Teaching Service Learning in the Geosciences Virtual Workshop Teaching Service Learning in the Geosciences Virtual Workshop WELCOME! Audio Access: Call in Access Code Use *6 to mute your phone Alternate Number: Technical Problem? Contact Monica Program Wed Feb 3– Getting Started 10:00 Central Time— David Mogk, welcome, goals, outcomes Karin Kirk, Intro to software, Content Management System

THANKS   Participants   For taking time out of your busy schedules to join this workshop   Conveners   Ed Laine, Bowdoin College   Suzanne O’Connell, Wesleyan Univ.   Cathy Manduca, SERC   Dave Mogk, Montana State Univ.   SERC Staff   Sean Fox   Karin Kirk   Monica Bruckner   NAGT—for sponsorship. Please Join!   NSF—for generous support

Workshop Goals   Introduce the principles and practices of Service Learning   Provide examples and practical advice about "what works."   Develop collections of supporting resources (URLs, articles).   Support a community of scholars interested in continued work on SL   Help you develop your own service learning courses or activities.

Outcomes   A fully developed, peer-reviewed service learning project, ready to go! Like the Nike ad says: JUST DO IT!

What to Expect   Whole group “live” presentations   Q/A using “Chat”   Threaded Discussions   Asynchronous; post ideas, comment, reply to key questions, submit your own questions…   Small group discussions   Separate call-in service, to plan and review   Web-Based Work Spaces   Post group summaries   ActivitySheets   Post new Service Learning activities

Scheduling   Try to attend all scheduled sessions, but…   We understand that you may have unavoidable time conflicts   All presentations will be posted on the webpage   You can join the discussions on your own time.   Plenty of time to work off-line to develop your activity, get feedback

SERC Resources That May be Useful   Starting Point Service Learning Module   Affective Domain   Observing and Assessing Student Learning   Course Design   And much more….

Use the Workshop Web Site to Support Your Work--   Main Page     Participant List and Checklist   Program   Technical Information   Discussions   SL Examples   Upload activities, documents

Cyberlearning   NSF has asked us to experiment with virtual workshops—   For efficiency and economy   To reach broader audiences   So that you can work with your own materials at your home workspace   Please help us understand how this experience is working for you— Feedback is encouraged!

QUESTIONS?   Use the Chat function (left edge of screen)….Monica will moderate.   Now, Karin will give us an introduction to the communication software and Content Management System….