·        Job seekers and employers will be able to try out the new online Career Center at the NSTA Showcase, Booth 2849 in the exhibit hall.  Computers and a printer will be available to browse and print out job openings, search resumes, or post an employment opening in science education.  NSTA staff will be onsite to answer questions.  To learn more, please visit http://careers.nsta.org, or contact the Center's support staff at jobs@nsta.org, 800-722-NSTA, ext.231 or 703-312-9231.

·        Buy the books in advance, meet the authors, and take home your signed editions!  Stop Faking It! series author Bill Robertson, and public television’s Bill Nye the Science Guy are among the authors who will be at the NSTA Science Store (at the entrance to the exhibit hall) to chat and sign copies of their books.  Don’t miss your favorite authors, and don’t miss the best science education resources available at the Science Store. Here’s the schedule:

12:30 – 2 p.m.                       Michael DiSpezio
Science of HIV, Critical Thinking Puzzles, Great Critical Thinking Puzzles, Challenging Critical Thinking Puzzles, Visual Thinking Puzzles

10–11 a.m.                 Jill Swango and Sally Steward

                                    Help! I’m Teaching Middle School Science

12:30–2:30 p.m.            Bill Nye

                                    Bill Nye’s Great Big Dinosaur Dig, Bill Nye’s Big Blue Ocean

2–3:30 p.m.                 Bill Robertson

                                    Stop Faking It! Series: Energy, Force & Motion, Light and Sound

·         Free shipping will again be available for customers sending a written book order from the NSTA Science Store. Of course, member discounts still apply.  Delivery generally takes 10 -–12 days.  So if you don’t want to read it right away, this great feature can save you a lot of heavy book toting around the Convention.

·        Don’t forget to make your attendance count!  Many states and school districts approve NSTA convention participation as part of their professional development requirements.  Document your participation at the convention on the form provided in the Convention Program, and bring it to the Program Pick-up kiosk to receive your NSTA Professional Development Certificate before leaving the convention. 

·        Want to set up your agenda before you get to the convention?  NSTA’s new online scheduler will help you review and prioritize so you get the most from your convention experience… and it’s easy, flexible and non-binding.  Just go to http://www.nsta.org/pd/institute.aspxpersonal_sched.asp?meeting=2004ATL and start planning.