Fall 2014 Picnic

Our ISSA-sponsored Fall picnic will be held on Sunday, October 12th from 12:30 - 3:30 PM at FSU Reservation. The picnic is pot luck, so bring your favorite dish to share. The picnic is always fun! You won't want to miss it!

Here is the details.

• When: Sunday, October 12 from 12:30 - 3:30 pm
• Where: FSU Researvation (3226 Flastacowo Rd, Tallahassee, FL32310)
• Who: You +family or guests. Local online students and alumni welcome.
• Bring: This is a potluck. So please bring your favorite dish to share. 
• Rides: If you need a ride or if you're willing to give people rides, please email Wei (wq09@my.fsu.edu). 

2014 Dean's Symposium on Entrepreneurship in Education

The Dean's Symposium is annual event that brings together educational researchers and scholars, state policy-makers, school administrators, teachers and teacher educators, agency officials, and Florida State faculty and students to discuss educational issues of critical importance to our state and the nation. 

This year’s 8th annual Dean’s Symposium will focus on Entrepreneurship in Education.

FSU Turnbull Center, Room 208

September 29, Monday, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Lunch provided - please RSVP here

Speakers for the symposium include:

• Micah Widen, CEO and Co-Founder of Domi Station (http://www.domistation.com), a local business incubator and investor in entrepreneurs
• Tom Vander Ark (keynote speaker), CEO of Getting Smart (http://gettingsmart.com), an education advocacy firm 

 Vander Ark has authored a number of books, including Teaching with Fire: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Teach and, the most recent, Smart Cities That Work for Everyone: 7 Keys to Education & Employment

Session information - Leading the Learning Revolution

New tools are powering new learning models that have the potential to boost achievement domestically and expand access to tertiary education internationally. Developing an innovation mindset--in students and teachers--is becoming increasingly important. Developing learning environments that are blended, personalized, and competency-based requires leadership. Tom will discuss the importance of new tools and schools and opportunities for innovation in educator preparation.

A panel of entrepreneurs moderated by Dr. Val Shute:

• Cathy Tencza (Tencza Designs, Atlanta, GA and COE alum)
• Pam Phelps (Creative Preschools, Tallahassee)
• Laurence Hewick (President of Hewick Research, Inc. and COE distinguished alum)
• Douglass Tatum (Entrepreneur-in-Residence, College of Business)
• Jim Dever (Entrepreneur-in-Residence, College of Business)
• Bruce Manciagli (Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy) 
• Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan, Executive Director of Academic Innovation, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
• Daniel Dispenziere, Director, FSU Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

See more details about the COE Week 2014 events including this Dean's Symposium

at http://www.coe.fsu.edu/coeweek

College of Education Week 2014

The 2014 College of Education Week will be September 29 - October 4, 2014. This event, held in conjunction with FSU Parents' Weekend, includes a week of symposia, presentations and events celebrating COE students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends.

Below is the general schedule and some featured events of the COE week:

Monday, September 29

<The Dean's Symposium>

• FSU Turnbull Center, Room 208
• 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
• Lunch provided - please RSVP here

Wednesday, October 1

<All-College Ice Cream Social>

• College of Education Courtyard (Stone Building)
• E-mail Jennie Harrison for more information

Thursday, October 2

<Psychological Counseling Services Reception>

• Stone Building Atrium 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• Light hors d'oeuvres and beverage will be served.

<16th Annual Sport Management Conference>

• FSU Turnbull Conference Center, 12:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Friday, October 3

<The COE Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet>

• FSU Alumni Center Ballroom and Courtyard
• 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Cocktails
• 7:00 - 9:00 PM : Dinner and awards
• E-mail Jennifer Ramos for more information

<Harold F. Cottingham Colloquium>

• FSU Alumni Center
• 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

<16th Annual Sport Management Conference (Continued)>

• FSU Turnbull Conference Center
• 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

 Saturday, October 4

<Student/Donor Scholarship Recognition Event>

• RSVP here
• Begins 4 hours prior to kick-off
• North Side Tiered Courtyard of the College of Education Stone Building
• E-mail Jennie Harrison for more information

<COE Pre-Game Tailgate>

• RSVP here
• Begins 3 hours prior to kick-off
• College of Education Courtyard

<FSU vs Wake Forest>

• Doak Campbell Stadium
• Time TBA

Please follow this link to learn more about these exciting events!

Join also the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/538372669625229/

Call for Participants: Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia.The exercise develops academic,presentation,and research communication skills and supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

Doctoral students have three minutes to present a compelling operation on their dissertation topic and its significance. 3MT forces students to consolidate their ideas and crystalize their research discoveries.

Eligibility

Currently enrolled doctoral students at Florida State University

Dates

• Application due: September 26, 2014, at 5:00 pm
• Preliminary rounds: The week of October 17 - 23, 2014
• "Preparing for the 2014 3MT Finals" workshops: November 12th and 14th at 3:00 pm.
• Florida State University's 3MT finals: November 18, 2014, at 6:00 pm., College of Medicine Auditorium.

Prizes

• Winner: $500
• Runner-up: $350
• People's Choice: $250

To find out more information, please follow this link.

Call for Participants: 2014 Early Career Symposium

AECT's Research and Theory Division announced the call for participants for the 2014 Early Career Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation: Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies. The symposium will engage participants in a day and a half of focused career mentoring and networking. It will also reimburse each participant with $200 for transportation, 2 nights at the convention hotel, and convention registration fee.

• When: November 4 (full day) and November 5 (half day), 2014
• Where: At the annual AECT International Convention (the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida)
• Application Deadline: September 20th, 2014

The intended outcomes

• Mentoring of doctoral student into the social/professional network as partners in ideation, prototyping, idea execution, and knowledge curation;
• Supporting early-career faculty and doctoral students in developing viable short- and long-term cyberlearning research agendas;
• Providing specific feedback and guidance to early-career faculty and doctoral students about their research agendas (e.g. how to build a research agenda, pursue funding, and maintain successful collaborations);
• Expanding and strengthening the cyberlearning community by creating a community of researchers committed to designing the next generation of learning technologies and increasing understanding of how people learn in technology rich-learning environments.

Eligibility

• Must be AECT members in good standing
• Must have not participated in a previous Early Career Symposia
• Must be current doctoral graduate students or faculty (within first five years of career) 
• Applicants will be selected based upon their strength of argument for participation. Additionally, the Review Panel seeks to accept a diverse group of scholars representing the entirety of the membership of AECT. 

Application

Doctoral Graduate Student applicants

• Cover letter discussing career goals, including description of dissertation and progress toward completion. Also, it should discuss how they are qualified for the Early Career Symposium and how it would benefit their careers (limit to a single page)
• Updated Curriculum Vita 
• Statement Supporting participation from dissertation advisor (limit to one paragraph)

Faculty applicants

• Cover letter providing a career statement as well as discussing why they would like to attend the Early Career Symposium, how they are qualified and how it would benefit their careers (limit to a single page)
• Updated Curriculum Vita

Please follow this link to learn more about this symposium!

Call for Presentations: E-LEARN

E-Learn -- World Conference on E-Learning is a conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning.

This international conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in Higher Education, Corporate, Government, and Healthcare.

• Proposal Deadline: Extended - Due September 15, 2014
• Conference Dates: October 27-30, 2014
• Conference Venue: New Orleans, Louisiana
• For more information: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/