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Enhance and Extend your PD with the NSTA Learning Center
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This Web Seminar took place on February 28, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time. The presenter was
Flavio Mendez,
Senior Director, NSTA Learning Center. In this Seminar, Mr. Mendez showed educators
how to boost their professional development by accessing free online resources in
the NSTA Learning Center, including simulations, journal articles, podcasts, and
more.
The PowerPoint and related resources from the NSTA Learning Center are now contained
in the above resource collection. Clicking on the collection link will place it
in your Learning Center, My Library, neatly organized under the My Resource
Collections tab.
In this presentation, Mr. Mendez discussed the benefits of online professional development
in combination with traditional in-person education. He described how teachers can
enhance and extend their own learning by taking advantage of the 2,800 resources
that are available free through the NSTA Learning Center. Participants had the chance
to visit the Learning Center and begin adding resources to their
libraries. Mr.
Mendez explained how educators can use free tools to assess gaps in their existing
knowledge and set and track
learning goals. He also encouraged participants to view
and contribute to the discussions in the
community forums.
Ninety-one (91) participants were present at the live Web Seminar in addition to
the presenter and NSTA staff. Participating educators represented the states of
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. In addition, three participants joined the program
from locations outside of the United States: Nigeria, South Korea, and Turkey.
Seminar participants received a one year subscription to the NSTA
SciPack of their
choice. A certificate of attendance was deposited into participants
My PD Record
and Certificate area in the NSTA Learning Center for completing the evaluation
form at the end of the program.
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- “I had no idea all of these great resources were at the NSTA web site. I can
brush up on topics I have not taught in many years and extend my knowledge of other
topics as well.”
- “More resources to add impact to my teaching so students will be engaged and
excited.”
- “As a lifelong learner, I am always looking for ways to enhance student comprehension
and appreciation for Science. The content presented tonight will enable that process.”
- “I really needed to discover a resource like this. I will be using the NSTA
[Learning Center] every day now.”
Thanks to the participants and the presenters for the learning opportunity, the
interactions, and a job well done!
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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Underwritten by the GE Foundation
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