List of Events

MSTE Friday Lunches are paused indefinitely, but you can still find historical archives, including videos, on this site.
Datesort descending Title Speakers Tags Video
October 31, 2014 - 12:00pm Georg Cantor and the Idea of Infinity Peter Braunfeld mathematics, education
November 7, 2014 - 12:00pm NetMath's Partner High School Programs Anu Murphy, Joe Nance, Zac Schoenrock mathematics, online learning, mentoring
November 14, 2014 - 12:00pm 2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan (2015 iCAP) draft Morgan Johnston Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP), sustainability, energy, environment
November 21, 2014 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
November 28, 2014 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
December 5, 2014 - 12:00pm Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab Outreach Projects Lisa Bievenue fab lab, fabrication, innovation, design
December 12, 2014 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
January 30, 2015 - 12:00pm Phase 1: Get a Raspberry Pi, Phase 2: ?, Phase 3: Rule the World Nick Exner technology, education, computing File MSTE Friday Lunch 2015 - Phase 1: Get a Raspberry Pi, Phase 2: ?, Phase 3: Rule the World
February 6, 2015 - 12:00pm A Curmudgeon Reflects on 50 Years of Math Education Peter Braunfeld mathematics, education, history File MSTE Friday Lunch 2015 - A Curmudgeon Reflects on 50 Years of Math Education (Peter Braunfeld)
February 13, 2015 - 12:00pm 3D Printing in Your Classroom Joe Muskin, Evan Ramos 3d printing, technology, education, teachers
February 20, 2015 - 12:00pm Where Should We Park the PARCC? Kathleen Smith education, mathematics, standardized testing File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2015 - Where Should We Park the PARCC? (Kathleen Smith)
February 27, 2015 - 12:00pm Renewable Energy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Morgan Johnston sustainability, renewable energy File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2015 - Renewable Energy at the UIUC (Morgan Johnston)
March 6, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 13, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 20, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 27, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
April 3, 2015 - 12:00pm Engaging the Public to Benefit the Community Max Colon, Sarah Zehr, Michael McKelvey service, volunteering, public engagement, hunger, food File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2015 - Engaging the Public to Benefit the Community
April 10, 2015 - 12:00pm Taking High School Level Math in College: Issues, Trends, and Novel Approaches Martha Makowski education, mathematics File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2015 - Taking High School Level Math in College
April 17, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
April 24, 2015 - 12:00pm A Whirlwind Journey from Classroom AP Statistics to Corporate Data Scientist via Coursera Lucas Allen File MSTE Friday Lunch - A Whirlwind Journey from Classroom AP Statistics to Corporate Data Scientist
May 1, 2015 - 12:00pm Project Lead The Way in Illinois - Reflections and Updates on a Decade of PLTW K-12 STEM across Illinois Brenda Pacey education, curriculum, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
May 8, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
August 30, 2015 - 1:30pm Closed for summer break N/A
September 11, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
September 18, 2015 - 12:00pm Ed-TPA 101 Suzanne Lee education, educational policy, teachers File Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - Suzanne Lee
September 25, 2015 - 12:00pm 4-H Youth Development in Champaign County and STEM Education for Illinois Youth Alvarez Dixon, Bob Smith Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), technology File MSTE Friday Lunch - 4-H Youth Development in Champaign County and STEM Education for Illinois Youth
October 2, 2015 - 12:00pm Pollinator A-Bee-Cs May Berenbaum bees, pollinators, entomology, science, education, elementary school File Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - Pollinator A-Bee-Cs (May Berenbaum)
October 9, 2015 - 12:00pm The Common Core and the Grand Canyon Peter Braunfeld math, education File Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - The Common Core and the Grand Canyon (Peter Braunfeld)
October 16, 2015 - 12:00pm Multi-Modalities in STEM Teaching & Learning and the Affordances of New Technologies Mary Kalantzis Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), technology, teaching File MSTE Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - Mary Kalantzis
October 23, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
October 30, 2015 - 12:00pm Engaging Academically Diverse K-12 Learners in Computer Programming and Computational Thinking Instruction CSK8 Research Group, Maya Israel, Quentin Wherfel, Melinda Snodgrass, Saad Shehab education, technology, computational thinking, computers, computer programming File MSTE Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - CSK8 Research Group
