nice monthly webinar - january 2012
TRANSCRIPT
WELCOME to the
NICE Monthly WebinarJanuary 26, 2012
We will begin shortly!
PLEASE NOTE: To control the amount of background sound, please mute your telephones after dialing in by pressing *6 or by using a manual mute button on
your telephone.
Dr. Lin Chambers, Project
Scientist
Dr. Margaret Pippin, Deputy Project
Scientist
Dr. Ann Martin, Program
Evaluator
Kate Spruill, Deputy Project Manager
N
I
C
E
T
E
A
M
VSGC NICE Team
Andi Geyer, Program Manager
Denice Dublin, Program & Development Specialist
Cassandra Small, Program Assistant
AGENDA:• Announcements & Reminders
• Presentations by:
• Kevin Czajkowski - University of Toledo
• Julie Lambert - Florida Atlantic University
• Gillian Roehrig - University of Minnesota
ANNOUNCEMENT
American Indian Higher Education ConsortiumSpring 2012 AIHEC Student Conference
March 24–27, 2012Rapid City, South Dakota
www.aihec.orgNICE Climate Education Strands
on Monday & Tuesday1-Day Faculty1-Day Student
ANNOUNCEMENT
Tri-Agency PI Meeting
April 17-20, 2012Washington, DC
Sheraton National HotelArlington, Virginia
www.sheraton.com/ArlingtonDraft agenda will be forthcoming.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Date Change for theMarch Webinar to
March 22, 2012Presenters:
Alanna Shevak – Public Broadcast ServiceJoEllen Carlson – University of South Florida
Scott Lindstrom – Madison Area Technical College
ANNOUNCEMENT
Acknowledging NASA support in publications
" all publications should acknowledge NASA
support, including the name of the program, and the grant number(s)"
Accomplishments & Reporting Update
FY 2011 Accomplishments reported to NASA HQ• 42 new or revised higher education courses; over 1,405 students participated
• 3,953 elementary and secondary educators participated in STEM PD
• Over 4,000 elementary and secondary students
participated
THANK YOU for the metrics data submitted on the PAF’s and quarterly reports!
On January 30th, the system will be opened for December 2011 reports
• Will have a few new features to add clarity and correct some system issues
• Please input your Dec 2011 report by February 24, 2012 Not Submitted Submitted
• Please review and submit prior reports• Expect system to be in sync with future reporting periods
• Will begin working on Version 2 in late February; suggestions are welcome.
Participant Surveys and PAF’s• PAF guidance and template on the Reporting page of
ANNOUNCEMENT
Evaluators @ 2012 Tri-Agency PI Meeting
Email Ann Martin at [email protected]
• Need to update [email protected] – you can tell us in the Webex chat box!
• You have all received info about the Tri-Agency PI meeting; in addition to PI-focused activities, there will be a strand for evaluators and a discussion about a common evaluation framework for tri-agency funded CCE projects.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Evaluators @ 2012 Tri-Agency PI Meeting
Email Ann Martin at [email protected]
As we plan for the event, we would like to gauge interest. If you are interested in having an evaluator attend, please let us know which of the following situation(s) applies to you:
1. You expect to be able to fund your evaluator to travel to the meeting.
2. Your evaluator otherwise has access to travel funds to attend the meeting and you will pursue this option with them.
3. You and/or your evaluator would like for them to attend but funding is an issue at this time.
4. You’re not planning on asking your evaluator to participate in the meeting.
PRESENTER
Gillian RoehrigUniversity of Minnesota
Associate ProfessorScience Education
Next Monthly Webinar February 23, 2012
PRESENTERS• Robert J. Myers – Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies
• David Gosselin – University of Nebraska
• Amy Work – Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology/Cayuga Community College