SESSION TYPE: Featured Speaker SESSION TITLE: Charting a Changing Environment: A Map of 21st Century Skills for Science Education STRAND: STEM DAY: Saturday TIME: 8:30 - 9:30 am LOCATION: Sutton Parlor North, 2nd floor

New technologies for learning, communications, and information access are changing the opportunities, and student expectations, for how science is taught and experienced. This session introduces the 21st Century Skills for Science Map developed by the National Science Teachers Association and released by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Participants will explore ideas for enriching students’ investigations with cross-disciplinary modes of learning, and tapping scientific traditions of critical analysis, creative thinking, and collaborative work in new contexts.

BIOGRAPHY

Susan Van Gundy is the Director of Education and Strategic Partnerships for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), an NSF-funded network of online resources, tools, and communities that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at all levels. Susan builds alliances with leading educational organizations focused on STEM education as well as with the universities, museums, professional societies, research labs, and federal agencies that constitute NSDL’s network of more than 200 resource providers. Before joining NSDL, Van Gundy directed outreach programs and virtual museum experiences at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Her professional activities continually emphasize bridging the scientific and education communities, and applying innovative technologies to enhance teaching and learning. She delivers workshops and presentations online and around the country, and serves on numerous national committees and advisory boards for organizations including NSTA, NSELA, CoSN, ISTE, and the Exploratorium.

Zipporah Miller is currently the associate executive director for professional programs and conferences at the National Science Teachers Association. In this position, she leads the Association’s efforts in providing professional development and e-learning opportunities to teachers of science nationwide. She oversees NSTA’s regional and national conferences, which draw more than 21,000 teachers annually; the NSTA Learning Center, an online portal where thousands of teachers pursue quality professional development resources and specific science content; and the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy for middle and high school level teachers.