ITEST Fall Workshop

Cyberspace Safety for Teens in an Age of Facebook, Twitter and Texting

As was mentioned at the workshop we are making available the powerpoint presentations from the presenters. They have been converted into Acrobat PDF files. You may download any individual presentation or a zip file (20.5mb) containing all the presentations

 The Presenters and Topics:

Digitally Enhanced & Socially Detached:
The Power and Influence of the Internet click to download - 232kb
Travis Smith, PhD, LPC, Program Director, LifeStar of Eastern Missouri

Addiction: Window into the Brain click to download - 10.6mb
Franz J. Wippold, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

The Mind of the Predator click to download - 2.3mb
Bart Niedner, President, Resource Forge, LLC

The Internet  = Cyber Safety and Security Overview click to download - 1.62mb
Mike Schottenhaml, IT Manager, St. Vincent de Paul National Council

Protecting our Kids on Cyberspace click to download - 6.72mb
Detective Jim Karase, St. Louis County Police Department

Click here to download zip file - 20.5mb of all 5 presentations

Looking Ahead:
ITEST 2012 Fall Conference

“Theological, Moral and Scientific Concepts of Early Human Life Issues”
Dates: October 12-14, 2012

ITEST and the department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University (SLU) will collaborate in presenting a conference on Theological, Moral and Scientific Concepts of Early Human Life Issues. The location will be at the Busch Center on the SLU campus and will deal with progress in stem cell medical technology, including its ethical and moral implications. Recent advances pertaining to adult stem cells, notably re-programming to the earliest stages, have far outstripped developments in embryonic stem cell research. ITEST's intent is to give participants an updated grasp of the issues of the debate. This conference will be under the leadership of Fr. Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, a nationally well-known expert in this field. Professor Donald Sparling of Southern Illinois University at dsparl@siu.edu is managing the structure of the program. Presentations will include both invited papers and contributed papers. To have your paper considered, send ITEST an abstract (<500 words) by March 31, 2012.

For additional information and to send an abstract contact:

Sister Marianne Postiglione, RSM
Phone: 314-792-7220
E-mail mariannepost@archstl.org

Creation Lens: Exploring the World, Discovering God - Update

ITEST completed the first phase of the project, Exploring the World, Discovering God, (EWDG) in 2008. Funded largely by the Our Sunday Visitor Institute, the project consists of faith/science interface modules for Kindergarten – 4th Grade.

 

In February of 2011 an additional 90 lessons were added to the site for download. This included, for the first time, 16 Pre-K lessons. Since the lessons became available in 2008 there have been over 189,000 downloads of the free lessons by teachers/instructors around the world.

 

The ITEST staff is pursuing a new set of modules for grade 5-8. These are currently being pilot tested in schools. After evaluation and revision, the program manager will place these lessons on the Exploring the World, Discovering God web site during the summer of 2012.

We invite you to visit this site and would welcome your comments.
To visit our CreationLens site click here. This site will open in a new window.