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NASA and the U.S. Department of Labor
Back to School Satellite and WebcastTeleconference

Wednesday, September 27, 2000
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.CT / 10:00 a.m. - noon ET

The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau and NASA have joined forces to narrow the wage gap and work toward gender equity by increasing girls' and women's interest in - and preparedness for - math, science, engineering and technology. This satellite teleconference is just one of many joint efforts these agencies are sponsoring to encourage women to pursue and persist in high-tech careers.

NASA will host a 1-hour, live satellite teleconference from NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC featuring a unique panel of diverse NASA women. The teleconference can be viewed on NASA TV or through streaming video on this site. During the webcast participants have the opportunity to interact with panelists via an open chat room. Participants are encouraged to research the featured women to formulate appropriate questions. Questions may be submitted in advance beginning Wednesday, September 20, 2000 to the room. Please see the schedule for details. It is important that you read through the schedule details and prepare to participate.

A preconference webchat the hour before the teleconference will feature female experts in Internet webcasting. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the science of webcasting and video teleconferencing in order to prepare themselves for the conference and future interactive events.

The teleconference consists 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 preconference chat is essential. Although an unlimited number of participants can take part in the chat as observers, the number of students able to submit questions live during the chat is limited. Therefore, 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 chat.
  It is not necessary to preregister for the webcast. Although it is necessary to review the webcast proceedures and ensure you are technically prepared.
• Interacting
  To actively participate in the chat enter the URL, user name and password you were given when you preregistered. To observe, link to the observe room from the schedule page at any time. You may preregister at any time prior to the chat and submit questions to the room. Your questions will be stored in the queu and posted to the chat room at the time of the event.
  To submit questions to the panelists during the webcast teleconference, follow the same chat procedures. You may also submit questions prior to the webcast teleconference at any time after Wednesday, 9/20. The room will remain open through the event. If your question is selected by the moderator for the panelists to answer, the response will be viewed as live video, via the web and satellite.
• 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 events 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.