1. The Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE) Pathway Lawrence Hall of Science Brown Bag, Sept. 28, 2009 1. What is SMILE? 2. Live demo 3. Next steps

2. National Science Foundation EHR Education and human resources DUE NSDLCCLIDRLREESEISEDRK12ITESTATEDGEHRD “Directorate” “Division” National STEM Education Distributed Learning Acknowledgements:

3. Out of the classroom Interactive Hands-on Fun Experiences Intermediates Rich Content

6. Making it easy for out-of- school educators to discover high-quality STEM learning resources and use them with a diversity of audiences in the U.S. and beyond…

7. The Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE) Pathway

8. SMILE Overview Project Leads: Darrell Porcello, Sherry Hsi Grant amount: NSF $2.2 M, 2008 – 2010 Project Manager: Joel Rosenberg Lead Editor: Erin Van Rheenen Outreach team: Keith Braafladt, Asia Ward, Cassie Bird, Margaret Glass Cataloging team: Erin, Steve Uzzo, Rebecca Reitz, Tara Lang Evaluation team: Maia Werner, Scott Randol, Douglas Spencer, Developers: Dan Bluestein, Chris Linden, Roger Vang

9. Advisors Billy Spitzer, New England Aquarium Richard Hudson, Minnesota Public TV Trudy Dunham, National 4H Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley, Engineering Educ. Pathway Bruce Mason, ComPadre Physics Pathway, Univ. of Oklahoma Sarita Nair-Pillai, EDC Mike Wright, NSDL Technical Network Services Susan Van Gundy, Univ. Corp. for Atmospheric Research Kim Lightle, Ohio State U, Middle School Portal

10. SMILE Pathway

11. Vision: Open Content, Open Education

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13. The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) provides access to cataloged collections of high-quality educational resources in science, math, engineering, technology. NSDL.org

14. Useful Terms Digital library - a thoughtfully organized collection of resources and resource records that are digitally stored and accessed via computer networks. Resource – a document, web page, or interactive activity that a person can use for learning and teaching. Metadata - Information that describes a learning and teaching resource, used by librarians to catalog and find different items in a collection. Metadata is also used by search engines to locate and retrieve information from the Internet. Record - A place where metadata is stored and viewed by different users like catalogers and educators

15. Let’s have a look! SMILE –http://beta.howtosmile.orghttp://beta.howtosmile.org SMILE cataloging –http://howtosmile.org/ncshttp://howtosmile.org/ncs –login:guest pw:guest SMILE widgets –http://beta.howtosmile.org/files/ext/test_new.ht mlhttp://beta.howtosmile.org/files/ext/test_new.ht ml

16. Front-End Survey Detailed questionnaire to 500 Informal Science Education Leaders (directors + ed. directors) What they use What they want What they can contribute

17. Evaluation

18. 112 respondents on 12/3/2008

20. How important to you is the following basic information in selecting activities to use? Level of fun or engagement

21. How important to you is the following rating and review information in selecting activities to use? Alignment to standards Peer reviewed/recommended

22. Does your institution currently have a digital collection of educational resources that relate to science, mathematics, engineering, and/or technology? YesNo 52.7%47.3%

23. What STEM learning and teaching resources do you want… and what can you contribute? (likely % + very likely %) Resource type% that wanted% that could contribute Print-out instructions for hands-on STEM activities 85%33% Outdoor activities and field guides 76%37% Videos of facilitated demonstrations 74%20% Engineering challenges 67%14%

24. Evaluation: Front-End Survey Lessons Learned Traditional print media over online media About 50% have a digital collection in some form Professional Development and Networking Standards Alignment? Fun!

25. The road ahead… …we need your help. 1.Resources 2. Vetting for Quality 3. Outreach 1.Sustainability “The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.” Oscar Wilde

26. Future dreams: SMILE Global-Mobile Geo-located resources –sandball activities Japanese Juku Time-based event how-tos –How to view meteor showers National Geographic Society –Bioblasts