November 6, 2015 - 12:00pm Teaching Science in the Garden with Young Learners Louise Walder gardening, science, education, healthy eating File MSTE Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - Teaching Science in the Garden with Young Learners
November 13, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
November 20, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
November 27, 2015 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
December 4, 2015 - 12:00pm Gamify to Unify Amar Patel mathematics, learning, education, teaching File Friday Lunch Fall 2015 - Gamify to Unify
December 11, 2015 - 12:00pm STEM Outreach with Computational Thinking & MatheMagic Hon-Wai Leong mathematics, computational thinking
January 23, 2016 - 11:00am Closed for Winter Break N/A
January 29, 2016 - 12:00pm Renewable Energy at the University of Illinois Morgan Johnston File Friday Lunch Spring 2016 - Morgan Johnston
February 5, 2016 - 12:00pm Getting Started with Minecraft in the Classroom Michael McKelvey, Rebecca Byrd File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2016 - Getting Started with Minecraft in the Classroom
February 12, 2016 - 12:00pm Champaign-Urbana Cradle 2 Career Denise Martin File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2016 - Champaign-Urbana Cradle 2 Career (Denise Martin)
February 19, 2016 - 12:00pm The Harmony of Numbers Zack Browning music, mathematics
February 26, 2016 - 12:00pm Engineering Outreach at the University of Illinois Sahid Rosado Lausell File Spring 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Engineering Outreach at the University of Illinois
March 4, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 11, 2016 - 12:00pm EdCampCU: A Community Conference Katrina Kennett, Todd Lash, Matt Sly, Sara Zaher education, learning, unconference, EdCamp, social justice, technology File MSTE Friday Lunch Spring 2016 - EdCampCU: A Community Conference
March 18, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 25, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
April 1, 2016 - 12:00pm Fighting Hunger with Eastern Illinois Foodbank, plus: a meal tasting! Michael McKelvey, Rebecca Byrd, Sarah Zehr, Max Colon, Kristen Costello, Kristen Bosch volunteering, service, public engagement, hunger, food File Spring 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Fighting Hunger with Eastern Illinois Foodbank
April 8, 2016 - 12:00pm Solar Urbana-Champaign: Solar Power Hour Max Pike renewable energy, solar power File Friday Lunch Spring 2016 - Solar Power Hour
April 15, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
April 22, 2016 - 12:00pm Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: A Visual Tour of a Nineteenth Century Machine Bruce Carpenter mathematics
April 29, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
August 28, 2016 - 2:45pm Closed for Summer Break N/A
September 2, 2016 - 12:00pm EdCampCU at Pygmalion Festival Katrina Kennett, Todd Lash, Alexander Valencic education, learning, unconference, EdCamp, social justice, technology File MSTE Friday Lunch Fall 2016 - EdCampCU at Pygmalion Festival
September 9, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
September 16, 2016 - 12:00pm Tap In Leadership Academy: Our Six Years of Leadership in Academic Enrichment and Student Empowerment Sally Carter education File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Tap In Leadership Academy
September 23, 2016 - 12:00pm MathTeacherLink: A Retrospective Look Tom Anderson, Tony Peressini File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - MathTeacherLink
September 30, 2016 - 12:00pm Ctrl-Z Robotics Team Robert Stavins & members of the Ctrl-z Robotics Team science, technology, robotics, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), engineering File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Ctrl Z Robotics Team
October 7, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
October 14, 2016 - 12:00pm The GRASP Project: A "Hands In" Approach to the Design of Learning Environments Rob Wallon, Robb Lindgren education, technology, science File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - The GRASP Project
October 21, 2016 - 12:00pm Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment (iSEE): Vision and Activities Madhu Khanna sustainability, energy, environment, research, education, teaching, outreach File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment (iSEE)
October 28, 2016 - 12:00pm Cuba, Education, and Scratch: Insights and Opportunities Kate Williams education, computer literacy, technology File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Cuba, Education, and Scratch: Insights and Opportunities
November 4, 2016 - 12:00pm Being on the School Board: Thoughts on Keeping a Balance Chris Kloeppel education, education reform, school board File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Being on the School Board: Thoughts on Keeping a Balance
