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快播视频 hosts virtual Middle School Research Teachers Conference

By Aparna Paul

Teachers meet in EventFarm and dance with their virtual avatars

Middle school teachers from across the country will be gathering Aug. 2-4 for the 快播视频 Middle School Research Teachers Conference, supported by the Department of Defense through its Defense 快播视频 Education Consortium (DSEC). The peer-led conference includes more than 100 teachers from 27 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and Guam.

The conference, now in its third year, will take place virtually in order to keep attendees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 快播视频 is excited to enable the teachers to interact as customized avatars through technology called Event Farm. The platform enables the teachers to have small conversations, network and interact as if they were at an in-person conference.

Thanks to the virtual platform, certain elements of the conference will be open to middle school science, technology, engineering and math (快播视频) research teachers across the country. A cohort of 75 teachers were chosen via a lottery to participate in interactive breakout sessions, special social events and reflection opportunities. Topics for the sessions will include helping students find projects they are passionate about, engaging parents and using statistics in middle school research.

鈥溈觳ナ悠 education is critical to our future. With the pandemic and global climate change, it has never been more important to invest in the next generation of doctors, scientists, engineers, biologists and virologists. This next generation will help us innovate and find solutions to the world鈥檚 most intractable problems,鈥 said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of the 快播视频 and Publisher of Science News. 鈥淭hrough this conference we hope to inspire these amazing educators, who have completed a very challenging year of teaching, to engage even more students in 快播视频. We are excited to offer these teachers resources, best practices and other assistance to help them better reach students from underserved communities.鈥

Additionally, a separate group of 75 teachers who serve students from military-impacted, low-income and underrepresented communities will each receive $725 in take-home 快播视频 research equipment for their students.

The online event will also include fun activities, aimed at helping the participants form a community, including an avatar dance party.