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Unleash Your Students’ Inventive Genius with Two Patents and an Invention!
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Presented by Kathy Hoppe, Educational Engagement with USPTO, STEMisED; and Christine Lawlor-King, Former Teacher, Current Invention Education Consultant, STEMisED
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In this dynamic edWebinar, learn how all students benefit from inventing using the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s FREE resources. Attendees will walk away with a classroom challenge focused on invention and intellectual property, addressing science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts. This exploration will serve as a springboard for creativity, as teachers will then use their insights and ingenuity to conceptualize a new invention.
This session not only aims to enhance understanding of intellectual property but also encourages educators to think like inventors, fostering a creative mindset that they can bring back to their classrooms. By the end, attendees will have a solid grasp of intellectual property fundamentals and be inspired to nurture a culture of innovation and intellectual curiosity among their students. K-12 resources will be shared.
This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, education technology leaders, and out-of-school-time professionals. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
About the Presenters
Kathy Hoppe is the owner of STEMisED and is a contractor for the USPTO Office of Public Engagement. Kathy has over 30 years of teaching experience and was a STEM/Science Instructional Specialist and Director of the Elementary Science Program at Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES in Spencerport, New York. She served as a Regional Biology Mentor and STANYS Director at Large for Biology and Professional Development. Kathy is a former Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator (2013-15) placed at the National Science Foundation in the Directorate of Engineering.
Christine Lawlor-King exemplifies an educator who is pioneering innovation education in the classroom. Christine created her urban district’s award-winning K-12 STEM program and has been the catalyst for implementing invention education in many schools across the nation. As a Yale University Master STEM Teacher, she introduced teachers to project-based learning centered around vector-borne diseases. She was the Education Lead on the team that created the National Invention Convention program. She served as Executive Director for the largest Invention Convention program at the time. She worked with Lemelson-MIT to train and coach numerous in-school and out-of-school educators. Her efforts earned her STEMconnector’s Community Trailblazer Award and NCWIT’s Aspirations in Computing Educator Award.
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