NSTA Online

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NSTA Online Professional Development Resources
and Tools for California teachers Collaborating
for Excellence in Middle School Science
Flavio Mendez, NSTA Deborah Tucker, NSTA May 20,
2009
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Agenda

1. NSTA LC Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Hands-on
4. PD Plan Portfolio Overview
5. NSTA LC Help Desk
6. Evaluation/Next Steps

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The NationalScience Teachers Association
NSTAs MissionTo promote excellence and
innovation in Science Teaching and Learning for
All
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• Web site
• ALL teachers
• Resources, Tools, Opportunities
• Free vs. fee-based
• Document growth

http//learningcenter.nsta.org
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e-PD Resources

• Science Objects 2 hour online interactive
  content modules using inquiry and simulations
• SciPacks 10 hour online interactive mini-course
  that include objects, pedagogical implications,
  email content support and final assessment
  opportunity
• SciGuides Thematic, vetted web-based resources,
  lesson plans with samples of student work and
  simulations from objects
• Web Seminars Live interactive seminars featuring
  science and education experts, archived afterwards

Also available Journal articles, e-Books,
e-Chapters, Online Short Courses, Conference
symposia and PDIs
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SciPack Topics and Production Status
Earth Space 9 Topics Physical 7 Topics Life 12 Topics
Completed Earth, Sun Moon Gravity Orbits The Solar System The Universe Weather Climate Rock Cycle Plate Tectonics Earths Changing Surface Resources and Human Impact Force Motion Energy Nature of Light Cell Structure Function Coral Reef Ecosystems Science of Food Safety
In Production Magnetic Electric Forces Chemical Reactions Elements, Atoms Molecules Nutrition
Coming Soon Atomic Structure Cell Division Differentiation Cells Chemical Reactions Regulation Behavior of Organisms Heredity Variation Biological Evolution Natural Selection Interdependence of Life Flow of Matter Energy in Ecosystems
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• Learning Center Tools

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NSTA Learning Center Tools
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End of Learning Center Overview session

• Lets take two questions from the audience

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Login to your Learning Center account
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Login to the Learning Center

• Two ways
• Last name and ID number
• OR
• E-mail address and password
• (1) If you have an ID number, follow option A
• (2) If not, create a new account, following
  option B

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Your Learning Center Web Page
http//learningcenter.nsta.org/CEMSS-7
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Creating a Learning Center Account
Click Register now to Create a New Account
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Creating a Learning Center Account
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Before you access your Learning Center resources

• You need to do your assigned Pre-Assessment
• After completing the Pre-Assessment youll be
  able to enter your promo code and access all your
  Learning Center resources

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• Do your pre-assessment
• Enter promo code
• Wait for everyone

Enter promo code
Pre-Assessment link
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Navigating through
is simple to do.
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• Find resources by
• Subject
• Learning Resources Opportunities
• All Free Resources
• Advanced Search
• Grade Level
• State Standards
• Learning Preference

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Adding resources to My Library
Region One Home
Choose SciPacks, for example
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Adding Resources to My Library via your Group
Subscription
Fee based products will show a price. Ignore that
and click the Add to Library via subscription
button
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Accessing a Resource in My Library
You can access your resource as soon as you enter
it in My Library
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Accessing a Resource in My Library
From your Home Page, access all your e-PD
resources by clicking on the My Library tab
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Viewing e-PD Resources in My Library
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Activity

• Log out of the Learning Center
• Log in to the Learning Center using your e-mail
  address and password
• Navigate through the Learning Center
• Add at least two resources to your My Library
  space
• Go to My Library
• Open at least one of your resources
• Browse your resource

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End of Getting Started and Hands-on sessions

• Lets take two questions from the audience

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My PD Plan Portfolio

• Create multiyear plan outlining goals,
  evidences, and justifications for growth
• Upload files to demonstrate completion of goals
  with reflections
• Generate automatic PDF report with embedded URL
  links and images

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End of PD Plan Portfolio Tool session

• Lets take two questions from the audience

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• Help Desk

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Help link and system check

• Help resources
• Click on Help link
• Run the system check
• Turn pop-up blocker off

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• For assistance, send an e-mail message to
• learningcenterhelp_at_nsta.org
• Please identify yourself as a teacher of the
  CEMSS-7 group

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This sessions Evaluation
Click on the appropriate link located on your
groups homepage
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The NSTA Learning Center Scalable, Sustainable,
Individualized, andOn-Demand e-ProfessionalDevel
opment http//learningcenter.nsta.org
Flavio MendezSenior DirectorNSTA Learning
Center PH 703-312-9250Email fmendez_at_nsta.org