NSDL Brown Bag Webinars
Upcoming Webinars | Archived Webinars
The NSDL Resource Center offers monthly Brown Bag webinars on topics of interest to STEM educators at all levels. Sessions are typically scheduled for the final week of the month. Please join us to learn about trends and issues in education, technology use in educational settings, and useful tools, services, and best practices.
Invitations with instructions for participation are sent using the nsdl-all projects email list (subscribe if you are not already a member). Check back to this location regularly for additional information on upcoming sessions, or use the Contact Us form at nsdl.org to advise that you would like to receive an invitation to a Brown Bag session.
How do I register?
Google Analytics - Making Metrics Make Sense
Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Audience: K-12 educators
Presenter: Jonathan Weber, Web Analyst with LunaMetrics, LLC, a Google Analytics-authorizes consulting firm, based in Pittsburgh, PA
Overview of Google Analytics (GA) capabilities for project metrics collection and analysis including how GA works, tracking traffic, keywords, and referring sites; on-site search by visitors; measuring outbound link exits; advanced segments and segments vs. filters, user-defined segments, and multiple site reporting and roll-up/breakdown. Listen to the archived recording of this session..
How do I register?
- Click on the register link for the session you wish to attend. You must register for each session separately
- Once you've registered, you'll receive an email with more instructions
What happens on the day of the webinar?
- You'll receive an email with login instructions for both the web portion and the audio portion of the webinar
- Click on the link to "enter meeting" and type in your name to access the web portion of the presentation
- For audio, call 1.866.74.1260 and enter your conference code given to you in the login email
- Do you have a headset or a hands-free device for your phone? You might want to use this during the session
- An archive of the webinar will be recorded and you'll receive a notice via email when it is made available
Invitations are sent to subscribers of: the nsdl-all email list; NSDL Pathways PI email list, and subscribers of NSDL's Whiteboard Report. You may subscribe to nsdl-all by using the Join Email Lists form or may request an invitation by using the Contact Us form. The archived recording and presentation from sessions will be made available after each session is completed.
Archives
You may view recorded conferences at the links shown below. You will be asked to enter your name in order to access the recording. If you do not have Flash installed, you will be prompted to install Flash before viewing.
Brown Bag Series - Summer 2009
What Works? Using NSDL Collections in the K-12 Classroom
This three-part webinar series explored NSDL collections and highlighted what works for teaching chemistry, physics, physical science, and the use of rich media content in teaching science. The series provided exploration of quality resources, and tips on how to use these materials more effectively. Whether teaching these subject areas for the first time, or looking for new materials to freshen up your curriculum - check out these free, previously presented Brown Bag sessions.
WGBH Teachers' Domain: How to Use Rich Digital Media to Impact Science Teaching and Learning
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Audience: K-12 educators
Presenter: Daniella Quiñones, Marketing Coordinator for Teachers' Domain
Learn how to access, download and integrate rich STEM digital media from WGBH's Teachers' Domain. Find ways to include materials from public television's NOVA, Frontline, and Design Squad, into your curriculum using free, standards-based resources. Listen to the archived recording of this session..
Spicing Up Your Teaching With Resources from the ChemEd Digital Library
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Audience: Educators of grades 6-12
Presenters: John Moore, W. T. Lippincott Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dr. Lynn Diener, Assistant Professor at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI
Is it your first time ever teaching chemistry? Maybe you just want to spice up your chemistry class next semester. The Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL) holds the resources and ideas to help you design an innovative and educational chemistry class or make your class even more exciting for your students. Listen to the archived recording of this session.
Enhancing and Sharing Lessons Using The Physics Front Digital Library Collection
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Audience: Educators for grades 5-12
Presenter: Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of South Dakota.
Brush up and invigorate your teaching with resources from the Physics Front online collection of resources for teaching physics and physical science at all grade levels K-12. We'll explore some of the resources, simulations, interactives, images, and teacher materials available for free to teachers and how to maximize their use in the classroom. Listen to the archived recording of this session.
May 7, 2009: NSDL Report to the Community
NSDL Resource Center Director and PI Kaye Howe and NSDL Technical Network Services PI Tamara Sumner provided a recap of NSDL managers' visit and presentations to the National Science Foundation's Education and Human Resources directorate personnel, and discussion of the role of NSDL with respect to the NSF report /Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge. The complete set of NSDL presentations utilized in the NSF site visit are available below:
March 5, 2009: NSDL TNS Brown Bag: Tools You Can Use
NSDL's Technical Network Services team provided an overview of the suite of open-source tools and support services for the STEM education community, including the Strand Map Service (SMS), Collection System (NCS), and Digital Discovery System (DDS).Presenters: Sharon Clark, Kathryn Ginger, John Weatherley, and Mike Wright. Additional inquiries about NSDL tools and duppoty services may be sent to NSDL support.
February 5, 2009: Supporting Connections Between Research and Learning - Materials Digital Library (MatDL)
Historical overview and current view of MatDL applications and activities supporting materials science undergraduate research utiilzing Web 2.0 tools.Presenters: Professor Laura Bartolo, Principal Investigator of the National Science Digital Library's Materials Digital Library Pathway (MatDL); Dr. James Warren, Director of the Center for Theoretical & Computational Materials Science at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Prof. R. Edwin Garcia, Asst. Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University.
December 11, 2008: Middle School - What Do We Know?
Current activities and issues regarding middle school education, the needs of middle school students and teachers, and plans for the Middle School Portal Math and Science Pathway (MSP)2.Presenters: Mary Henton, Director of Integrated Media Initiatives, National Middle School Association and Dr. Kim Lightle, Director of the Digital Libraries at Ohio State University
November 26, 2008: Contributing Content to NSDL on iTunes U.
An overview of how to participate in contributing multimedia content to NSDL on iTunes U.Presenter: Susan Van Gundy, Deputy Director of the NSDL Resource Center
View additional instructions on playback.
Archived NSDL ToolTime Recordings
March 16, 2006: Computer Assisted Standard Assignment and Alignment
Presenters: Holly Devaul and Anne Diekema
December 6, 2005: Digital Libraries: Tools for Teaching and Learning
Presenters: Susan Van Gundy, Robert Payo, and Lynne Davis
November 9, 2005: Tour of Readytalk Platform
Presenters: Dave Yaron and Susan Van Gundy