EER Attendee Information for Thursday
To those participants just beginning Online Rendezvous, welcome! Tomorrow is transition day. Whether you are just joining us for the second part of the Rendezvous or if you have been with us since the beginning of the week and just wrapped up your Monday-Wednesday morning workshop today, we look forward to another round of high quality, intellectually-rich Thursday/Friday programming. As you prepare for tomorrow's schedule of events, please make note of the following:
Morning Workshop Connection Information
Registered for a Thursday-Friday morning workshop? You can find details about your workshop, along with connection information, on the corresponding session page, linked from the Rendezvous Program. In order to access the connection information, you'll need to be logged in to your SERC account. Having trouble viewing the connection information? Use the chat bubble in the bottom right corner of any page on the Rendezvous website to reach someone who can help. The morning workshops will be held from 8-11am PT | 9am-12pm MT | 10am-1pm CT | 11am-2pm ET on Thursday and Friday.
- Student Mental Health and Well-Being
- Engaging your students with visual representations: Why, What, and How
- Storytelling for Change in the Geosciences
- Geoscience Education Research: Statistics in Geosciences
- Teaching and Learning About Feedback Loops
- Designing and Facilitating High Quality Online Earth Science Courses
Thursday Afternoon Options
Atmospheric Science Education Research (ASER) Working Group and Discussion Session
Join the ASER working group for a discussion and brainstorming session about the current state of ASER and plans for the future. Those with a historical perspective on the evolution of GER who can share effective strategies for growing an emerging ASER community are encouraged to go. This event is open to all attendees. The discussion session will be held at 11am-12pm PT / 12pm-1pm MT / 1pm-2pm CT / 2pm-3pm ET.
Plenary Session
Thursday's plenary speaker is Dr. Gillian Roehrig, professor of STEM Education at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Roehrig's talk, Integrated STEM: Focusing on culturally-relevant Earth System Science, will be held at 12:00-1:00pm PT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 2:00-3:00pm CT / 3:00-4:00pm ET. This session is sponsored by the NAGT Teacher Education Division (TED). All Rendezvous participants are welcome to attend the plenary. Connection information can be found on the plenary web page.
Afternoon Mini-Workshops
Want to attend one of tomorrow's afternoon mini-workshops? Rendezvous participants registered for Thursday can find connection information for each workshop on the mini-workshop pages below (or linked from the Rendezvous Program). Having trouble viewing the connection information? Use the chat bubble in the bottom right corner of any page on the Rendezvous website to reach someone who can help. The afternoon mini workshops will be held at 1:15-3:45pm PT / 2:15-4:45pm MT / 3:15-5:45pm CT / 4:15-6:45pm ET.
- Geoscience is Elementary
- OOI Data Labs - Online Laboratory Manual for Introductory Oceanography Courses
- Teaching the Anthropocene: Reframing Geoscience Education for the Critical 2020s Decade
- Using geophysics to address societally-relevant, urban and environmental questions in introductory-level geoscience courses
- Facilitating Student Exploration of Local Environmental Challenges via Mathematics and Computational Thinking
- Curiosity to Question: A new model for disciplinarily diverse and inclusive course-based research experiences
- Adapting Lessons for Your Classroom
SENAGT Meeting & Social
You are invited to the SENAGT Meeting & Social. This event will include an introduction to the new officers in SENAGT, recognition of OEST winners for states in southeastern section, and social activities!
All are welcome who are interested in activities in the southeastern section of NAGT. The event will be at 4:00-5:00pm PT / 5:00-6:00pm MT / 6:00-7:00pm CT / 7:00-8:00pm ET. We hope to see you there!
CEU Credit Opportunity
Interested in receiving Continuing Education Unit credit(s) for participation at the Rendezvous? Complete the end of workshop evaluations and attend sessions logged in under your full name and send your request to NAGT's Executive Office at nagtservice@nagt.org.
2021 NAGT Donor Challenge
NAGT is working hard to make sure the Rendezvous is an event that educators can attend regardless of financial resources. To this end, a group of "Friends of NAGT" has stepped up to initiate a challenge for Rendezvous past and present participants. These Friends of NAGT have pledged $1000 for stipends to attend the 2022 Rendezvous that can only be 'unlocked' if 50 individuals contribute to the NAGT Professional Development Fund.
We are a quarter of the way towards our goal, but already halfway through the Rendezvous! Give now through your NAGT Membership account and select the Professional Development Fund to help us unlock the challenge. All contributions received during the Rendezvous will count towards the challenge.
Connect Via Social Media
Connect with your peers and NAGT on social media! Follow NAGT on Facebook and Twitter. Use #EarthER21 and tag NAGT in your posts!
We invite you to share a selfie of how you Rendezvous or your "aha moments" from the week through Twitter and Facebook. What changed for you? What inspired you? What surprised you? What encouraged you? We invite everyone to post their reflections as the experiences happen, rather than waiting until the end of the week.
Connect Via the Message Board
Looking to start an informal discussion? New to the Rendezvous and looking to make new connections? Want to follow up with folks after discussions started in your workshop or poster session? Please use our digital message board to continue the conversations and networking.
Need Assistance?
Need help with something? Click on the chat button on the bottom right corner of any 2021 Rendezvous web page to chat with a SERC staff person.
