PRAXIS WI

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PRAXIS WI Women and Science Opening Workshop
November 2, 2006
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Overview

• PRAXIS project to-date
• Discussion of PRAXIS-WI
• Whats Planned?
• What's missing and can you help us move forward?

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PRAXIS project to-date

• CESA/UWSA origin
• Academic ADL Co-Lab Support
• Resources (some being) developed
• Development process, 12 Math LOs, Workshops,
  Templates, Assessment tools, LCS, WFR

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PRAXIS-WI projects

• Why PRAXIS?

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PRAXIS-WI projects

• Support from the UW System Curricular Redesign
  and PK-16 Initiative funds
• For Institutional projects developing Math and
  Science LOs

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Next Steps

• We hope to continue PRAXIS-WI project over the
  next two or three years by
• Securing Grant Funding
• Working withWisconsin DPI and others in WI
• Working with Southern Regional Education Board
  (and others outside of WI)

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What else is missing?

• Scientists!!!
• Can you help us move forward?

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Contacts

• Bob Hoar, Mathematics Department, UW-La Crosse
• Bob Hoar lthoar.robe_at_uwlax.edugt
• Sherrie Serros, Mathematics Department, UW-Eau
  Claire
• Sherrie Serros ltSERROSSJ_at_uwec.edugt
• Hal Schlais, Office of Learning and Information
  Technology, UWSA
• hschlais_at_uwsa.edu

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Opening Workshop for New UW System STEM
Educators Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin
Dells November 2, 2006
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Examples

• PRAXIS Learning Object Examples
• Student created (Draft) Example
• Problem Solving (Quiz Solutions)
• Camtasia on a tablet PC (Using Guide)
• Web Activity Walk-Through
• Mac application (Snaps Pro X)

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Tips

• Keep each chalk-talk fairly short.
• It can be difficult to use your teaching voice
  when you are alone at the microphone, so try to
  sound upbeat.
• Plan for your next use of your creations before
  you produce them.
• Get feedback from colleagues and students.

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Preliminary Student Feedback

• I found the new method of explaining the answers
  to the quiz very helpful!--Tamara
• i really liked the new site on the math page. i
  thought it was very helpful and would be a great
  asset if continued to use it for the rest of the
  year. I think it will help out a lot b/c of how
  quickly you go through things in class. the
  students can relate to this to catch the points
  they missed while you were explaining some
  problems. i hope we continue on using this. --
  dan
• I really like how you presented the quiz in the
  class today. I like being able to see it over
  again. I hope that you keep this up. I still
  think that it is good that you go over it in
  class too though. -- Brian
• I thought this was a great tool. It gave me more
  time to interpret each problem and focus on the
  stuff I got wrong. It's very useful because you
  can go back an look at it whenever you want. It's
  also nice because it gives everyone more time in
  class to ask questions on the current set of
  homework instead of past problems. I really
  appreciate you taking the time to do this and
  think it will be very helpful in studying too.
  --Jessica

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Resources

• If you find that you need help, contact
• Learning Technology Development Council LTDC
  members.
• Educational Media Technology Council EMTC
  members.
• Academic ADL Co-Lab
• Us