From gleaster at sbcglobal.net Mon Feb 5 17:33:54 2018 From: gleaster at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE L EASTER) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 22:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [YAPA] Fw: REGISTRATION IS OPEN for 2018 RTSRE Robotic Telescopes, Student Research & Education Conference AND International Astronomy Teaching Summit, held July 23-27, 2018 in Hilo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <800124845.3658226.1517870034945@mail.yahoo.com> ?Brushfire Science Consultants Gene and Linda Easter 330-928-6691 540 S. Ridgecliff St. Tallmadge, Oh 44278 Education is not filling a bucket, but starting a fire. - William Butler Yeats On Monday, February 5, 2018 5:08 PM, Tim Slater wrote: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for both the 2018 RTSRE Robotic Telescopes, Student Research & Education Conference AND the 2018 International Astronomy Teaching Summit, held July 23-27, 2018 in Hilo on the lush eastern coast of the Big Island of Hawai?i.? If you've ever wanted to learn the latest innovations in teaching astronomy?AND learn about how to use robotic telescopes in Hawai'i, this is your chance!?? If you do not know about it, the RTSRE conference series focuses on building a sustainable community around the educational, technical and student research uses of robotic telescopes, from small through to large aperture and from radio through to gamma-ray. Held at the beginning of the week, July 23-25, 2018, the RTSRE.net conference aims to be a meeting place for astronomers, educators, researchers, and observatory and telescope network developers and managers, in a continuing effort to share and combine resources, develop and enhance education and research programs, and foster global conversations and collaborations.?The co-located international astronomy teaching summit at the end of the week, July 25-27, 2018 extends the conversation and provides worldwide networking opportunities and hands-on workshops designed to expand educators? innovative teaching strategy toolkit designed for expanding innovative teaching techniques for astronomy professors, school teachers, and outreach professionals.? Both individual and joint meeting registration opportunities are available. Keynote speakers include Penn State's Julia Kregenow, NC State's Kathy Trundle, and McMaster's Doug Welch--these are speakers you do not want to miss!?The program committee for this collaborative meeting is also planning a family program, guided-tours of observatories, visiting the astronomy and cultural education center & planetarium and the national volcano park, and a workshop for novice robotic telescope users and educators to learn how to do hands-on astronomy research projects with their students. Student researchers are highly encouraged to attend and present their scientific work at the RTSRE conference in a special poster session.? ?And, don?t leave early?a closing conference luau is scheduled for Friday evening at Nana Kai Farms, the cost of which is included in your registration fee! Moreover, the conference has arranged a fantastically discounted ocean-side room rates for attendees at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel at 71 Banyan Drive, Hilo, HI 96720 (reservation information is forthcoming).?The early bird discounted registration rate is available now?just $180 for one conference, $300 for both if you register now by visiting us online at? http://www.caperteam.com/astro101summit? Time to make your travel plans to spend the end of next July in the beautiful islands of Hawai?i. International Astronomy Teaching Summit Co-Chairs: Richard Gelderman, Ph.D.Western Kentucky University Professor of Astronomy,?richard.gelderman at wku.edu ? http://astro.wku.edu/gelderman/. Phone: (270)745-6203 and Timothy F. Slater, Ph.D.University of Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair of Science Educationtimslaterwyo at gmail.com, office: 307-314-9831;? cell/txt: 520-975-1373 .. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: