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Geotech Conference February 27 - 29 Featuring Keynote Speaker Planet Or Plastic with Lillygol Sedaghat National Geographic Expolorer 32nd Annual Bishop Dunne GeoTech Conference February 27 - 29 Featuring Keynote Speaker Planet or Plastic with Lillygol Sedaghat National Geographic Expolorer Geotech 2018 1 Bishop dunne Previous GeoTech KEYNOTE PRESENTERS 2019 Dedicated Dallas Experts Conversations in the Cliff around Sustainability and Development 2018 Bertie Gregory National Geographic Young Explorer and Scientific Exploration Zenith Explorer 2017 Bryan Christy National Geographic Explorer of the Year and Special Investigations Unit 2016 Joel Sartore National Geographic Society Photographer and Conservationist 2015 James Balog Film Producer: Chasing Ice and Environmentalist 2014 Dr. Patrick Meier Crisis Mapper and Humanitarian 2013 Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin Archeologist, Explorer, and Pioneer of Crowdsourcing and Drone Exploration 2012 Dr. Mireya Mayor Field Correspondent, Explorer, Naturalist, and Author of Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer. 2012 Dr. Kobe Boykins Engineer and Designer for Mars Explorer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2011 Dr. Robert Bakker Paleontologist and Author: The Dinosaur Heresies 2010 Ben Osborne Planet Earth DVD Series Photographer 2010 Chad Pregracke President of Living Lands and Waters – U.S. Jefferson Award for Public Service Winner, CNN Hero of the Year 2013 2009 Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Nova Host, and Cosmos Host 2008 Dr. Dawn Wright Oceanographer and Deep Water Explorer, Professor of Geography and Oceanography, Oregon State University 2007 David Rumsey Cartographer and Philanthropist 2007 Dr. Spencer Wells Geneticist, Anthropologist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence 2007 Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ Author: Dead Man Walking, Anti-Death Penalty Activist 2006 Dr. Mae Jemison Astronaut and Author, Founder and Chair of the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence 2005 Dr. J. Michael Fay National Geographic Conservationist-in-Residence 2004 Jodi Cobb National Geographic Photographer 2003 Dr. John Kuglin Former Director of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project 2002 Dr. Wade Davis National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence 2001 Dr. Sally Ride Astronaut and Author. Professor of Physics, University of California at San Diego 2000 Erik Larson Author: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Thunderstruck: Devil in the White City, and In the Garden of Beasts 1999 Dr. Jane Goodall Author: Reason for Hope, Anthropologist and Scientist, Founder of The Jane Goodall Institute 1998 Dayton Duncan Author and Co-Producer (with Ken Burns) Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: An Illustrated History, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, The Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History, The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz 1998 Ann Bancroft Author: No Horizon Is So Far: An Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica and Explorer - First Woman at the North Pole and the South Pole and to Traverse the Antarctic Continent 1997 Dr. Robert Ballard Author: Lost Liners, Explorer and Discoverer of RMS Titanic, Founder of the Institute for Exploration, and the JASON Foundation 1997 Kenneth C. Davis Author: Don’t Know Much About Geography: Don’t Know Much About History; Don’t Know Much About The Civil War: Don’t Know Much About The Bible 2020 GeoTech: Planet or Plastic? Keynote Presenter - Lillygol Sedaghat, National Geographic Explorer Lillygol Sedaghat is a National Geographic Explorer and multimedia storyteller at the intersection of science, systems and people. Previously, she was a Fulbright–National Geographic Digital Storyteller documenting Taiwan’s waste management system, plastics recycling and circular economy initiatives. Through her work, Sedaghat hopes to inspire conscious consumerism — the realization that every choice we make affects the environment — and spark a global discussion on trash with #MyWasteMyWay. Using infographics, music videos, maps and digital storytelling to promote environmental education, she aims to transform people’s perceptions of trash from something disposable to something valuable. An active spokesperson for National Geographic’s global Planet or Plastic? campaign, she has spoken at United Nations World Environment Day India and the National Geographic Live series, and has helped to launch the Planet or Plastic? campaign in mainland China and Hong Kong. She has been named as one of “5 Under 25: Leaders in U.S.-China Relations” by China Hands magazine. Sedaghat received her Bachelor of Arts in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental anthropology. 