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June 10, 2013

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Eastern time

Using a Portfolio to Document Your

Professional Learning

Presented by: Flavio Mendez and Dorothy Ginnett

Introducing today’s presenters…

Introducing today’s presenters

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Flavio Mendez Senior Director, NSTA Learning Center

National Science Teachers Association

Dorothy Ginnett Wildlife ecologist and science educator

http://learningcenter.nsta.org

Using a Portfolio to Document your

Professional Learning

June 10, 2013

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Enhance and Extend your

Professional Learning

Experiences

• Self-Directed Access

• 3,700+ free resources

• Free tools to help teachers personalize, and document their learning

• Immediate access to online advisors and colleagues through chat and discussion

• Innovative teacher badge recognition system

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Agenda

• Your PL plans

• PD Plan & Portfolio Tool

• Resources, Library, and

Activity Log

http://learningcenter.nsta.org

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Give yourself credit!

- Diagnose your needs

- Plan (set goals)

- Implement, reflect

- Document

- Report

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Have you thought about

your professional learning

plans? In what area(s)

would you like to improve

as a teacher?

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I would like to enhance my…

Content knowledge

Pedagogical knowledge

Assessment/evaluation skills

Technology skills

Leadership skills

Management skills

Other

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What can you do to

achieve your learning

plans?

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Attend a 6-to-8 week university/community

college course

Attend a 2-week intensive course at local

university, district office, etc.

Work on DIY, self-directed online resources

Participate in professional conferences/out-

of-state programs

Attend local workshop(s)

Join a community forum for discussion with

like-minded individuals

Other

I plan to…

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How are you going

to document your

professional

learning activities?

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http://learningcenter.nsta.org/PortfolioTool/videos/portfolio_overview/index.html

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Name your Portfolio; your name is the default

PD Plan & Portfolio Tool

Steps 3-16 on the How-To Guide you do as

homework after this seminar.

• Choose dates, goal category

• Create goal statement

• Create evidence-action pair(s)

• Upload evidences

• Generate PDF report

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In this example, what

would you do to increase

your content knowledge in

Earth/Space Science?

Please type your responses on

the chat window.

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Course transcript

Certificate

Scanned agenda; photos

Samples of student work

Personal reflections

Completed assignments

Reports, reviews

Other

My digital evidence might be…

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Dr. Dorothy Ginnett is a wildlife ecologist

and science educator. She teaches

science at the secondary and post-

secondary levels in both face-to-face and

fully online environments.

Dr. Ginnett is certified as a Wisconsin

Professional Educator in Biology/Life

Science, Environmental Studies and Broad

Field Science. She has designed and

delivered several online graduate courses

for the M.S. in Environmental Education

program at University of Wisconsin-

Stevens Point, WI.

Tell us about

the Learning

Center’s

Portfolio

Report!

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Report cover page with

your name, the reporting

period, and date when

report was generated.

Index page

only includes

items you

select.

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Let’s pause for

two questions.

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In the NLC you can…

• Access SciPacks to increase your pedagogical

content knowledge (earn certificates). There is one

free SciPack available: Heredity and Variation.

• Attend web seminars for content updates and to

network with experts and peers (earn certificates).

• Get a record of all your learning activities in the to

add to your Portfolio (give yourself credit!).

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3-5 Science Objects

Content Mentor

Email Support Pedagogical

Implications

Assessment

and Certification

SciPack

10-Hour, self-

directed, learning

experience

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My PD Record and Certificates

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Adding free resources to

your Learning Center

library

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Add

resources to your

“Library” now

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you are working on this task. Click on “Step

away” button again to indicate that you

have completed the task.

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• Interact with leading scientists, engineers,

education specialists and colleagues from

around the world (Mon-Thu, evenings)

• Learn on-demand via web seminar

archives and podcasts

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My PD Record and Certificates

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Aggregate

Disseminate

Comment

Advocate

Your professional learning

activities support the

learning of all NLC

community members…

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Thank you for

attending

tonight…about your

free SciPack

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Earth and Space Physical Life

• Earth, Sun, and

Moon

• Gravity and

Orbits

• The Solar

System

• The Universe

• Weather and

Climate

• Rocks

• Plate Tectonics

• Earth’s

Changing

Surface

• Force and Motion

• Energy

• Nature of Light

• Chemical Reactions

• Electric and Magnetic

Forces

• Atomic Structure

• Explaining Matter with

Elements, Atoms, and

Molecules

• Cell Structure and

Function

• Coral Reef Ecosystems

• Science of Food Safety

• Resources and Human

Impact

• Nutrition

• Cell Division and

Differentiation

• Cells and Chemical

Reactions

• Flow of Matter and Energy

in Ecosystems

• Interdependence of Life

• Heredity and Variation

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Thank you to today’s presenters…

Introducing today’s presenters

Flavio Mendez Senior Director, NSTA Learning Center

National Science Teachers Association

Dorothy Ginnett Wildlife ecologist and science educator

Thank you to the sponsor of today’s

web seminar:

This web seminar contains information about programs, products, and services

offered by third parties, as well as links to third-party websites. The presence of

a listing or such information does not constitute an endorsement by NSTA of a

particular company or organization, or its programs, products, or services.

Thank you to the sponsor of tonight’s web seminar—1 of 6

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Thank you to NSTA administration—2 of 6

National Science Teachers Association

David Evans, Ph.D., Executive Director

NSTA Web Seminar Team

Al Byers, Ph.D., Assistant Executive Director, e-Learning and Government Partnerships

Brynn Slate, Manager, Web Seminars, Online Short Courses, and Symposia

Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator, Web Seminars, SciGuides, and Help Desk

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