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Preliminary Agenda: VieW Community Discussion

Keuka Room, Radisson Hotel Corning

A Community Discussion for P16 educators, IT professionals, and administrators. The event will include live presentations of current programs, outcomes of the WITS and Taxonomy of Virtual Worlds projects, and round table discussions aimed at identifying priority interests for expanding access and programming in New York State. The final activity will be the Spring Showcase for Southern Tier SciFair at the nearby Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Horseheads, NY.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Time Topic Speakers
9:00am Coffee and registration  
9:15am
  • Introductions
  • Plan for the Day
 Margaret Corbit
9:30am Presentations on Regional VW Programs
  • CyberCiv— Suzanne Kolodziej
  • Southern Tier SciFair— Catherine Norton-Barker
  • SciFair at Lincoln-Orens Middle School— Christine Chu
  • Overview of Additional Programs— Margaret Corbit
10:30am Break  
10:45am WITS
  • Jennifer Wofford
  • Virtual Adventures Team: PSU
  • Town and Country Team: UCSD
  • Richmond CYFair: VCU
  • Margaret Corbit
Noon
  • Buffet Lunch
  • Outcomes of the Taxonomy of Virtual Worlds Workshop
  • Identification of Discussion Topics
 Margaret Corbit
1:00pm Round Table Discussions  
2:15pm Round Table Reports  
3:00pm Adjourn Move to Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
4:00pm Southern Tier SciFair Showcase