The First Year (in)Experience WEDNESDAY (April 8) Arrival Dinner (and 7:30 performance at McNally Smith)     THURSDAY (April 9)  -- today’s sessions in Room SPCM Recital Hall 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM --  Introductions & Reacquaintances       10:30 AM - NOON -- Small Step or Giant Leap?  Transforming Seniors into Freshmen     (Panel presentation/discussion, including new participants from secondary arts schools—leading to break-out group discussions over lunch)   Lunch  (auditorium atrium) 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM  -- Do They Really Matter?  Our Capstone and Foundational Efforts (Panel presentation/discussion in which foundational courses at the college level are presented and discussed in the context of the secondary schools' capstone efforts)  3:30 PM - 5:00 McNally Smith Campus Visits/Activities/Tours (meet at the Hospitality Room--”CLEA Headquarters”) 5:30 PM - Dinner hosted by McNally Smith (in the Cafe) FRIDAY (April 10) 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM MSCM Singers--1st Year Foundations Choir (demonstration in the Auditorium) 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM  -- Waking up in 2009:  Digital Natives and the Pace of Change    (the Cafe, 3rd Fl. -- Panel Presentation discussing the challenges we face and showcasing our experiments) Noon - 1:00 PM -- The One-Hour Learning Community  1:00 PM Lunch and Conversation (Cafe) 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM   --   Too Much Latitude? Framing and Assessing Longitudinal Objectives    (Rooms 256 and 261 -- Panel presentations addressing the challenge of articulating goals and objectives, and measuring our success at meeting them.) Free for Dinner and Evening in the Twin Cities SATURDAY (April 11) 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (over lunch )  --   Backing into the Future: Collaboration in the “Off Years” and Prospects for CLEA’s Next Decade (the Cafe -- Discussion of possible ways for continuing our work; ideas for extending mutual advice and support through the coming academic year.) ROUGH CONFERENCE NOTES ARE AVAILABLE HERE!! http://sites.google.com/site/cleamindswork2009/shapeimage_1_link_0