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MISSION:

  • Demonstrate the value of online learning solutions in the present & post-pandemic environment
  • Highlight the impact of highly engaging STEM Online Education applications
  • Illustrate the outcomes created by successful global e-learning implementations
  • Explain how Jamaica can prepare to effectively deploy such solutions
  • Accelerate the policies and actions needed to ensure Jamaica’s global competitiveness
  • Inform the human capital development critical to Jamaica’s sustainable economic growth

EVENT SCHEDULE*

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2020 – SESSION 1

POLICIES, PRACTICES & APPLICATIONS IN E-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION

PRESENTERS

Hon Minister Fayval Williams – Dr Kasan Troupe – Luis Pinto –  Professor Sean Thorpe – Doug Havens – Priscilla Deans – Keith Smith – Patricia Blumberg – Jason Krueger                   

STEM SOLUTION DEMOS BY: 

                         CODERZ – CLOUD LABS – STRATOSTAR                            

SESSION 1 SCHEDULE* (Times Jamaica /Central PM. Presentations may include 5 min sectional Q&A)

2:00 – 2:15    Welcome and Introductions – Dr Dwayne Dyce, Leo Gillings & Don Jones

2:15 – 2:25   Greetings: Hon. Fayval Williams, Minister of Science, Energy & Technology

2:25 – 2:35    Greetings: Dr Kasan Troupe/Chief Education Officer (Actg,) – MoEYI

2:35 – 2:55   Luis Pinto presents Udemy: E-Learning available anytime, anywhere and even without internet

2:55 – 3:15   CoderZ enables 6–16-year-old students to learn coding via gamified online robots

3:15 – 3:35   Drs. Joan Ernandez & Albert Benjamin – Teachers Colleges Disseminating Knowledge and                                – Skills in the Digital Environment

3:35 – 3:55   Presentation by Professor Sean Thorpe – Case studies in optimal E-Learning deployment

3:55 – 4:15   Cloud Labs converts computers into science labs where students learn while having fun

4:15 – 4:35   Priscilla Deans & Doug Havens discuss the critical importance of 21st century STEM Ed

4:35 – 4:55   Keith Smith – Engaging and retaining students’ learning capacity in the online scenario

4:55 – 5:15   Jason Krueger’s Stratostar takes STEM Education into near-space… and back to Planet Earth

5:15 – 5:45   Q&A then wrap up by moderators

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 – SESSION 2

STEM LEADS THE WAY TO AN EFFECTIVE ONLINE EDUCATION STRATEGY 

PRESENTERS

Prof Errol Morrison – Sadpha Bennett – Dr Clover Flowers – Chuck Cameron – 

Dr Cliff Riley –Alan Kirby – Dr. Mary Marcowsky – Peter Oliver

STEM SOLUTION DEMOS: 

                       PITSCO – READORIUM – SWITCH VEHICLES – POLY CLOUD –                              

SESSION 2 SCHEDULE* (Times Jamaica/Central PM. Presentations may include 5 min sectional Q&A)

12:00 –12:15  Welcome and Introductions – Dr Dwayne Dyce & Leo Gillings, Priscilla Deans  

12:15 –12:40  Prof. Errol Morrison, Dr. Cliff Riley & Sadpha Bennett – Science: Shaping Our Future

12:40 –1:00   Pitsco’s Alan Kirby demonstrates future-ready K-12 STEM applications

1:00 – 1:20   Dr Clover Flowers (MoEYI) – Leveraging Innovative Digital Tools & Learning Design to                                  – Improve Pedagogy & Andragogy Delivery to Students

1:20 – 1:40    Readorium’s Dr. Mary Marcowsky- Improving Science Ed through reading comprehension 

1:40 – 2:00    Switch Vehicles – Re-buildable electric cars drive modern automotive technology mastery

2:00 – 2:20    STEM Principals – Unleashing Jamaica’s Science & Technology potential

2:20 – 2:40    Chuck Cameron – Securing education data in challenging security environments

2:40 – 3:00    Poly Cloud – Innovative online animation tools engage and excite students to learn

3:00 – 3:30    Q&A then wrap up by moderators

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 – SESSION 3

12:00 PM
Zoom  101: Overview and Best PracticesTips and Tricks for Teaching Over VideoZOOM’s Student Engagement Tools

Presenter: Dr. Dwayne Dyce. Chairman, Jamaica Diaspora Education Taskforce (JDETF) 

1:00 PM
An overview of effective teaching of STEM for Primary and Secondary Teachers:  Practical Ideas and Q & A

Presenters: Board Members, Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force – UK:Seymour Mattis: STEM Specialist Teacher & Trainer Jacqueline Lewis: Primary STEM Teachers’ Trainer, Senior Lecturer 

2:30 PMGoogle Classroom & Google Docs Introduction. Learn how to: Create a cloud drive and share files for collaborative lesson planning
Create Google Docs and Slides and share them in Google ClassroomsManage Permissions and access for students vs teaching colleagues

Presenter:

Ortavia Manning-Chair, Jamaica Diaspora Learning & Development Taskforce. Recognized as an outstanding teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for the school for the last two academic years in a row. 

THANKS TO ALL THE SUMMIT PARTNERS

  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Information
  • Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology
  • E– Learning Jamaica
  • Jamaica Diaspora Task Force Action Network (JDTAN)
  • Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF)
  • Scientific Research Council
  • National Council on Science & Technology (NCST)
  • All presenters and their affiliated organizations
  • Agile Education Group