Webcast - MOVING STEM IN WISCONSIN FORWARD (February 2, 2009)

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Moving STEM in Wiscosnsin Forward, moderated by Brian Bull of Wisconsin Public Radio.
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1. What is STEM?
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)

2. Why is STEM education important?
Bill Mortimore (IT Association of Wisconsin)
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)

3. How does STEM education effect Wisconsin's workforce?
Gary Denis (WI Department of Workforce Development)
Scott Solberg, Ph.D (UW-Madison Center on Education and Work)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Karen Showers (WI Technical College System)
Karen Showers (WI Technical College System)

4. How did the WISTEM.org Portal collaborative initiave come about?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)
Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Bill Mortimore (IT Association of Wisconsin)
Gary Denis (WI Department of Workforce Development)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Van Walling, P.E. & Karen Dettinger (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc. and WI Biotechnology & Medical Device Association)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)

5. What will the WISTEM.org portal do?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Van Walling, P.E. & Scott Solberg, Ph.D (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc. and UW-Madison Center on Education and Work)
Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)

6. What is your orginizations interest in the WISTEM.org portal?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Bill Mortimore (IT Association of Wisconsin)
Karen Showers (WI Technical College System)

7. What resources does your agency bring to this effort?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)
Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Scott Solberg, Ph.D (UW-Madison Center on Education and Work)
Karen Showers (WI Technical College System)
Bill Mortimore (IT Association of Wisconsin)

8. What does your orginization hope to get out of this collaboration?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
 Marta Bechtol (WI Educational Communications Board)
Karen Showers (WI Technical College System)
Barbara Bitters (WI Department of Public Instruction)
Scott Solberg, Ph.D (UW-Madison Center on Education and Work)
Gary Denis (WI Department of Workforce Development)

9. What are the next steps?
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Van Walling, P.E. (Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)
Marta Bechtol & Van Walling, P.E. (WI Educational Communications Board and Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee, Inc.)