The Spring 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon from February 29th - March 1st, 2016. This two-day conference will be hosted by Portland State University at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront. Registration for the event is now open. The conference website includes a preliminary agenda as well as information about the conference venue, hotel room reservations, and travel logistics.

Apply for an R+P Travel Fellowship up to $2000!

Interested in helping build more equitable relationships across research and practice? Want to meet others doing similar work?

Apply for a 2016 R+P Travel Fellowship of up to $2000, created for informal and formal educators and researchers interested in building more connections across research + practice.

When: Thursday, January 21, from 3 to 4 pm Eastern

It seems like there are new tech and social media tools coming out every day. So what’s out there? And how can these tools be used to enhance your work?

CADRE has compiled a toolkit of resources related to social media and technologies: http://cadrek12.org/resources/tools/social-media-and-technologies-toolk…

Share your work! Join us for this year’s video showcase, Advancing STEM Learning for All!

How? Share your cutting-edge work in a 3-minute video.

When? May 17^th – 23^rd 2016. See additional deadlines below.

Who? NSF EHR-funded projects are invited to participate.

In November, CADRE worked with the STELAR and Cyberlearning resource centers to organize an NSF-supported forum, "Next Generation STEM Learning for All." The Forum was the kick-off event for the White House Next Generation STEM High School Summit that occurred the next day on November 10th, organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

"Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education" is the 2016 National Education Technology Plan released by the Office of Educational Technology. The plan "articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible."

Learn more at http://tech.ed.gov/netp.

AAUW is looking for a consultant to work with cyber security curriculum for middle school girls and perform virtual training for teachers spread throughout the country. Please see the file attached below for details.

AAUW will accept submissions from an individual or group of consultants, proposal deadline is 11:59 PM (EDT) Friday, January 29, 2016 to stem@aauw.org

Questions about the proposal or nature of the project can be directed to Ana Kay Yaghoubian or to stem@aauw.org.

The retrospective pre-post self-assessment method for evaluating training and professional development effectiveness prompts participants to rate their knowledge and ability related to training content before and after a training activity. This is a great tool to use for evaluating training effectiveness. The participant does the self-assessment one time at the end of the training rather than both at the beginning and the end. This approach provides a sound and consistent measure of participant growth that can be used across training activities.