop an Ethical Classroom
- Will be at poster sessions March 2
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contacts:
- Lori Kelly, lorimia@gmail.com
Director Learning Resources and Student Success
Adjunct instructor Ethics and Philosophy
Chairs are arranged in a range, ethical to unethical. Each participant randomly chooses a class related action and decides where they would situate that action along the ethical/non ethical range. Once everyone is situated participants explain their reasoning for their placement. When the music starts we quickly introduce the ethical reasoning of a philosopher and participants rearrange themselves based on this new ethical structure. After trying out multiple structures, participants chose their stance/chair and decide which Philosophy best fits their stance.
Exploring Best Practices for Providing Professional Development Online
- Will be at poster session March 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
Contacts:
- De’Andre Shepard, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Flint, dlshepar@umflint.edu
- Melissa Sreckovic, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Flint, msreck@umflint.edu
The goal of this project is to share information current teachers and administrators have identified as professional development needs of educators in inclusive environments and to identify the most effective methods for teaching said content, modeling interventions, and coaching current teachers and administrators in an online environment.
Unlocking the Mysteries of Angelfish
- Will be at poster session March 3
Contacts:
- Laura Cannella, lauracannella@gmail.com
- Travis G. Knor
- Michelle L. Walsh
- Patrick H. Rice
An attempt to get Rock Beauty angelfish to spawn in captivity under man made conditions and rear their larvae to maturity in order to benefit the aquarium trade, and wild angelfish species.
Thinking Inside the Box: Designing Learning Spaces for Students
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contacts:
- John McMahon, University of Michigan-Flint Education Technology Graduate Student, Sr. Project Manager, Education Professional Services in Tech Industry, jomcmaho@umflint.edu
How do we adapt classrooms for technology infused learning under heavy budget constraints? If you had a large budget, what would you do to create learning space in your school or workplace? What kind of furniture? Would the devices chosen dictate your learning environment? I’ve visited thousands of schools across the country and have seen some innovative classrooms complete with cutting edge concepts in restructuring the environment for students. I will share some of the learning environments I’ve been a part of at university, K-12 and corporate entities. Going forward, I’d like to build a sharing community of how to create learning spaces under space and budget constraints.
C02 and Elodea: Improving Growth of Waterweeds
- Will be at poster session March 2
Contacts:
- Darcie Via, Florida Keys Community College MET Program Student, darcie.a.via@aol.com
- Dr. Bill Irwin
Testing different applications of CO2 methods (gas and liquid form) into takes with elodea to see which method improves growth, if any.
Project DELTA: Disseminating Effective Leadership and Teaching Approaches
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
Contacts:
- Erica Bough, Science Teacher, Sigsbee Charter School, Key West, FL, erica.baugh@sigsbee.org
- Chad Parmentier
- Barb Doughtery
Interested in best practices of math and science teaching? Project DELTA (Disseminating Effective Leadership and Teaching Approaches) would like to share the effective teaching strategies for science inquiry and mathematical strategies. Short videos created for public dissemination will be displayed and discussed during the poster session.
Prolonged Salinity Tolerance of White Worms – Enchytraeus albidus: A Euryhaline Live Feed for Juvenile and Small Mouthed Organisms
- Will be at poster session March 3
Contacts:
- Michelle L. “Mick” Walsh, Marine Sciences Faculty, Florida Keys Community College, michelle.walsh@fkcc.edu
- Timothy V. Yakubowski
White worms Enchytraeus albidus are 2–4 cm long, globally distributed, intertidal oligochaetes that feed on decaying organic matter. They are found on a wide variety of moist terrestrial soils, in fresh and brackish waters, in the marine littoral zone and on aquatic plants washed ashore. Many sectors of the aquaculture industry (public aquariums, research institutions, commercial farms) have expressed interest in testing white worms as feed for juvenile and small-mouthed organisms, including those reared for stock enhancement, ornamentals, and finicky eaters (such as sea horses). Thus, the University of New Hampshire is currently spearheading an investigation on the efficiency, biosecurity and marketability of mass scale production.
