--- title: Where to Find TERC Staff at Spring 2021 Conferences description: Attending a virtual conference this year? See where TERC staff will be sharing all they've learned and add us to your calendar. --- [TERC Blog](https://blog.terc.edu) # [Where to Find TERC Staff at Spring 2021 Conferences](https://blog.terc.edu/spring-2021-conferences) Written by [TERC](https://blog.terc.edu/author/terc) | Mar 25, 2021 2:43:18 PM At TERC we’ve been working hard over the past year on content and curriculum development, research, technology innovation, professional development, and program evaluation. Now it’s time for us to share all that we’ve learned with you! If you’re planning to attend one of the conferences below, please check out the schedule to see when we’ll be presenting and add us to your calendar. ### February 26, 2021 ##### [American Physical Society  - Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance (APS-IDEA) ](https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea-virtual.cfm) [Mia Ong](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/mia-ong/), Simone Hyater-Adams and Jonathan Pelzwill will be part of a panel:  - **February 26:** Recruitment and retention of underrepresented minoritized students ### March 6, 2021 ##### [Forefront Conference ](https://app.evented.us/e/Forefront2021#about) [Jodi Asbell-Clarke](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/jodi-asbell-clarke/), and Teon Edwards will be presenting: - **March 6, 2:30-3:15pm EST:** What is Computational Thinking and Why Does Every Teacher Need It? ### March 13, 2021 ##### [2021 Virtual Leadership Seminar on Mathematics Professional Learning ](https://www.teachersdg.org/services/leadership-seminar) [Susan Jo Russell](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/susan-jo-russell/)and Deborah Schifter will be presenting: - **March 13, 1:15-2:15pm EST:** What We’re Learning to Ask About the Weaving of Mathematics and Equity During Classroom Talk   ### **March 23-25, 2021** ##### [Women of Color STEM Entrepreneurship Conference](https://cgest.asu.edu/2021conference) [Mia Ong](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/mia-ong/), [Nuria Jaumot-Pascual](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/nuria-jaumot-pascual/) and Kathy DeerInWater will be presenting: - March 25, 4:00-4:40 pm EST: “I can do data for my people”: Native students in computer science give back to their tribal communities ### **April 7 - 10, 2021** ##### [Society for Research in Child Development 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting](https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/srcd/srcd21/index.php?program_focus=view_session&selected_session_id=1702264&cmd=online_program_direct_link&sub_action=online_program#selected_tag) [Scott Pattison,](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/scott-pattison/)Gigliana Melzi, Diana Acosta, Debbie Siegel, and Maureen Callanan will be presenting a paper: - **April 9, 1:10-2:40pm EDT:** Storybooks and Equitable STEM Learning in Early Childhood: Moving from Books to Narratives ### **April 7 - 10, 2021** ####  [NARST ](http://www.narst.org/) [Sara Lacy,](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/sara-lacy/) [Sally Crissman](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/sally-crissman/), and Roger Tobin will be presenting: - **April 9, 10:45-11:45am EDT**: Has COVID-19 left 3D Science in Elementary School on Life Support? ### **April 8 – 12, 2021** ####  [American Educational Research Association (AERA)](http://www.aera.net/) [Michael Cassidy,](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/michael-cassidy/)[Gillian Puttick](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/gillian-puttick/), Eli Tucker-Raymond, Casper Harteveld and Giovanni Troiano will be presenting: - **April 8, 2:00-3:00pm EDT**: Middle Schoolers Learn About Game Design, Science, and Computational Thinking Practices: An Integrated Learning Approach [Scott Pattison,](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/scott-pattison/) Gina Svarovsky, and[Smirla Ramos](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/smirla-ramos-montanez/)will be presenting a paper: - **April 10, 10:40am-12:10pm EDT**: "Storybooks as a Tool for Supporting Early Childhood Family STEM Learning" Monica Cardella, Gina Svarovsky, and [Scott Pattison](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/scott-pattison/) will be presenting a paper: - **April 10, 4:10-5:10pm EDT**: "Defining "Engineering" for Informal Learning Environments: An Empirically Grounded Framework and Equity Implications" [Mia Almeda](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/mia-almeda/), [Jodi Asbell-Clarke](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/jodi-asbell-clarke/), and [Elizabeth Rowe](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/elizabeth-rowe/) will be presenting a paper, [Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/ibrahim-dahlstrom-hakki/) is the chair in this session: - **April 10, 4:10-5:40pm EDT**: "Differentiating Between Unproductive and Productive Persistence in an Educational Game Using Behavioral Data" [Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/ibrahim-dahlstrom-hakki/), Fengfeng Ke, Ruohan Liu and Zlatko Sokolikj, will be presenting a paper in the same session as the above paper : - **April 10, 4:10-5:40pm EDT**: "The Viability of Using Remote Webcam-Based Eye Tracking to Monitor Attention Allocation in Educational Research" [Karen Mutch-Jones](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/karen-mutch-jones/) and [Judy Storeygard](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/judy-storeygard/)will be presenting a paper: - **April 12, 11:10am-12:40pm EDT**: "Opening Pathways to Teaching: Mathematics Professional Development for Paraeducators in a Diverse Urban District" ### **April 21 - May 1, 2021** #### [National Council of Teachers Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting](http://www.nctm.org/) [Audrey Martinez-Gudapakkam](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/audrey-martinez-gudapakkam/), [Sabrina De Los Santos](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/sabrina-de-los-santos/) and [Arusha Hollister](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/arusha-hollister/) will be presenting: - **April 30, 8:00-9:00am EDT**: "Working with Families to Support Students’ Empowerment in Mathematics" ### **May 11, 2021** #### [The Boston Club - STEM Education: How it addresses education disparities and what it means for the rising generation and our economy](https://boc.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=628&Itemid=110&year=2021&month=05&day=11&title=stem-education-tuesday-may-11-2021-zoom&uid=550a4d3df2dd4f06e6205c5503510cfe) [Christina Silva](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/christina-b-silva/) will be presenting: - The lived experiences of people of color in STEM education and professions. ### **July 24-29, 2021** #### [Human Computer Interaction International Conference ](http://www.hci.international/2017#:~:text=24%2D29%20July%202021%20%2D%20The,run%20as%20a%20virtual%20conference.)   [Jodi Asbell-Clarke](https://www.terc.edu/profiles/jodi-asbell-clarke/) will be leading a session titled:  - "Adaptive Multimodal Analytics for Supporting Neurodiversity in Games" (time and date TBD)   [View full post](https://blog.terc.edu/spring-2021-conferences) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "TERC" }, "dateModified" : "2021-03-30T14:11:56.247Z", "datePublished" : "2021-03-25T14:43:18Z", "headline" : "Where to Find TERC Staff at Spring 2021 Conferences", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 788, "url" : "https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7198293/2021%20Conference%20Season.png", "width" : 940 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.terc.edu/spring-2021-conferences", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60, "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png", "width" : 60 }, "name" : "TERC Blog" } } ```