Transcript Resources for Teaching Teachers Earth Science Content and Pedagogy The Association for Science Teacher Education Rusty Low Shelley Olds January 2006

Resources for Teaching Teachers
Earth Science Content and Pedagogy
The Association for Science Teacher Education
Rusty Low
Shelley Olds
January 2006
Agenda
www.dlese.org
• Meet each other
• DLESE resources
• DLESE services
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Web Services
Collection building support services
Professional development: Teaching Boxes
• Using DLESE
• Explore DLESE
Digital Library for
Earth System Education
• http://www.dlese.org
www.dlese.org
• Supported by the National Science
Foundation
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• The geoscience member library of the
National Science Digital Library
What is the
Digital Library for Earth System Education?
www.dlese.org
• A collaborative effort to provide support and
leadership in addressing the national reform
agenda for science education, scientific
literacy, and scientific discovery
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• Supports a broad
audience of educators
and learners in the
Earth sciences: K-12,
university, informal
education, and
the public
• Provides pedagogical support for teaching and
learning approaches that view Earth as a system
DLESE offers resources …
• Earth system science search engine for
teachers
 Ocean & water sciences
 Geology
 Atmospheric sciences
 Biosciences, ecology, etc
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 Space, math and geography
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• Free access to high-quality learning
resources about the Earth System
 Lesson plans , activities
 Data, visualizations
 Tools and interfaces
 Instructor guides
DLESE offers web services …
www.dlese.org
• Embeds the DLESE search engine into research
and education websites, e.g., universities,
research centers, libraries, and public schools.
• Expands the educational offerings of those
institutions, and provides local DLESE access for
the convenience of students, educators, TAs, and
the public.
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Pretend this is your site…
Education & Outreach
•Your
•Site
•Navigation
•Here
www.dlese.org
Special
queries
you
create
for your
audience
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Imagine this is
a page in your
web site…
What this area is about.
Add the ability
to search
DLESE or
NSDL
Paragraph or 2 of information about the
purpose of this area or this page.
Find Earth system educational resources on
specific topics of interest to your audience:
SEARCH
Search for :
•News and Earth events
•Conferences/Workshops
•Professional development
Search results
Title
URL
Description
Grade Range
Type of resource
Subject
•Science topic of interest 1
•Science topic of interest 2
•Science topic of interest 3
Educational standards
Teaching tips
Reviews
Resource Creator/Publisher
Technical requirements
And much more…
Use the DLESE web
service’s template to
decide what
to display in results
and how.
Could include these
and more.
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The DLESE search query
and results embedded
into your site’s look and
feel
DLESE offers collection building
support services …
www.dlese.org
• Researchers and
organizations
with many
resources create
a collection and
apply for
accessioning as a
distinct collection
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DLESE offers support services …
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Communication networks
 Facilitate interactions and
collaborations
 Effectively create, use, and
share educational resources
News and opportunities:
 Grants, jobs, workshops,
conferences, institutes, etc.
Suggest resources for the DLESE
Community Collection
www.dlese.org
2003 Annual Meeting
Forthcoming services:
• Concept Map Service: conceptual
maps of Earth system science based
on AAAS benchmarks; (More
information and demonstration at
http://preview.dlese.org/jsp/cms).
• Event-Based Learning: Find
current Earth system news and
listings of resources that help
students learn about them and the
underlying principles and processes.
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Teaching Box Workshop Series 2005
DLESE offers professional development …
www.dlese.org
• Workshops on teaching with data, etc.
• DLESE Teaching Boxes Classroom-ready
instructional units using DLESE resources,
developed by teachers, science advisors, and
interface designers
 Visit us tomorrow: Friday @ 9:10AM, Salon D
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A concept page in the
Plate Tectonics Teaching Box
Teaching Box development process
• Team approach: teachers working with scientists and
information technology experts
• Teams of teachers, scientists, mentors
• 2 weekends:
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Topic area
Conceptual framework
Scope
Instructional approach
• One week summer institute
 Resource search
 Lessons and activities
 Overview
• Review and Revision
 Science, pedagogy
 Usability
 In-classroom trial
Teaching Box Goals
• Workshop Goals
 Inquiry-based
 Earth system science
 Professional development
• Product Goals
 Develop collaborative tools
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For teacher–scientist teams
Facilitate lesson creation
Incorporate DLESE educational resources
Create a coherent and flexible curriculum unit
 Explore innovative discovery pathways
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Locate DLESE educational resources and
Examine resources within a pedagogical context
 Partner with research community
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Develop scientist – teacher relationships
Encourage collection development - their resources are being
used in educational situations
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Using DLESE
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www.dlese.org
Suppose you want to teach about
floods in your preservice
secondary-ed class using data as
one component…
And they need to create a rubric…
You try it… www.dlese.org
www.dlese.org
• What are you teaching your teachers
next week?
• Or… what topic is hard to cover?
• Or… what type of assessments do
your teachers need to learn?
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Opportunities to get involved
• Suggest new resources
for the library
www.dlese.org
• Submit teaching
tips and reviews
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• Provide feedback
• Become a DLESE ambassador
www.dlese.org
[email protected]
www.teachingboxes.org