Designed for educators at the high school or middle school level who have already participated in our introductory course, this workshop has been created with the following goals in mind:

• Building skills to integrate dynamic modeling into the classroom
• Developing expertise with STELLA interface creation tools
• Making significant progress on individual or group projects

This two-day workshop is focused and very hands-on.  Faculty will use a variety of applications from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to help promote curriculum development and creation of teaching tools using STELLA software.  Participants will have ample time to work on projects of their own choosing, with instructors available for conceptualization, implementation and/or technical assistance.

Topics Covered

• STELLA in the Classroom:  Why and How
• Applications in natural sciences, social sciences and humanities
• Interface Creation Tools
• Storytelling with STELLA
• Real-world projects and outcomes
• Issue areas generated as a result of your project work

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About the Faculty

Steve Peterson and Corey Peck are highly regarded within the system dynamics and dynamic modeling communities for both their modeling skills and their teaching abilities.  Steve and Corey are principals at Lexidyne, LLC, a provider of dynamic modeling consulting and training services. Together, they bring over 30 years experience to the class.

Corey Peck As Managing Director of Lexidyne, LLC, Corey’s work has been focused primarily on guiding the firm to a position of market leadership for dynamic modeling services within the pharmaceutical industry. With Mark Paich he co-authored Pharmaceutical Product Strategy: Using Dynamic Modeling for Effective Brand Planning (CRC Press, 2004). In addition, his work has provided the basis for research publications including Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities (Harvard Business School Press, 1997) and Net Worth (Harvard Business School Press, 1999). Corey earned a BA in economics from Colorado College .

Steve Peterson For more than 20 years, Steve has developed a broad base of experience and deep expertise in the application of dynamic modeling within a university/research setting.  During his 18 year tenure at High Performance Systems (now isee systems), Steve was instrumental in the development of STELLA and worked extensively with faculty and researchers who used STELLA.  Steve’s current project work is drawn from industry, government, non-profits and NGOs.  His research interests include the relationships between cultural dynamics and community development, and the dynamics associated with transitioning from petroleum-based transportation fuels to fuels based on cellulosic ethanol.  Steve has been on the visiting faculty of Dartmouth College .  Steve holds a BA from Colorado College and an MS from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College .