Selected Presentations--Dr. Mike Charles National/International Presented The Impact of Geospatial Technologies in a Dual-Enrollment Environment at the March 2012 Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education with Bob Kolvoord from James Madison University, Nathaniel Meadow & David Utall from Northwestern University. This peer reviewed paper summarize research to assess the impact of geospatial technologies on high school students’ spatial thinking and problem solving skills. Preliminary results suggest that geospatial technologies afford students the chance to make substantial gains in the development of their spatial thinking and problem solving skills. Charles, M. & Rhine, S. (2012, June). Overcoming the algebra barrier with mobile devices. Bring Your Own Device session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE 2012), San Diego, CA. Presented Developing Rubrics to Assess 21st Century Skills Developed with GIS at the June 2011 ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego with Bob Kolvoord from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. This paper reported presents the final results of research for evidence of 21st Century Thinking Skills among high school students who complete projects that use GIS software. There is strong evidence that students engage in selected 21st Century Thinking Skills in a measurable way as they complete geospatial projects in the course. Organized and chaired the SIGTE Forum: Children’s Engineering across the Curriculum in Your Classroom at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) July 2011 in Philadelphia, PA. This sold out (60 participants) 2.5 hour hands on session enabled participants to explore the hands-on digital fabrication process that links engineering principles to content objectives in an engaging way. Each participant did a “make and take” of their own example activity. The workshop included leaders Glen Bull of the University of Virginia, Peggy Healy Stearns of FableVision Software, and Jeffrey Lipton from Cornell University. It was supported by the efforts of an impressive cadre of graduate students from the University of Virginia who used the tools with practicing teachers together with practicing teachers from a number of different states. This Forum was so successful that I also organized a hands on SIGTE Playground for over 100 participants around the same theme and content at ISTE 2011 with the support of the graduate students and faculty who helped put on the Forum. Presented Geospatial Semester: Developing Students’ 21st Century Thinking Skills with GIS at the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2011) conference in New Orleans with Bob Kolvoord from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. An updated version of this paper was also presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia in July 2011. This peer-reviewed paper reported the first year’s findings on whether high school seniors who use geospatial tools on a daily basis and who complete a final community-based GIS project demonstrate evidence of recognized 21st Century thinking skills when independently rated by GIS capable faculty. Presented Geospatial Semester: Developing Students’ 21st Century Thinking Skills with GIS at the June 2010 ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego with Bob Kolvoord from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. This paper reported presents the preliminary results of research for evidence of 21st Century Thinking Skills among high school students who complete projects that use GIS software. There is strong evidence that students engage in selected 21st Century Thinking Skills in a measurable way as they complete geospatial projects in the course. Co-presented What happens after the professional development: Case studies on implementing GIS in the classroom as part of a paper set Examining the Classroom Implementation of Using Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST 2010) in Philadelphia with Bob Kolvoord from James Madison University. This paper used a theoretical framework to describe seven cases of middle school and high school teachers around the country implementing geospatial technology in their teaching. Invited to give an EDtalk National Standards: A Visitor’s Perspective. EDtalks are given by individuals invited by CORE Education to give their perspectives on education. In this talk I offered thoughts on a standards based curriculum, and the threat of reducing education and learning from a cultural task to a productivity task. Available at http://edtalks.org/video/national-standards-visitors-perspective. Organized and presented the panel discussion Lessons Learned from the SIGTE 2010 New Zealand Study Tour at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference June 2010 in Denver, CO. Other presenters were Dorothy Burt, E-Learning Coordinator at Pt England School in Auckland, New Zealand; Ann Cunningham, Wake Forest University; Mia Kim Williams, University of Northern Colorado; Sarah McPherson, New York Institute of Technology; Arlene Borthwick, National Louis University. In this session we described what we learned from seeing how technology is used to provide better learning opportunities in New Zealand.  Co-presented as part of the panel discussion The FabLab Classroom: A Digital Fabrication Laboratory for Schools at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference June 2010 in Denver, CO. I presented my work using Modelmaker 3D children’s design software to teach about surface area and volume in 3 dimensional objects. Shona Ruiz-Diaz, a local math teacher from the Forest Grove School District collaborated with me on this presentation. Other presnters included Sarah McPherson, New York Institute of Technology; Arlene Borthwick, National Louis University. The chair of the panel was Glen Bull of the University of Virginia. Presented Using Google Earth to see the world at the Learning@School Conference Febuary 26, 2010 in Rotorua, New Zealand.  As the co-organizers of the SIGTE study tour of New Zealand (SIGTENZ) we were invited to submit proposals to present at the conference. This one hour hands-on session focused on how students at Pacific University and across the world were beginning to use Google Earth to strengthen skills in geography, literature, and problem solving. Organized and co-chaired the panel discussion SIGTE Forum: Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners--Legislation for Change at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) June 2009 in Washington, D.C. As president of SIGTE, helped organize and co-chair a 2.5 hour session in which we discussed lessons learned from previous federal teacher education technology grants and the importance of authorizing the previously passed PTDAL legislation to inform local teacher preparation and development initiatives and future SIGTE advocacy. Invited to present a Berglund Roundtable with Mark Bailey One Laptop Per Child: Informal Learning Around the World. In this presentation we discussed the current progress of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Initiative, a worldwide effort from an international consortium to produce and provide an affordable laptop for children around the world. Organized and chaired the panel discussion SIGTE Forum: Assessing 21st Century Skills--Next Steps at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) June 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. As president of SIGTE, assembled and led a 2 hour panel discussion about the next steps in SIGTE's effort to create viable methods of authentically assessing 21st-century collaborative learning. Presented as part of a panel National Technology Leadership Summit: Connecting TPACK and NETS via Research, Policy, and Practice at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) June 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.  