Hello SIGCIS members, Heres an odd request: you might want to consider not coming to the latest SIGCIS workshop on the Sunday of the SHOT meeting this year in Portland Maine. Specifically, Atsushi Akera (himself a former acting leader of our group and winner of our book prize) has asked me to forward the announcement below. SIGCIS is having a full day workshop. Now, what Atsushi wants you to know and I thus feel honor bound to tell you, is that he has organized an entirely separate Sunday morning event for the Prometheans SIG on the theme of How Should We Teach the History of Technology? The other organizers, Ann Johnson and Jonathan Coppersmith, are also active SIGCIS members. They are hoping that you come to it. Their lineup of panelists looks very interesting, though hopefully not so interesting as to drag everyone away from our cutting edge workshop on Old Ideas. So this gives you another good reason to stay in Portland on Sunday, and of course you would be free in the afternoon to attend the second half our workshop even if you opt to consider pedagogical matters in the morning. (Our own workshop page is www.sigcis.org/workshop13 although the provisional program is not up yet. Im travelling with my family this week, but should get it posted soon). Tom The Prometheans SHOTs Engineering SIG Atsushi Akera (Rensselaer), Chair Ann Johnson (University of South Carolina), Chair Elect Jonathan Coopersmith (Texas A&M), Outreach Coordinator A Prometheans (Engineering) SIG Sponsored Session Sunday, 13 October 2013 9am 12 noon @ The SHOT Annual Meeting Portland, Maine How Should We Teach the History of Technology? A Roundtable on Education Final Program 9am Welcome & Opening Remarks Atsushi Akera (Rensselaer) Roundtable Organizer & Prometheans SIG Chair 915am Roundtable Discussion I Voids, Opportunities, Audience Opening Statements Starting Points and Trajectories of STS/History of Technology and What It Excludes Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga (MIT) Selling the History of Technology to History Majors Arwen Mohun (University of Delaware) Graduate Seminars that Reach Out to Science and Engineering Students Matthew Wisnioski (Virginia Tech) Preparing Students for the Emerging Innovation Economy Lars Heide (Copenhagen Business School) The History of Innovations and Transitions Inspiring New Engineering Practices: Why History Matters Ulrik Jørgensen (Aalborg University) Perspectives on Environmental Ethics & Sustainability Sara Pritchard (Cornell University) 1030am (break) 1045am Panel Discussion II Pedagogic Challenges Opening Statements Technology and the History of Technology in General Education (Gen Ed) Programs Heidi Voskuhl (Harvard University) Inspiring Students at a Small Liberal Arts College William Storey (Millsaps College) Rigor in the Humanities at an Engineering School Atsushi Akera (Rensselaer) Student Engagement with Normativity Ann Johnson (University of South Carolina) Challenges and Rewards of Integrating History of Technology with Technical Projects Robert Martello (Olin College)