The conference was held entirely at George Mason and featured 37 very different presentations, each with at least one faculty member as a presenter.  Some presentations focused on very general areas of interest, while others were extremely specialized.  For example, science teacher David Applegate presented “Science Teacher Equipment Maintenance Survival Guide,” a session devoted entirely to calibration and care of science equipment.  Other sessions, all presented by GM staff with a corresponding area of expertise, dealt with such issues as motivating college-bound student-athletes, the positive and negative effects of Gr8s in high school, writing letters of recommendation for college applicants, bullying, school violence, learning disabilities, creative writing, Internet resources, review and grading computer programs, and various aspects of the IB program, to name a few.  One workshop, “Stress Relief – Learning Basic Archery,” taught by various members of the physical education department, was so popular that two sessions were required.