November 11, 2016 - 12:00pm Leveraging Technology for Interactive Pedagogy Katrina Kennett education, technology File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Leveraging Technology for Interactive Pedagogy
November 18, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
November 25, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
December 2, 2016 - 12:00pm Cooking with Stored Solar Energy in C-U, The Navajo Nation, and Haiti Samantha Lindgren science, energy, solar cooking, food File Fall 2016 MSTE Friday Lunch - Cooking with Stored Solar Energy in C-U, The Navajo Nation, and Haiti
December 9, 2016 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
January 21, 2017 - 11:00am Closed for Winter Break N/A
January 27, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
February 3, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
February 10, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
February 17, 2017 - 12:00pm St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy: The Importance of STEM Outreach to the Community and to You Joseph Gamez outreach, chemistry, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), science, engineering, education File Spring 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy: The Importance of STEM Outreach
February 24, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 3, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 10, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 17, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 24, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
March 31, 2017 - 12:00pm Hunger in the Local Community Michael McKelvey, Rebecca Byrd, Melinda Garrelts, Max Colon, Ann Kirkland volunteering, service, public engagement, hunger, food, children File Spring 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - Hunger in the Local Community
April 7, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
April 14, 2017 - 12:00pm Solar Urbana-Champaign 2.0 Andy Robinson, Nick Gordon, Kalin Skelton, Julie Birdwell renewable energy, solar power, sustainability, solar, environment File Spring 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - Solar Urbana-Champaign 2.0
April 21, 2017 - 12:00pm 4-H: Out-of-School STEAM and Life Skill Development Lisa Diaz education, youth, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), art
April 28, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
May 5, 2017 - 12:00pm No Friday Lunch this Week None
August 25, 2017 - 3:30pm Closed for Summer Break N/A
September 8, 2017 - 12:00pm Science Fiction Films in the Classroom – Teaching Science through Bad Examples May Berenbaum science, entomology, movies, science fiction File Fall 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - Science Fiction Films in the Classroom
September 29, 2017 - 12:00pm Eclipses as Heavenly Laboratories: Launching Revolutions in General Relativity and Exoplanets Brian Fields astronomy, eclipse, science, exoplanets, relativity
October 13, 2017 - 12:00pm OCTOBER 13, 2017: Eclipses as Heavenly Laboratories: Launching Revolutions in General Relativity and Exoplanets Brian Fields astronomy, eclipse, science, exoplanets, relativity File Fall 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - Eclipses as Heavenly Laboratories
October 20, 2017 - 12:00pm Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in K-8 Integrated Computer Science Education Yasemin Cicek, Maya Israel, Ga Kyung Jeong, Todd Lash, Michael McKelvey, Oliver Melvin, Mohamed Nasr, Jelena Pokimica, George Reese File Fall 2017 MSTE Friday Lunch - Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in K-8 Integrated CS Education
November 3, 2017 - 12:00pm Have Screwdriver: Will Hack! Jana Sebestik science, solar power
January 20, 2018 - 12:00pm Closed for Winter Break N/A
February 23, 2018 - 12:00pm Exponential Educators: How Can Education Match the Speed of Innovation? Mikkel Storaasli education, technology, teaching
March 30, 2018 - 12:00pm No Homework? No Problem Amar Patel statistics, math, homework, education
April 6, 2018 - 12:00pm Math Teachers, Auto Mechanics, and Internet Education in the 90s Edward Susmilch technology, computers, computer science, education, internet, email
April 20, 2018 - 12:00pm Three Mathematicians Walked into a Bar Debra Woods math, teaching, education, technology, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), computers
August 31, 2018 - 2:00pm Closed for Summer Break N/A
October 12, 2018 - 12:00pm Mathematics and Science Education: Where have we come from and where are we going? Professor Theodore Brown mathematics, science, education
October 26, 2018 - 12:00pm [CANCELLED] The Rise and Fall of International Comparative Studies in Math Education Professor Curtis McKnight
November 2, 2018 - 12:00pm Weaknesses in Preservice Teacher’s Computational Skills and Understandings Dr. Jerry Becker, Dr. Cheng-Yao Lin mathematics, education, teaching, research
November 30, 2018 - 12:00pm Math Lessons from a School-University Partnership Renee Williams, Helen Boehrnsen mathematics, science, technology, teaching, education

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