Humanities Building where AERO Conference workshops will be held at  LIU/Post
Greetings!

AERO Conference Starts in Only 10 Days!

Live Stream Special for 48 Hours Only!
Purchasers of the Higher Tier Live Stream will get ALL OF THE AUDIOS of the workshops and keynotes an addition to the live feed and access to the video archive. They will also get AERO membership, conference registration with access to the Whova app. The app gives you all conference updates as well as the ability to communicate with registrants.

The conference is June 28th-July 1st.

The offer of the audio recordings will expire on Tuesday the 19th. The regular price of the workshop and keynote recordings is $5 each with a package price of all 25 to be at $79. So you can get this package essentially free.

To sign up for the Higher Tier Live Stream click HERE .

You can still get full simple live stream access to all presentations HERE for $49.99. Current AERO members can get access free by contacting us.

To do the live stream and make this year's videos of presenters we invested in a new video camera and rented extra lights, among other things. We hope you enjoy the results!

If you can still make it to the conference, register for the discounted rate here .


The Virtual Reality Demo Will be Back This Year and Bigger!
Jacqui Rossi and Yen-Ling Kuo (cc-ed) will be attending AERO 2018 and showcasing our VR experience - "Carroll's Riddles" based on Lewis Carroll's The Game of Logic (1886). This VR app  transports viewers into the fantastical inner world of Lewis Carroll, where they explore a magical landscape and unlock its secrets through a series of riddles and puzzles, rekindling the wonder and play of childhood.   As Carroll stated ”It will give you clearness of thought- the ability to see your way through a puzzle, the habit of arranging your ideas in an orderly form, and the power to detect fallacies.”  We are looking for AERO participants feedback and seeking collaboration for our pilot program. We will be bringing several Oculus Go (VR all-in-one) headsets for participants to try them out.

ScienceVR is looking to enhance science and math education by creating immersive, interactive Virtual Reality experiences where learners engage first-hand with the drama of scientific discovery. We believe learners need a more personalized and fun way to engage with the curriculum that also makes difficult concepts accessible, as many learners avoid STEM out of intimidation. Our VR experiences combine historical narratives of scientific discovery and hands-on experimentation, transporting learners to the laboratories of history’s greatest thinkers, where they learn abstract concepts while uncovering the imaginative journeys of the scientists and inventors. We are working on a series of scientists, thinkers, and inventors - Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell, Lewis Carroll, and Ada Lovelace.

SEE OUR NEW AERO/CONFERENCE VIDEO MADE BY PRIZE-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER ADLER YANG!
Listen to AERO Podcasts from All Three AERO Keynoters

Or you can listen to them on our soundcloud page .

  1. Episode 16 - Dr. Joel Fuhrman
  2. Episode 17 - Dave Lehman
  3. Episode 18 - Henry Readhead

Table Tennis Will be Back
Bring your paddles. Former USA Men's Champion Michael Landers will be at the conference

Let Us Know if You Still Need Scholarship Help!
We don't want anyone who really want to go to miss the conference. So if you need scholarship help contact us at JerryAERO@AOL.com and we'll make a special arrangement.

Some Questions and Notices for Attendees and Potential Attendees:

If you need to stay off campus and are driving contact us. We have some arrangements.

Let us know if you have a group or particular needs to go to the conference.

If you want to volunteer at the conference for a reduced rate, just reply to this post to respond. It only goes to us.

If you have registered and need a dorm room, reserve it right away as the University will soon want to close its listings.

Why You should go to the AERO Conference

People brainstormed their top ten list of why they go to the conference, and gave us great words of support.  Click here to see a few of those quotes and lists.


Package deal of registration and single or shared room
Jerry Mintz on Education at the Crossroads
On Thursday, July 14 th  I was on Basir Mchawi’s WBAI radio show, Education at the Crossroads. I was on at about the 18 th  minute for about 15 minutes. Basir is a long-time advocate of change in public education, especially for minority students. He has been a speaker at the AERO Conference. To hear the show, go here.
Innovative Program for At-Risk Youth Wins Award from Norwalk School Board

Ed: Dr. Cynthis Knight was in our school starters course. The next course will start in September.
Union, IA  June 11, 2018

A chance meeting on a plane 11 years ago led to the fulfillment of a dream for one Iowa educator and the completion of high school for 64 of the most at-risk students in Iowa to date. Iowa Net High Academy, the dream of Dr. Cynthia Knight of Union, IA, provides a path to high school completion for the most at-risk students in Iowa’s school system — those that have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out.  In Iowa over 4,000 students drop out each year.
How (and Why) Ed-Tech Companies Are Tracking Students' Feelings
By  Benjamin Herold

All school year, Kaylee Carrell has been watching online math videos using a free software platform called  Algebra Nation .
What the Florida 8th grader didn’t know: The software was also watching her .
Success Academy Charter High School Student Rebellion
They have had enough of meaningless test prep assignments in school and for homework. Now “scholars” at Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts are rebelling. According to a  change.org  petition, the final straw was what they call the “magnitude” of summer assignments producing a “damning” level of student anxiety . 
History of the School of Living
As many of you know, for our first 20 years AERO was part of the venerable, pioneering organization, the School of Living. The School of Living was a pioneer in the organic farming, health food, homes, and land trust. They were doing some of these things in the 1940’s! They publish a newsletter called the Green Revolution. The last issue is quite amazing with historical documentation of some of this pioneering work. You can access it here .
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