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 * Proposal submission #22400**

Internet Tools: Key Success Factors in Building STEM Support in Hawaii
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Katie Klinger, Myron B. Thompson Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, katiekling@juno.com Judy Olson, University Lab School, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, jkolson@hawaii.edu
 * Presenter(s)**

The purpose of this presentation is to share how the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Hawaii grassroots effort has been highly successful due to its key stakeholders’ use of the New Internet as a platform for communication, planning, document revision/dissemination, engaging community support and meeting accountability. In October 2007, over 60 key players in business, education, and industry were invited to the STEM table for an expanded brainstorming session of what they felt was needed and could be accomplished to keep their young adults on island for higher education and satisfying careers. These ideas were collated and redistributed for further reflection to all attendees using Internet technology tools that facilitated creativity, collaboration, communication, and consensus. The next month, 37 corporate and community-based organizations sent their leaders back to a STEM meeting to form Working Groups to support schools, faculty and staff in the areas of Partnerships, Integrated Curricula, Equity and Access, Communication, Excellence, and Sustainability. This presentation will cover how the STEM Equity and Access Working Group, working in conjunction with the Curriculum Research and Development Group (CRDG) at the University Laboratory School campus, will partner with Hawaii’s GEAR UP leadership to present a new STEM strand attached to the May 2008 GEAR UP Conference. STEM Hawaii Web site materials and working group information from planning sessions will be shared to disseminate how the conference strand was developed with support from Texas Instruments, focusing on STEM Best Practices using technology and STEM Research in the areas of Algebra, ESL, Special Education, Teacher Retention, and Student Achievement.
 * Description**

General Session Not previously published Anyone in Education working with Math and Science and Technology
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