Welcome
We are hi-ce--the Center for Highly Interactive Classrooms, Curricula & Computing in Education--a group of educators, computer scientists, psychologists, scientists, and learning specialists located in the School of Education, at the University of Michigan. We are dedicated to educational reform through inquiry-based curricula, learner-centered technologies, comprehensive professional development, and administrative and organizational models.
NEWS
Julia Plummer has been selected by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching for award recognition: The 2007 NARST Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, “Students’ development of astronomy concepts across time.” Julia completed her Ph.D. work with Joe Krajcik last summer and is now an assistant professor at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Julia!
On Saturdays January 20 and January 27, 2007, six high school teachers attended the molecular genetics and genomics unit professional development workshop in Ann Arbor. Activities focused on bringing teachers up to date on a rapidly changing field and familiarizing teachers with the specific aspects of this unit.
Nine sixth grade teachers participated in the IQWST biology unit professional development in Ann Arbor on January 19th and 20th, 2007. Leading science and literacy educators familiarized pilot teachers with the new 6th grade biology unit, "Where Have All The Creatures Gone?"
Sixth grade IQWST pilot teachers attended the Earth science unit professional development during the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in St Louis on March 30 and 31, 2007. To prepare for the National Field Trials in the 2007- 2008 school year, sixth grade teachers will attend a week of summer Professional Development in Ann Arbor the week of July 16, 2007. The workshop will provide teachers with the opportunity to learn to use the IQWST materials successfully. The week's activities will introduce the unique features of the IQWST approach to teaching and learning middle school science and introduce the sixth grade chemistry, Earth science, biology and physics units.
Hice Staff and Students on the Move!
We wish our hice colleagues well in their new ventures this academic year. Toni Kempler is an assistant professor at Rutgers University; Beth Kubitskey is a post doctoral fellow working in hice for Barry Fishman; Kate McNeill is an assistant professor at Boston College; Julia Plummer is an assistant professor at Arcadia University, Aaron Rogat is a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education doing research in the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) and he will also be working closely with the Merck Institute for Science Education, and Meilan Zhang is a post doctoral fellow at Michgan State University.