X – 2008 Summer Workshop Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery of the Summer 2008 Professional Development Workshop

The 2008 workshop was held July 27-August 1 at Boston University's beautiful Photonics Center. Thirty educators attended from around the US and even Europe. They are instructors in high school and post-secondary educational programs in physics and technical education, as well as dedicated photonics programs. The educators worked through four of the Problem Based Learning activities developed by the PHOTON Projects, and will field test them in their classrooms in the coming school year.

Preparing presentations in the computer lab.	Brainstorming in small break-out groups.
Judy Donnelly introduces Elena Vladescu who gave a presentation on her teaching experiences in Romania.	Leo Johnson gives a impromptu presentation on his study group's solution to a PBL Challenge.
Workshop organizers are stumped by a participant's question.	Professor Michael Ruane gave a tour of the BU Photonics Center.
Watching a presentation.	Kelly Walter, Executive Director of Admissions at Boston University, gives a presentation.
Workshop participants attend the opening night dinner in the BU Photonics Center.	The view from the BU Photonics Center during the dinner.

The summer workshop was sponsored by the New England Board of Higher Education and
supported by the:

• National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education Program
• Optical Society of America Foundation
• Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
• SPIE