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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP. New Resources and Tools February 25, 2010. Presented by: Flavio Mendez Senior Director. http://learningcenter.nsta.org. Learning Center Overview New resources Using the “My Library” Tool See you in Philadelphia?. Agenda.

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  1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP New Resources and Tools February 25, 2010 Presented by: Flavio MendezSenior Director http://learningcenter.nsta.org

  2. Learning Center Overview New resources Using the “My Library” Tool See you in Philadelphia? Agenda http://learningcenter.nsta.org

  3. Overview

  4. NSTA’s e-PD portal designed to help science teachers address their content/classroom needs. With over 4,500 resources and practical tools to help you organize, personalize, and document your PD growth over time. http://learningcenter.nsta.org

  5. Feb. 25, 2010: Over 58,000activeusers with over 393,000resources across their libraries

  6. The Learning Center has over 4,500 resources SciGuides [32] Science Objects [67] SciPacks [17] Archived Seminars/Podcast [350+] Web Seminars [16-20/yr] Short Courses [20+/year] Journal Articles [2800+] NSTA Press Books [250+] e-Books [125+] e-Chapters [780+] Symposia [6-10/year] PD Institutes [6-10/year] Over 1,300 resources are FREE to all teachers!

  7. I have used the following resources from the LC

  8. http://learningcenter.nsta.org

  9. Featured e-PD resources supported by

  10. 2-hour free, self-paced, learningexperience • Interactive simulations • Questions to promote interaction and learning • Based on science education standards • Sixty-seven currently available

  11. Interactive Simulations

  12. I have used science simulations from the LC with my students

  13. Featured e-PD resources supported by

  14. 10-Hour Online, self-paced, mini-courses • 3-5 Science Objects, plus • Individualized email support via Mentor • Pedagogical Implications component • Embedded Final Assessment w/Certificate

  15. Assessment and Certification Opportunity 3-5 Science Objects SciPack Unlimited ContentMentor Email Support Pedagogical Implications Component

  16. Featured e-PD resources supported by

  17. Valuable classroom resources for science teachers interested in integrating the web into their teaching • Each SciGuide consists of: • Customized lesson plans using selected web resources • Approximately 100 standards-aligned web-accessible resources • Teacher media vignettes describing and showcasing the lessons • Samples of student work • Interactives utilized in SciPack on same topic

  18. Let’s pause for general questions about the Learning Center

  19. What’s new?

  20. Electric and Magnetic Forces • Chemical Reactions • Nature of Light

  21. Electric and Magnetic Forces • Science Objects: • Electric Charges • Electrostatics and Current Electricity • Electromagnetism

  22. Chemical Reactions • Science Objects: • A World of Reactions • Categorizing Chemical Reactions • Rates of Chemical Reactions • Matter and Energy in Reactions

  23. Nature of Light • Science Objects: • Characteristics of Light • Light as Waves • Light and Color • So, What is Light?

  24. Let’s see a new Interactive Simulation

  25. Add • Science Objects to your “Library”

  26. Go to Learning Center Home Page http://learningcenter.nsta.org

  27. See All Science Objects or Display Science Objects by Subject Area

  28. Add a Science Object to Library

  29. Which of the new SciPack titles are you going to try first?

  30. Electric and Magnetic Forces • Chemical Reactions • Nature of Light • Nutrition: Grades 5-8

  31. Journal Articles • Podcasts • Online Courses

  32. Add • other resources to your “Library”

  33. Go to Learning Center Home Page http://learningcenter.nsta.org or

  34. Find resources by: • Subject • Learning Resources & Opportunities • All FREE Resources • Advanced Search • Grade Level • State Standards • Learning Preference Now you try it!

  35. Advanced Search

  36. Let’s pause for questions about resources in the Learning Center

  37. Using the Learning Center Library

  38. My Library • Store and create notes for individual resources • Upload your own resources • Create collections of resources • Share your collections with colleagues

  39. Upload your own resources to My Library • Word docs • Excel files • PPT pres. • URLs • Images

  40. Try it! • Add a personal resource, or a URL to your “Library”

  41. What type of resources did you add to your “Library”?

  42. Create a Collection of resources • Enhanced! • Add the same resource to more than one collection • Share collections with one person or many

  43. Steps to Create a LC collection • Go to “My Library” • Click on “Resource Collections” tab • Type the name of your collection & click the “Add” button • Click on “NSTA Resources” tab • Choose a Resource type, i.e., SciPacks • Choose a Resource title & click on the “Add to Collection” link to the right of the resource title • A window will open…follow the instructions • Repeat steps 5-7 to add more resources to your collection

  44. Share your Collection with a colleague

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