Student Learning Conference Presentation Proposal Cover Sheet This year will mark the 16th annual Howard County Gifted and Talented Student Learning Conference, a day-long conference at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Kossiakoff Center in Laurel at which students in the Intern/Mentor and Independent Research Programs have an opportunity to present the results of their research and creative investigations with audiences of students and adults in the Howard County Public School System. There will be several successive sessions occurring simultaneously, which will include 25-minute oral presentations and 10-minute visual display presentations. Attendees will register their first, second, and third choice of presentation to attend for every session. The conference will also include a performing arts session at which current students in either the Intern/Mentor or Independent Research Program demonstrate their talents in music, creative writing, dance, film, and other lively arts. Not all applicants’ proposals to present will be accepted. The G/T Resource Teachers, as a committee, review applications and build a program that will include examples of excellent student work and also enough variety so that sessions will offer something of interest to all attendees. Presenting at an academic or professional conference is considered an honor. Getting accepted to present can be extremely competitive. When adults update their resumes, they include all the conference presentations they have made in order to demonstrate that they are influential leaders in their fields. Having your name published in a conference program adds to your professional reputation, and the program, itself, can be included as an impressive artifact in your portfolio. Before you submit your proposal to your teacher, check your date book to determine if you are free to present on April 25 and to attend the rehearsal on April 21 from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. On the date of the conference, you will be expected to arrive by car before the conference begins and to attend the conference until it ends (shortly before schools dismiss.) Only those students who sign in the box below will be considered as possible speakers. Presenting at a countywide conference involves a serious commitment, as students have registered for your session and your name has been printed in the program. Once again, please do not submit a proposal unless you are committed to presenting! (Please check one) ____ Independent Research Student Presentation Preference: __X__ Visual Display __X_ Intern/Mentor Student _______Oral Presentation Presenter_Briana Allen___________ School_Glenelg High School________________ Home Phone_410-489-0438________ Topic_Architecture/ Interior Design_______ Email _brianajallen@yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Presentation Category: _X_Applied Arts ___Behavioral Science ___Business ___Clinical Medicine ___Education ___Engineering/Computer Science ___Language/Humanities ___Law ___Mass Communication ___Performing Arts ___Science Research ___Veterinary Medicine Submission Checklist: Completed cover sheet A typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font final copy of your proposal A typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font biography Send an electronic copy of both documents to your G/T Resource teacher saved as lastname.firstname.school (Example: kelly.natalie.atholton) * If selected, I will attend the Student Learning Conference on April 25, 2008 from 7:15 a.m. to 1:15 pm. and the rehearsal on April 21st from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. ________________________________________ Student Signature 12/2007 Make it look good and protect the environment too! Briana Allen Glenelg High School Is there a way to design a building that is both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally safe? The construction of home and businesses in America accounts for 39 percent of our total energy use. Green architecture and design is a specific field that aims to create the best products possible by using minimal amounts of energy, so that the environment won’t suffer as much. This session will demonstrate how the concepts of green architecture can be applied to designing a restaurant and there will be a demonstration through a 3-D constructed model. 12/2007 Make it look good and protect the environment too! Briana Allen Glenelg High School Briana Allen is a senior at Glenelg High School. She interns at D R Brasher Design firm in Columbia under the direction of Don Kemp, her mentor. Her field of study is interior architecture and she is researching how concepts of green architecture and design are applied in this field. Next year she plans to attend Howard University and pursue a major in interior design. 12/2007