Although generally reared in moist soils, white worms survive and continue to move when fully immersed in water. This not only elicits a behavioral feeding response from predaceous organisms to which the worms are fed, but also may slow the deterioration in tank water quality because any excess feed remains alive and thus does not break down in tanks like other feeds, remaining available and moving until the appetite of the target cultured species returns. Salinity tolerance of white worms spans the spectrum of most natural waters (0-35 ppt). However, the limits of prolonged exposure (if any) have yet to be investigated.
We monitored survival of white worms over a series of days using 96-well plates (*5 replicate plates). Salinities were examined in 10 ppt increments from 0–40 ppt. Worm survival for each salinity per plate was averaged from 5 randomized, individual wells (one worm per well). Food coloring was used to track differing salinities within each plate easily, a different color for each salinity. Water within each well was changed daily. Worm survival was high for all salinities with little mortality recorded even days after trial initiation.
This study has vast implications regarding the marketability of white worms for use with a diverse array of cultured species. The prolonged survival in the full salinity spectrum of most natural waters makes white worms an attractive live feed candidate for many juvenile and small-mouthed organisms.
iiE Certificate Program
- Will be at poster session March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contacts:
- iiE staff
The iiE is beginning to develop suites of online courses on topics of high interest to learning professionals in K-12 and/or the private sector. We welcome the opportunity to speak with you in person about our plans and receive your input during our development phase.
Place Out Of Time “Pocket Versions”
- Will be at poster session March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contacts:
- Jeff Stanzler, Interactive Communications & Simulations, University of Michigan, stanz@umich.edu
- Michael Fahy
The Place Out Of Time character-playing project has been run once or twice a year as an 8-week simulation since 2001, but in the last couple years, we have worked with collaborators to explore more “compact” formats, including a 3-day intensive version that combines online and in-person character play, and a card version designed to be played in a few hours. We invite others to brainstorm with us as we flesh out these and other ideas for “compact” versions of POOT.
Multi-age Multi-genre!
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contact:
- Susanna Hapgood, susanna.hapgood@utoledo.edu
I have been exploring multi-genre approaches for encouraging deep engagement with ideas and more writing, particularly informational writing. Starting with examples of multi-genre projects from preschool to graduate school, I aim to develop methods and strategies for more educators to use a multi-genre approach with their learners.
The Comprehensive College Cost Calculator
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contact:
- Toko Oshio, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Flint, toshio@umflint.edu
Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:09), we found that the majority of 11th grade high school students overestimate the cost of 4-year college tuition, especially for public institutions. In order to help students more accurately estimate the cost of college, we propose a “Comprehensive College Cost Calculator (C4)” (with web and mobile app versions) that will take into account a variety of personal and institutional factors. While many individual colleges have their own cost calculators, the C4 would allow students to input information one time and get results along a range of colleges depending on students’ interest, institutional selectivity, and institutional geography.
WEGV-Ann Arbor Community Radio
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contact:
- David Pittman, Executive Director, Make This World Foundation, dpittman@goodvibe.fm
Ann Arbor Community Radio is a project of the Make This World Foundation, a Michigan based Not for Profit Corporation formed in 2009. We are particularly focused on promoting greater diversity on the airwaves by providing access to audiences traditionally under-represented in media including African American & multicultural families, women and seniors. The station will soon broadcast from the frequency at 102.3 FM.
Using Digital Curriculum to Empower Children with Human Rights Knowledge
- Will be at poster sessions March 2 and 3
- Will be at collaborative work sessions March 4
- Additional collaborators welcome
Contact:
- Cissa Wa Numbe, United Nations Association of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, wcissa@hotmail.com
The project aims to develop multimedia digital curriculum materials about children’s and women’s rights for primary and secondary schools. As the foundation for this curriculum, we plan to use a manual on children and women rights created by the United Nations Association of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We are working with a network of approximately 680 teachers and administrators at 68 primary and secondary schools.