2015 Intel STEMposium Agenda/Event Details
Technology Leadership: Bridging Education and Career – (Hosted by PGE)
It's time to sign-up! The 5th annual Intel STEMposium is a time to share, learn, and network. Look at the great
opportunities offered throughout the day and find a networking, information gathering, or learning opportunity
that interests you. Lunch is provided.
Agenda:
8:00 - 8:45: Registration & Breakfast
8:45 - 11:00: Welcome and Main Session
Bridging Education and Career
Deena Pierott, Founder, iUrban Teen Tech
Dr. Jeffery Gold, MD, Professor of Medicine, OHSU
11:15 Morning Breakouts (Options below)
The Next Step: Connecting Students, Local Workforce Data and Careers
Heather Ficht, Director of Youth Workforce Services, Work Systems
Kristen Harrison, Collaboratory Director, Portland Metro STEM Partnership
Connecting STEM career pathways and students is hard work, especially when technology delivers tables and
tables of local data. See what data is available, get informed, and learn how to make it accessible to
administrators, counselors, teachers, and students. Intended Audience: K12 administrators, career counselors,
guidance counselors, teachers, industry partners, out-of-school STEM educators
Technology Enhanced Science Classroom
Caitlin Everett, TOSA, Portland Metro STEM Partnership and Beaverton School District
Bradford Hill, Physics teacher, Beaverton School District: President, Oregon Science Teacher’s Association
Learn how a set of LabQuest 2 data-collection devices, probes, and laptops or tablets bridge concepts of the
classroom to real-world data collection, evaluation and analysis. Vernier Software and Technology creates with
the teacher, student, and classroom in mind. Learn how technology can provide a powerful teaching tool to
help equip students with the essential skills and provide an active experience for all students. Intended
Audience: K12 building administrators and teachers, higher education instructors, and out-of-school
STEM educators
Oregon Connections: Bridging Concepts to Careers
Melissa Dubois, Director, South Metro-Salem STEM Hub
Dylan McCann, Grade 4-5 teacher, Molalla River School District
Join the movement! Learn the steps STEM professionals can take NOW to have direct and immediate impact
on STEM-CTE learning in our region. Oregon Connections is the next-generation web-based platform
connecting industry professionals with K-20 educators. Intended Audience: industry partners, labor and
workforce development, policy/advocacy interests
Technology Applications in Regional Health Sciences Program
Janet Golden, Regional Coordinator, Lane Healthcare Pathways
Alicia Langlois, Regional CTE Instructor, Lane Healthcare Pathways
Hear how Lane Education Service District designed and implemented a regional health sciences pathway
program for 11 Lane County School districts. This innovative approach uses technology to deliver curriculum,
track student participation, evaluate program effectiveness and provide hands-on learning with a simulation
manikin. Learn how program expansion could be available for more counties and districts. Demonstration:
Laerdal ALS Simulator. Intended Audience: K12 school teachers and administrators, district leaders, higher
education partners, industry partners, out-of-school STEM educators
Contribute to the Discussion: Using Technology to Ignite Curiosity in Career Literacy
Jeffery Carter, Co-founder, benobe
Matthew Reynolds, Career Media Manager
Engage in a facilitated discussion about benobe, a new tool that provides mobile career exploration and
discovery by leveraging student-specific, differentiated career data. Learn more about Career Literacy and
helping students identify their “I wanna be a . . . ” Contribute to a focus group discussion about this new
technology. Share your suggestions for application in learning environments in and out of school. Intended
Audience: K12 school teachers, administrators and councilors, labor and workforce development , higher
education partners, out-of-school STEM educators
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Afternoon Workshops (Options below)
Supporting Content Standards and Technology Literacy: Updated content below for this Professional
Developement Session!!!!
Educator Professional Development
Portland Metro STEM Partnership and local district staff
As instruction expands beyond traditional boundaries, technology-enhanced learning focuses on providing all
students with equitable access to the knowledge and skills to achieve success in STEM. Learn how technology
provides a powerful teaching tool, helps equip students with the essential skills for work and life in a 21st
century global society, and provides an active experience for all students. Strategies will be explored for
developing a lesson plan that promotes effective technology use and the adoption of new teaching practices
through collaboration. Please bring an up-coming lesson plan for personal development. Intended Audience:
K12 classroom educators and out-of-school STEM educators
Here is the session overview:
1:30-2:15: What Does a Future Ready Classroom, District and Learning Environment Look Like? (Presenters Doug Bundy
and Jason Gailbraith)
 How does research inform our learning environments?
 Developing entrepreneurialism and creative capacity with technology: real work for real purpose.
 K-12+ Technology Learning Progression: including programming, robotics, and career tech connections
2:15-2:45: Technology Panel Q and A (Technology and Innovation Leaders from Beaverton, Hillsboro, Portland Public
and Forest Grove School Districts and Community Partners)
 What is being done in the districts? How was it funded? What are the supports in place? What were/are the
barriers? What can the Partnership do to create systemic change?
 Audience Questions
2:45-3:30 Breakout Sessions: Building Capacity for Technology Leadership
 Hybrid Learning/Flipped Classroom
 Programming through Video Game Design
 Inspiring Spaces and Inspiring Instruction (Lesson Plan Modifications as part of Session)
 Funding Possibilities
Big Dream: Documentary Screening
Presented by Microsoft and Iron Way Films
The Big Dream Movement connects organizations, academia, and resources to girls around the world to help
them pursue a future in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The movement is
anchored by Big Dream, a documentary film that follows the stories of seven young women who are breaking
barriers and overcoming personal challenges to follow their passions in STEM fields, especially in technology.
From small town Iowa to the bustling streets of the Middle East, Big Dream immerses viewers in a world
designed by and for the next generation of girls. Intended Audience: All participants
Technology, Engineering Design, and . . . Beer?
Base Camp Brewing Company
Of course, it’s Portland! Learn how Base Camp Brewing Company is creating awesome brewskies for the
adventure-minded palate, with a holistic approach to production, packaging, and environmental awareness. Tour
the technology behind the tap and learn how they even designed their own bottles! A shuttle to and from Base
Camp Brewing Company from the World Trade Center will be available. Intended Audience: All participants