National Science Foundation
ITEST Program Fourth Annual Summit
February 6-8, 2007
Arlington, VA
This year's summit focus was on New Learning and the New Learner: Harnessing IT to Reinvent the Education Landscape. Key Summit activities addressed these important issues facing our nation's workforce:
- How can educators better prepare young people to fully participate in the new global economy?
- How can education be more responsive to the needs of the workforce of today and tomorrow?
- How can industry help shape the learning environment and new educational strategies?
During the Summit, ITEST Project staff engaged with topical experts, ITEST LRC staff, NSF program officers, and other ITEST project PI's, staff and evaluators in order to:
- Learn more from NSF and talk individually with program officers about the goals and specifics of the ITEST program
- Make new and deepen existing connections with colleagues across the country
- Share what is being measured and learned by ITEST projects
- Collaborate to shape the future of the LRC's research and collaboration/TA activities
- Engage in open dialog with other thought leaders and a broader audience on how to best develop an IT- and science-literate workforce for the future
Many of the Summit presentations and panels were Webcast live, to view the archives at the Learning Times Web site click the appropriate link below. Additional visual media--video postcards (interviews with project PI's, NSF program officers and topical experts) and virtual posters--are also linked below.
View the 2007 Summit Detailed Summit Agenda
Welcome to the Fourth Annual ITEST Summit message from Joyce Malyn-Smith, PI of the ITEST LRC
Summit Sessions:
Opening Plenary: From New Learner to New Worker – Fulfilling the Vision of the H1B Visa Program
Youth Project Panel
National Science Foundation Panel
Reaching and Teaching the New Learner panel presentation
Including All Learners in the New Learning Process panel presentation
Closing Plenary
Interviews and Virtual Posters:
View ITEST projects' "virtual posters"
View "video postcards" recorded by project PI's, guests and LRC staff at the Summit