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NSF
Web Watcher Cadre, Summer
2000 |
Thanks
to funding from the National Science
Foundation, NSTA has created a three-year
program to train a cadre of teachers
to become Webwatchers. This cadre—selected
for their knowledge of science, education,
and technology—will research
and select web sites which can be
integrated into science curricula,
and they will share the fruits of
their research with other teachers
through the NSTA web site.
Selected cadre members will 1) engage
in professional development experiences
that teach how web resources can be
correlated to the National Science
Education Standards and the Benchmarks
for Science Literacy, which provide
guidance for the effective use of
science education materials in the
classroom; 2) create and use an interactive
web site to share information about
science resources on the web; and
3) develop and distribute a Guidebook
for Web Assessment to other science
educators.
Over three years, institutes will be
held each summer at NSTA Headquarters
in Arlington, Virginia. Cadre members
will receive travel and lodging expenses,
a daily per diem, and a $60/day stipend
for the 11 days of the Institute.
Twenty teachers will be selected for
each institute, and participants will
work in groups of five, each facilitated
by a Group Leader. Participants will
each have access to a PC to search
the Internet, and each will be loaded
with MS Office software (Word, Excel,
etc.). Participants should be comfortable
with basic word processing and operating
system commands, whether or not they
regularly use a PC, and given the
similarities among systems, we believe
even MAC free-spirits will find a
home at the institutes ;).
Cadre members will receive brief, monthly
assignments after the institute and
will participate in at least one follow-up
meeting to be held at an NSTA Area
or National convention. The first
Institute was held in summer 2000.
The second Institute was held in summer
2001. Here are the dates for summer
2002:
- First Session, grades K-6 educators:
June 24-July 5, 2002
- Second Session, grades 7-12 educators:
July 15- July 26, 2002
If you would like to be considered
for next summer's Institute, please
complete the application
form by March 3, 2002.
Participants will be selected by April
10, 2002. If you have any trouble
completing the form, please contact
Mark
Davis.
Fill
Out an Application
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