2020 Bishop Dunne GeoTech Conference Sponsors Partner: Sherman & Yaquinto, LLP Square Foot, Inc. Sponsor: Dallas Zoo Supporter: Rubel Advisors Kenneth and Molly Alfers Blake and Dorsey Martensen Friend: Good Space Paul and Paula Day Scott and Rhonda Dugger Christopher and Ashley Shultz In kind donations: Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts Pasco Scientific Voigt Consulting Zoe Marie Cookies Donors Mary Gracheck Tom Maj Dale McKean Pero Vrucinic and Julie Coxe Geotech 2020 1 Bishop dunne WHERE EARTH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION MEET Friday, February 28, 2020 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast Bishop Dunne Cafeteria 9:00 a.m. Opening Address: Engaging the Millenial Learner presented by Courtney Brazile Msgr Milam J. Joseph Auditorium Courtney Brazile teaches Speech Communication courses at Eastfield College and he directs the Minority Male Initiative for the Dallas County Community College District and his campus. He was named the 2015-16 Jean Sharon Griffith Student Development Leadership Award recipient at his campus. In spring 2016, he received the John & Suannne Roueche Excellence Medallion at the Innovations Conference in Chicago. SESSION 1 10:00 – 10:55 a.m. Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom presented by Soriya Nelson Library As students learn a common language and method of dealing with emotions and people, how does that fit into the school culture so that everyone benefits? What if there was a playbook that allowed adult-student conversions to be productive in a short period of time? Social-Emotional Learning can help a school develop both a consistent language and a playbook for the sustainable develop- ment of the culture you want to create. Soriya Nelson, M. Ed., is an Associate Dean of Student Services and Academics with two decades of experience working in public and private education. She has been a classroom teacher, Depart- ment Chair, Coordinator of Student Services and Presenter for SELlaunchpad. Discovery Education Lori Aden Room 304 Discovery Education Experience (formerly known as Discovery Education Streaming) offers dy- namic curated K-12 curriculum resources combined with on-demand instructional strategies, personalized for your needs as an educator. These real world content channels bring excitement and relevance to the topics you teach, ensuring all students have opportunities to unlock their true potential. Dr. Lori Aden is the Program Coordinator for Region 10 for Discovery Education, Distance Learning, E-rate, and Reggie’s Robots. Bishop dunne 2 Geotech 2020 Friday, February 28, 2020 (continued) Using Probes to Teach Math and Science! Roger Palmer Room 306 Come play to learn basics of using Pasco probes. Rather than giving students information from sources you spend precious time trying to find, how about having students collect their own in- formation to learn natural concepts. Setting up experiments becomes easier if you help students think how to collect data and prove concepts you cover. Pasco’s tools are made to turn on and just explore phenomena. We will look at a few easy experiments from Life, biology, environ- mental Science, and Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science that you can easily teach, explore, have students do labs using Pasco equipment on free apps students can download to their phones, iPad or software on your computer. Roger Palmer was born in North Dakota 160 years too late to have been part of the historic Lewis and Clark exploration of the Missouri River basin. From the Missouri’s shores he has explored the Red River of the north, Texas’ Trinity and most recently the American River where he is the science product manager with Pasco Scientific in Roseville, California. Here he combines his 28 years teaching and science chair experience at Bishop Dunne Catholic School to design electronic tools for exploring science. Roger continues to use his University of North Dakota master’s degree to provide teacher professional development, coauthor books, science lesson sets, publish professional research articles, and at many conferences. He loves helping teachers collect data and constructing stories from information embedded in interactive maps and graphs. Hun- dreds of teachers have joined he and his wife in technological adventures from Hawaii to the Rockies, the great plains to the great lakes, and Australia to Abu Dhabi. Roger continues to collaborate widely with local, national, and international part- ners to give teachers learning experiences. Outdoor Learning at John Bunker Sands Wetlands Center Linda Dunn Room 310 The mission of the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is to educate the public and provide re- search opportunities in the areas of water quality and supply, wildlife management, and wetland systems. The Wetland Center facility provides opportunities for research, education, wildlife ob- servation, and community gatherings within a comfortable, environmentally-conscious building.
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