Laurie Yager's Profile

Laurie Yager

Mohawk Regional Information Center

Verona, NY

About Me

Laurie Yager has been a Model Schools Coordinator at the Mohawk Regional Information Center for the past fourteen years, providing professional development and support to teachers on integrating various technologies into their instruction. With a background in Elementary Education and Math, she is especially interested in STEM activities, promoting the use of robotics, Web 2.0 tools and mobile devices to provide authentic, hands-on opportunities for student to interact with STEM topics. She has presented on the local, regional and state level on various technologies to support STEM. Her interest in promoting STEM also extends into her activities outside of work, where she has been instrumental in helping develop and support the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics competition in the Utica region. She has served as coach of an award-winning all girl FLL team and received the FLL Adult Coach/Mentor award in 2010 and the Outstanding Volunteer award in 2013.

Contact Details

Email: lyager@moric.org

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
  - Filmmaking for Teachers*
    
    Room 1069
    
    Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
    
    This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
2. Welcome 10am–3pm
  - Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
3. Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
  - Sustainability Panel
    
    Essential Questions:
    
    What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
4. Reception 8–10pm
Saturday, Jan 28
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Keynote
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
  - Encienda Educon
    
    Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
    
    Submit A Proposal: http://bit.ly/encienda29
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - “Philly Classic” Dinner
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
Sunday, Jan 29
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
  - Sustainability in Education
    
    Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
3. Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
5. Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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6. Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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