InTeGrate spring 2016 professional development webinar series

(last updated June 7, 2016 by Alice Newman)
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About the series

Type of series: Professional Development, free and open to the public
Goal of series: Promote broad adoption of teaching aligned with InTeGrate philosophy, using materials as tools
Scheduling: 8 webinars in total, running from late February--early June.

The connecting thread to the series is the emphasis on incorporating InTeGrate pedagogies into teaching practices
Each webinar in the series will feature InTeGrate pedagogies and provide clear information on:
- The motivation behind the InTeGrate effort (in the most succinct way possible)
- Core pedagogies for teaching about sustainability in an interdisciplinary way
- The tools immediately available for our audience to tap into
- Upcoming opportunities to get involved in (related webinars, workshops, meetings, etc.)

List of webinars in the series:

1) Connecting science to issues of justice in your course
Thursday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Environmental justice and freshwater resources module
Featured implementation programs: UTEP
Leaders: Jill Schneiderman, Josh Villalobos, Diane Doser, Meg Stewart
Status: webinar concluded, awaiting feedback from participants
Quick stats: 52 registered, 22 attended

2) Interdisciplinary teaching: building sustainability into your non-science class
Wednesday, March 9 at 3 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Hydrotopia: Toward a Hydraulic Society in the American West (course), Cli-Fi: Climate Science in Literary Texts (module)
Leaders: Jennifer Sliko, Jennifer Hanselman,Ed Barbanell
Status: webinar concluded, awaiting feedback from participants
Quick stats: 43 registered, 21 attended

3) Using data to teach about societally important questions
Wednesday, March 23 at 12 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: GETSI module (Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes), Earth Modeling module, Climate of Change module
**Note: The Earth Modeling module is not yet live (still in pilot phase), so we can't share the pages with participants yet.
Leaders: Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Becca Walker, Kirsten Menking
Quick stats: 82 registered, 39 attended

4) Improving climate literacy through your undergraduate course
Thursday, April 7 at 2 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Climate of change module
Featured implementation programs: Gustavus Adolphus
Leaders: Cindy Shellito, Julie Bartley, Laura Triplett
Quick stats: 97 registered, 48 attended

5) Teaching about soils as a critical resource: materials and activities for your classroom
Thursday, April 21 at 2 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: A growing concern module, Soils, systems, and society module
Featured implementation programs: TBD
Leaders: Hannah Scherer, Martha Murphy, Kathryn Baldwin
Quick stats: 96 registered, 59 attended

6) Working with diverse students on societally relevant geoscience issues
Wednesday, May 11 at 1 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Traveling workshop programs, modules (TBD)
Featured implementation programs: UTEP, University of Illinois at Chicago, Savannah State
Leaders: Diane Doser, Josh Villalobos, Stefany Sit, Sue Ebanks
Quick stats: 91 registered, 52 attended

7) Making change happen at your institution: how to overcome practical challenges and build momentum
Friday, May 27 at 12 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Judith's materials on institutional change (found in For Higher Ed/InTeGrate)
Leader: Judith Ramaley
Quick stats: 83 registered, 49 attended

8) Transforming teacher preparation to teach for sustainability
Wednesday, June 2 at 1:30 p.m. (CT)--completed

Featured materials: Exploring Geoscience Methods; Soils, Systems, and Society; Interactions between Water, Earth's Surface, and Human Activity
Featured implementation programs: Washington State NextGen
Leaders: Anne Egger, Ed Geary, Scott Linneman, Jim Ebert, Kathryn Baldwin, Kyle Gray
Quick stats: 65 registered, 37 attended

9) Integrating sustainability into your course: overcoming practical challenges (Move to Fall series)

Featured materials: TBD
Potential leaders: TBD (perhaps Julie Bartley)
Status: Have not yet identified leaders and materials to feature

10) Teaching about natural hazards: bringing geoscience and social science together (Move to Fall series)

Featured materials: Natural hazards and risks: Hurricanes module, Map your hazards! module
Featured implementation programs: Savannah State?
Potential leaders: Josh Galster, and more TBD
Status: Lacking potential leaders