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Global Science and Technology Week
May 7-13, 2000
[SCHEDULE] [PROFILES] [OVERVIEW] [GSTW BACKGROUND]
The President of the United States has proclaimed May 7-13, 2000 as
"Global Science and Technology Week." NASA Quest's Women of NASA project, will produce a week-long
series of interactive online events to celebrate NASA women working on
international scientific collaborations and the international diversity
of our female scientists. We invite students, parents and schools worldwide
to join us in fostering an appreciation for international perspectives
that will better prepare them to participate in the world's interdependent
high-tech economy and the global scientific community.
Participants may engage in conversations with the women by live
Webchats or a Forum. The chats will feature select women for one hour,
online question & answer sessions. These chats require preregistration.
The online Forum is open throughout the week. Registration is not necessary
and you may join in at any time. An observation room is also available
for both the Chat and Forum. All dialogue will be archived and available
as a link from the featured womens' profiles and the schedule page.
The online, interactive events that encompass Global Science and Technology
Week are comprised of four interrelated components:
- Research
Profiles and biographies of the featured women are available for research
prior to the event and can be found by linking from the featured woman's
name on the schedule or on the
profiles page.
You are strongly encouraged to research the featured women prior to
the chats in order to form appropriate questions that cannot be answered
by another source. Archives and links to additional interactive events
and resources are also included in their profiles.
- Preregistration
Preregistration for the chats is essential. Although an unlimited number
of participants can take part in the chats as observers, the number
of students able to submit questions live during the chat is limited.
Therefore, once you have researched the featured women and have decided
which chat(s) you wish to participate in, you must preregister from
the schedule page. The registration
is done by filling out a web-based form and takes approximately 3 minutes.
If you have participated in our Questchats before and remember your
user name and password the process is expedited. There are specific
chat directions
that you should become familiar with prior to the chats.
- Interacting
To chat, enter the URL, user name and password you were given
when you preregistered for the chat at the specified time. To observe,
link to the observe room from the schedule page at any time. To participate
in the Forum, link to the Forum room from the schedule page at
any point throughout the week to post or read answers.
- Follow-up
All contents and information from these pages and this event will be
archived and available as a link from the Women of NASA archives page. The archived chats
and profiles are a rich source of information when studying careers,
gender equity, women's issues, and information specific to each woman's
profession. Teaching tips on how you may use this event and the Women
of NASA project are available on our teaching tips page.
Visit our other NASA Quest projects that feature additional diverse
women
working on international scientific collaborations:
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