Other panelists: Arlene Borthwick, National Louis University; Glen Bull, University of Virginia; Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas; Melissa Pierson; University of Houston; Lynne Schrum, George Mason University; Michael Searson, Kean University; and Ann Thompson, Iowa State University. Panelists discussed the TPACK conceptual framework in relation to the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS); integration of technology in teaching and learning; and implications for research, policy, and legislation. Presented Professional Development: Models Integrating 21st-Century Tools at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) June 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. with Karen S. Grove, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Julie A. Moore, University of Georgia. This panel highlighted professional development models using 21st-century tools both face-to-face and online to support preservice and P-12 teacher learning. Presented the paper Evolving Uses of a Technology Lending Library in Preservice Teacher Education as part of the session Getting our Student Teachers to Integrate Technology into their Teaching at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), January 2007 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Presented the paper Using Visualization Tools for Inquiry-Based Science: A Longitudinal Study of Teacher’s Stages of Development at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) June 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), March 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia. Presented the paper Teacher's Stages of Development in Using Visualization Tools for Inquiry-Based Science at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), March 2003 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and an earlier version of this paper at the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE), January 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii. These presentations summarized our ongoing research into the adoption of more advanced technological tools into the teaching practice of middle school and high school educators. Presented multiple image processing projects with my students at the 1998 & 1999 & 2000 National Imaging Technology in Education Conference (NITEC) in Mesa & Tucson, Arizona and Rochester New York. Similar presentations made at the 1998 & 1999 Michigan Association for Computer-related technology Users in Learning (MACUL) in Grand Rapids and Detroit Michigan; and also the 1998 & 1999 Best Practices in Education Conference hosted by the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Invited participant in the panel Integrating Imaging into Undergraduate Education together with faculty from James Madison University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Chalmers Lindholm University in Sweden, and Monroe Community College in New York at the National Imaging Technology in Education Conference (NITEC 2000.) Presented Project VISM: Visualization in Science and Mathematics at the National Imaging Technology in Education Conference (NITEC 2000) with Dr. Robert Kolvoord from James Madison University. Prepared and presented the poster The C-SIP Model at One School: An Interim Report at the TECSCU '99 conference (Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities) in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1999. This conference was part of the larger American Association of College of Teacher Education (AACTE 1999) meeting.   Regional and local McCaffrey, C. & Charles, M. (2011, October). Analyzing Change: Improving Covariational Reasoning and Graphical Analysis through Problem Solving. Concurrent session presented at the Northwest Mathematics Conference, Portland, OR. Presented to over 30 Northwest MS/HS math teachers and some higher education faculty. Presentation included a summary of previous research and a hands-on demonstration of the iPad apps developed by the Algebraic Thinking Project to help develop students overcome their difficulties understanding graphing. Charles, M. & Rhine, S. (2011, September). Computer tablets as an accomplice in overcoming the algebra barrier. Concurrent session presentation at the Oregon Technology in Education (OTEN) Inspiration Conference, Willamette University, Salem, OR. Presentation included a hands-on demonstration of iPad apps developed by the Algebraic Thinking Project to help develop students develop better algebraic thinking. Presented a one-hour session Waka adventure: Lessons learned from New Zealand at the Oregon Technology Education Network (OTEN) Fall Technology Inspiration Conference 2010 in Forest Grove, Oregon. Presented to 25 preservice teachers and K-12 educators examples of how technology is used in K-12 schools in New Zealand. At Pt England School they are use blogs and multimedia podcasting to strengthen student learning, student voice, and even their test scores.  Presented the keynote address Technology and learning: putting together the total package in your classroom at the Oregon Technology in Education Network (OTEN) Fall Technology Inspiration Conference 2009 in Forest Grove, Oregon. Presented to 200 preservice teachers and K-12 educators examples of the TPACK model of technology integration in K-12 classrooms. Presented Putting Space and Place Together: GIS for Upper Elementary and Middle School Classrooms at the Northwest Council for Computers in Education (NCCE) 2006 conference in Portland, Oregon. Presented to over 50 K-12 educators the emerging collection of free Geographical Information System (GIS) tools such as Google Earth and ArcExplorer-Java Edition (AEJEE) available to educators. Presented Bringing Advanced Science Inquiry Tools in for a Soft Landing: Report of a Five Year Study at the Northwest Council for Computers in Education (NCCE) 2005 conference in Seattle, Washington. Summarized for thirty K-12 educators the most recent survey data in an ongoing longitudinal study of middle school and high school teacher’s use of more advanced visualization tools in science classrooms. As that study has continued I also presented findings to Pacific science faculty at the 2007 Pacific University Faculty Conference. Presenting an updated version of that study as more data is collected and analyzed at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE 2007) Tenth Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon. Presented Constructing Cross-Cultural Projects: Collaborating with Classrooms in another Country at the Northwest Council for Computers in Education (NCCE) 2003 conference in Portland, Oregon. Summarized for twenty K-12 educators our efforts to establish telecollaborative projects between classrooms in Oregon and other classrooms around the world. Presented Project VISM: Visualization in Science and Mathematics at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE 2002) Fifth Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon. Focused this presentation on a discussion of the VISM matrix of the adoption of advanced scientific visualization tools by middle and high school educators over a three-year period of time. Presented Educational Innovations: Trajectories of Adoption to the College of Optometry as part of their pre-school conference, August 2002.