The workshop was divided into two major sessions, with participants grouped by discipline, and then grouped to find common themes across disciplines.

Morning Session – Discipline-Specific Discussion

Each group includes attendees from one discipline plus an evaluator and an NSF Grant Officer

1. What are the major challenges facing your discipline?
2. What are the most important findings from your own research and evaluation and what else would you like to know?
3. What have been the most fruitful collaborations with other media disciplines and other educational partners, such as museums, schools, etc.
4. What are the most important opportunities you see for the future of your field?

 

Afternoon Session – Cross-Disciplinary Discussion

Each group includes attendees from all four discipline plus an evaluator and an NSF Grant Officer.

1. What challenges facing STEM media that are common to all disciplines? Capture on post-its and prioritize.
2. What service could a STEM Media Organization offer to meet these challenges? What would you like such an organization to accomplish?
3. At an a multi-day STEM Media Conference, what would you like to see on the  agenda, including featured speakers, types of events, etc.
4. What organizations and conferences might be a model for a STEM Media Conference?
5. What are the most important Action Steps? (Rank by urgency.)