SUMMARY OF SESSIONS:
Education
Wednesday, Sept 13
E-01 -- Experience Your America: The Message Project -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 280; Summary: This session discusses the results of the Message Project and efforts to implement its recommendations across the Service, focusing on the experience of seven "pilot parks" that are receiving intensive project assistance.
E-02r -- Spirituality, Sacredness, and Resource Stewardship -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 36; Summary: Through exploratory dialogue, this session will examine the deep connections between the human spirit and a sense of place. (Repeated as E-03r)
E-03r -- Spirituality, Sacredness, and Resource Stewardship -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 36; Summary: Through exploratory dialogue, this session will examine the deep connections between the human spirit and a sense of place. (Repeated as E-02r)
E-04r -- Silent Garden: Broaden the Stories -- Build Constituencies -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 72; Summary: By seeking the untold stories, by telling stories form multiple perspectives, and by exploring multiple truths, parks and other special places can be more inclusive and more representative of the greater American story. (Repeated as E-05r)
E-05r -- Silent Garden: Broaden the Stories -- Build Constituencies -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 72; Summary: By seeking the untold stories, by telling stories form multiple perspectives, and by exploring multiple truths, parks and other special places can be more inclusive and more representative of the greater American story. (Repeated as E-04r)
E-06 -- From Plato to the Internet -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 36; Summary: How will the NPS engage itself and its partners with educators in the ever changing educational systems, techniques, and technologies of 2010?
E-07r -- Long-Distance Learning and Technology: Reaching Those Who Don't Visit Us -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 280; Summary: A vast majority of the worlds population will never visit a national park. How do we effectively reach those people using technology today, and how will we reach them in the future? (Repeated as E-33r)
E-08 -- NPS Strengths and Weaknesses -- How Do They Create Obstacles, and Opportunities? -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 40; Summary: We need to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of our agency and workforce. How will they impact our way of doing business in the future?
E-09r -- Human Resources Stewardship -- The Missing Piece -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 36; Summary: It is our mission as an agency to value cultural and natural resources. How much do we value our human resources? (Repeated as E-10r)
E-10r -- Human Resources Stewardship -- The Missing Piece -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 36; Summary: It is our mission as an agency to value cultural and natural resources. How much do we value our human resources? (Repeated as E-09r)
E-11r -- Reaching the Highest Common Denominator -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 36; Summary: How do you approach controversy and reach the highest potential outcome through our education, interpretation, and dialoging efforts? (Repeated as E-12r)
E-12r -- Reaching the Highest Common Denominator -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 36; Summary: How do you approach controversy and reach the highest potential outcome through our education, interpretation, and dialoging efforts? (Repeated as E-11r)
E-13 -- Models Hale and Frail: Best Practices in Education -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 72; Summary: Why do some educational models work and others fail? How can we use both to identify best practices?
E-14r -- Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us -- Seeing the Parks as Others See Them -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 72; Summary: It is apparent that people use our park areas for different reasons. How do we establish positive connections with these users to develop crossover values? (Repeated as E-15r)
E-15r -- Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us -- Seeing the Parks as Others See Them -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 72; Summary: It is apparent that people use our park areas for different reasons. How do we establish positive connections with these users to develop crossover values? (Repeated as E-14r)
E-16 -- Potatoes, Potahtoes -- Tomatoes, Tomahtoes -- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off! -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 118; Summary: Interpretation and education are complementary and together serve wide constituencies. Just what are the complementary elements of the two, and how do these strategies differ?
E-17r -- Sharing the Wisdom of Experience -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: The future of the NPS rests not only with our management, but also with the wisdom of our partners, communities, allies, and critics. (Repeated as E-18r)
E-18r -- Sharing the Wisdom of Experience -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 20; Summary: The future of the NPS rests not only with our management, but also with the wisdom of our partners, communities, allies, and critics. (Repeated as E-17r)
E-19 -- Future Smarts -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 200; Summary: How will we teach and learn in the future and what effective learning places will look like?
E-20 -- Virtual Visits: Is it Really Necessary to Visit the Place? -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 72; Summary: With the amazing advances in technology, will we reach a point in the not too distant future where a virtual visit to a park may rival the real experience?
E-21 -- Reaping the Sweet Rewards: Building Sustainable Education Programs -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 128; Summary: This session will engage the participants in a dialogue about new strategies for continuity and growth in education programs. Explore a variety of collaborative financial support sources that could be integrated with normal budgetary processes.
E-22 -- Substituting Edutourism for Tourism -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 195; Summary: The NPS can relate the compelling story and the neighbors would benefit by increased visibility. To attain this goal, we must marry education and tourism into "Edu-tourism."
E-23 -- From Kindergarten to Coalitions -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 36; Summary: Building citizen support can be an elementary process. This case study will focus on the Everglades as an example of changing community attitudes toward resource stewardship.
E-24 -- Checking Our Toolbox: The Off-Site Session at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 40; Summary: Off-site visits and traveling trunks are just two of the many ways to take the park to the public. Do these low-tech methods still have relevance in the 21st Century?
E-25 -- Re-creating NPS Education Programs Within the Context of Environmental Leadership -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 118; Summary: We are obligated to comply with environmental laws and regulations, and to go beyond compliance to become environmental leaders and role models to others.
E-26 -- Beyond the Web: Impacts and Opportunities -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 40; Summary: What will technology mean to the park visit of the future? How will we use technology to our advantage and what changes will occur in the ways we manage parks in the future?
E-27r -- Environmental Leaders for Tomorrow -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: Youth programs can be the cornerstone for developing an environmentally aware and sensitive citizenry for the 21st Century. (Repeated as E-34r)
E-28 -- Parks as Libraries -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: We are a huge repository of knowledge and have a variety of effective interpretive and educational media. How can we provide better access to our resources?
E-29 -- Grading National Park Service Education Programs -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: We must assess our educational efforts in order to become a forward-looking, decision-making organization.
E-30 -- Key Education Trends in the Near Future -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 280; Summary: NPS Managers can improve their effectiveness in preserving resources if they understand better how the public perceives national parks and the NPS. What are the changing demographics of the American public and what is the impact on the NPS?
E-31 -- Keep the Torch Burning Bright: Personal Reflections on Education -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 20; Summary: Take time for thoughtful conversation with your colleagues, personal reflection, and journal writing. Join nationally acclaimed writers and peers to examine how we draw inspiration from places, people, and experiences to sustain our energy and leadership.
E-32 -- The Art of Conversation Between People and Land -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: Journal-keeping can help us articulate our memories, our innermost thoughts, and our understanding of our surroundings. This workshop will use short writing exercises and professional guidance to help sharpen expressive skills.
E-33r -- Long-Distance Learning and Technology: Reaching Those Who Don't Visit Us -- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Capacity: 280; Summary: A vast majority of the worlds population will never visit a national park. How do we effectively reach those people using technology today, and how will we reach them in the future? (Repeated as E-07r)
E-34r -- Environmental Leaders for Tomorrow -- Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am; Capacity: 20; Summary: Youth programs can be the cornerstone for developing an environmentally aware and sensitive citizenry for the 21st Century. (Repeated as E-27r)
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