| Professional Development Provider | New York Hall of Science | |||||||||||||||
| Contact Information | Michaela Labriole mlabriole@nysci.org 47-01 111th street Queens, NY 11368 United States Phone: (718) 699-0005 ext. 569 Fax: (718) 699-5227 | |||||||||||||||
| Program Type | Program Series This courses is a combination of asynchronous and synchronous sessions. | |||||||||||||||
| Program Rating | This program has not yet been evaluated. | |||||||||||||||
| Target Audience | Education: Teacher | |||||||||||||||
| Maximum Number of Participants | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Minimum Number of Participants | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Disciplines | Best Practice, Brain Research, Collaboration, Curriculum, Science | |||||||||||||||
| Secondary Disciplines | Technology/Information Science, Video Conferencing Awareness | |||||||||||||||
| Program Description | This year, the series will be entirely online, providing a great opportunity for educators from across the nation to learn and collaborate. We will be highlighting the “Best of the Dana Brain Science Educator Series” with six sessions that combine the most popular activities and materials from past years. Sessions will focus on exciting topics like brain damage and disease, memory, and the five senses with the underlying theme of learning, tying all the sessions together. Using the course management system Moodle, each session will allow participants to access video lectures from experts in the field, readings, and classroom-based investigations as well as participate in moderated discussions with fellow educators. Additionally, all Dana Fellows will be required to create and submit a unit on the brain that consists of at least six lessons. | |||||||||||||||
| Program Format | Each session participants will be presented with a variety of hands-on activities that can be utilized to integrate brain science into their lesson plans. Participants will also have the opportunity to share their experiences and classroom techniques with fellow educators. | |||||||||||||||
| Objectives | The participant will gain a better understanding of the basics of brain science. Participants will explore activities that help students learn about brain science. Participants will access resources to help in their continued study of brain science education. Participants will experience a variety of distance and digital learning tools. | |||||||||||||||
| National Staff Development Council Standards to which this program aligns | Context Standards: Example: Organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district. (Learning Communities) Process Standards: Example: Uses disaggregated student data to determine adult learning priorities, monitor progress, and help sustain continuous improvement. (Data-Driven) Content Standards: Example: Deepens educators' content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (Quality Teaching) | |||||||||||||||
| Extra Standards to which this program aligns | Maps to the www.nsta.org standards fully. Details to come. | |||||||||||||||
| Program Length | 3 months (June 4th-August 20th) | |||||||||||||||
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| Date/Time Notes | NOTE: May 16th, 2011 is the enrollment deadline NOT the beginning of the course date. Sessions will be held from 3 - 6 pm EST (12 - 3 pm PST) on June 4 & 18, July 9 & 23, and August 6 & 20. | |||||||||||||||
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Cost per Site: $0.00 Cost per Site with Premium Service: $0.00 What's this? Cost per Participant: $0.00 Cost per Participant with Premium Service: $0.00 What's this? On Location Fee: $0.00 On Location Fee with Premium Service: $0.00 What's this? | |||||||||||||||
| Program Fee Notes | There is no charge for this course. Participants will be eligible for a $300 stipend upon completion of the course. | |||||||||||||||
| Download/Order Now | Notes: Complete application on Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GQ83CCH | |||||||||||||||
| Cancellation Policy | Not applicable | |||||||||||||||
| Program is Offered Through | Webinar, Stored Video, Downloadable Options, Other, Videoconference - Webcam (Skype, iChat, etc...), Online Course: moodle | |||||||||||||||
| Is Recording allowed? | No | |||||||||||||||
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP Webinar Stored Video Podcast Other: Online courses | |||||||||||||||
Monday, April 18, 2011
FREE Dana Brain Science Educator Series
