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2004 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference
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Added in mid-October, three off-site concurrent sessions offered . . .
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The conference planning committee is pleased to announce three additional concurrent sessions to be
offered off-site in the immediate Nashua area for conference participants this year. The off-site
sessions listed below are included in the General Conference Registration Fee. Although there is no
additional fee for these sessions, you are required to "sign-up" at the conference registration desk.
Tour sizes are limited and space is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Driving directions
are provided to each facility, as participants are responsible for their own transportation to and
from the off-site sessions.
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Robotics in Educational Curricula ~ RoboTech Center, 110 Daniel Webster Highway
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Date and Time: Tuesday, November 30th from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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Robots have proven themselves to be outstanding educational tools to motivate students to learn basic
life skills such as problem solving, decision making, goal setting, and logical thinking. Robotics
offers teachers and students the opportunity to bring together many different areas of study, through
a hands-on inquiry based learning approach to science, math, and engineering disciplines. In this
informative session, attendees learn about tools that enable educators to integrate Robotics into
Educational Curricula. RoboTech Center is a technology resource center for educators and students
in K-12 seeking technology enrichment programs. Participants in this session learn about world
initiatives in robotics that have transformed the science from fiction into reality through the
recent developments in Humanoid robotics projects. Your presenter is Naveena Swamy, Executive
Director of the RoboTech Center. To learn more about the RoboTech Center, you can check out their website at
www.robotechcenter.com.
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"High Tech" Tour ~ Nashua High School South Campus, 36 Riverside Drive
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Date and Time: Tuesday, November 30th from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
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Re-opening in September 2004 as a 2,000 student, grade 9-12 facility, the Nashua High School South facility
is the "renovation" part of Nashua's $143,000,000 high school construction and renovation project. The onsite
visit begins with an overview of the design principles, educational philosophies, and technology resources
incorporated into this state-of-the-art facility. This fifteen-to-twenty-minute overview provides some time
for questions and answers. The overview is followed by a guided tour throughout this school that includes the
television studio, planetarium, machine shop, HVAC classroom, media center, distance learning classroom, CAD
and construction design areas, and more as time allows. Sign-up at the conference registration desk and receive
directions to the high school (about 4 miles from the Sheraton). Your tour guides are Tim Kelley, school principal,
and Nashua High School students.
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"Reach the Stars" Planetarium Experience ~ Nashua High School South Campus, 36 Riverside Drive
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Date and Time: Wednesday, December 1st from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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How can we help our students not only "reach for the stars", but also understand the stars and related fields such
as astronomy and physics? The answer seems obvious, include a planetarium in your school! This is exactly what is
happening at the newly renovated Nashua High School South facility. The planetarium is designed as a theater in the
round to simulate the Earth and the sky as a great dome surrounding us. The planetarium presents a powerful multi-media
environment for education. The dome and multimedia capabilities of the planetarium will prompt its use for more than
just astronomy shows, and will be available to offer other audio-visual presentations, such as laser shows, live music
concerts, art displays, geography lessons, geometry lessons, or plays. You are invited to experience this new resource
and hear how it is being incorporated into the secondary curriculum. Session facilitators include Wes Johnson and Ed Hendry,
the individuals directly involved with designing and implementing this exciting resource.
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