Karen B. Plaster

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Plaster, K., Pachnowski, L.M. & Green, S. (2019 October). Blending Entrepreneurship and STEM Education: From Think Tank to Shark Tank. Presented at Ohio Council for the Social Studies (OCSS): Columbus, Ohio.

Plaster, K. & Ronnebaum, B.  (2019, February). Robotics FIRST in Class. Presented at Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC): Columbus, Ohio.

Plaster, K. (2018, November). Robotics FIRST. Presented at Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCCTM): Breaking it Down and Enhancing the “M”: University Heights, Ohio.

Walsh, V.L. & Plaster, K. (2018, November). Join the Maker Movement. Presented at Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCCTM): Breaking it Down and Enhancing the “M”: University Heights, Ohio.

Pachnowski, L.M. & Plaster, K. (2018, November). Girls Who Code Clubs and other Coding Topics. Presented at Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCCTM): Breaking it Down and Enhancing the “M”: University Heights, Ohio.

Plaster, K. & Martin-Clay, A. (2018, October). Robotics FIRST. Presented at NEOSTREAM Educators Day: Cleveland, Ohio. 

Plaster, K., Pachnowski, L., & Baylor, L. (2018, June). Girls Who Code Programs in Akron and Canton: Show and Tell. Presented at APS3T: Teach Tech Transform Conference: Akron, Ohio.

Plaster, K. (2018, February). Egg Carton Math. Presented at the annual Greater Akron Mathematics Educators Society(GAMES): Akron, Ohio.

Plaster, K., & Pachnowski, L. (2017, October). Coding Mashup. Presented at the 67^th Annual Ohio Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Columbus, Ohio.

Pachnowski, L. & Plaster, K. (2017, October). Why the Recent Emphasis on Coding? And What can Schools and Teacher Preparation Programs do to Take Advantage of the Momentum? Presented at the 67^th Annual Ohio Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Columbus, Ohio.

Ronnebaum, B. & Plaster, K. (2017, October). Did You Know that you Can Program LEGO Bricks?  Presented at the 67^th Annual Ohio Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Columbus, Ohio.

Walls, J. & Plaster, K. (2017, February). Hands on High School! Presented at the annual Greater Akron Mathematics Educators Society(GAMES): Akron, Ohio.

Makki, N., Holliday, G.M., & Plaster, K. (2016, December). Shaping teaching practice through field-based action research. Presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference: Columbus, Ohio.

Plaster, K. (2016, November). Is there an App (or Website) for that? Presented at the Greater Akron Mathematics Educators Society (GAMES): Akron, Ohio.

Plaster, K., Broadway, F. (2016, October). Patterns in Art. Presented at the 66^th Annual Ohio Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Sandusky, Ohio.

Plaster, K., (2016, October). A Fresh Look at Abstract. Presented at the 66^th Annual Ohio Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Sandusky, Ohio

Makki, N., Evans, E., & Plaster, K. (2016, April). Teachers' Understandings and Perceptions in an Engineering Design Course for Educators. Presented at 2016 National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference: Baltimore, MD.

Plaster, K. (2016, February). Math Classroom Technology.  Presented at the annual Greater Akron Mathematics Educators Society(GAMES): Akron, Ohio.

Plaster, K. (2016, February). How do you use technology in your classroom?  Presented at the annual Greater Akron Mathematics Educators Society (GAMES): Akron, Ohio.

Holliday, G.M., Makki, N., & Plaster, K. (2015, March). Woodrow Wilson fellows: Shaping teaching practice through field-based action research. Presented at the annual national meeting of the National Science Teachers Association(NSTA): Chicago, IL.

Plaster, K., Maguth, B.M., & Holliday, G. M. (2015, March). Think Tank to Shark Tank Camp. Presented at the annual national meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA): Chicago, IL.

Plaster, K., Jorgenson, A. (2014, November). Learn About FIRST LEGO League.  Presented at the annual state meeting of the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): Cleveland, OH.

Liang, X., Pachnowski, L., Plaster, K., & Holliday, G.M. (2104, April). An analysis of career changers’ need in a clinical immersed STEM teacher preparation program. Paper accepted and presented to the annual international meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA): Philadelphia, PA.

Holliday, G.M., Makki, N., & Plaster, K. (2014, April). Woodrow Wilson fellows: Shaping teaching practice through field-based action research. Presented to the annual national meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA): Boston, MA.