- Year 2019
- NSF Noyce Award # 1557155
- First Name Shelly
- Last Name Rodriguez
- Institution The University of Texas
- Role/Position Associate Professor of Practice
- Workshop Category Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends
- Workshop Disciplines Audience Other: STEM
- Target Audience Evaluators/Education Researchers, Higher Education Institution Administrators, Noyce Teaching Fellows, Project PIs / Co-PIs / Other Faculty/Staff, School and District Administrators, Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars
- Topics Supporting New Teachers
- Session Length 30 minutes
- Additional Presenter(s)
Susan McLain, susan.mclain@gmail.com, Manor New Tech High School, Science Teacher/ Noyce Scholar
Goals
In this session participants will:
1) Learn about the maker movement and the connection to STEM teacher preparation
2) Analyze an open portfolio model used for micro-credentialing
3) Reflect on the use of open portfolios in other contexts
Evidence
Existing at the intersection of the arts, crafts, engineering, mathematics, science, and technology, making is made visible through the breadth and depth of what makers create (Marshall & Harron, 2018). UTeach Maker uses an open portfolio to document, share, and assess the work of Noyce scholars and other new teachers in the program. This portfolio is a publicly accessible, openly networked platform that allows participants to capture, curate, and share work. It serves to highlight the creator’s unique voice, abilities, and interests. Portfolios have been used in the assessment process in writing and art classrooms as a standard (e.g., Gardner, 1989; Wolf, 1989; Yancey, 2009). By helping to showcase their work, open portfolios have the potential to support Noyce scholars by highlighting their knowledge and skills in a public forum. Gardner, H. (1989). Zero-based arts education: An introduction to ARTS PROPEL. Studies in Art Education, 30(2), 71-83 Marshall, J. & Harron, J. R. (2018). Making learners: A framework for evaluating making in STEM education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning 12(2). doi:10.7771/1541-5015.1749 Wolf, D. P. (1989). Portfolio assessment: Sampling student work. Document Resume, 351. Yancey, K. B. (2009). Electronic portfolios a decade into the twenty-first century: What we know, what we need to know. Peer Review, 11(1), 28.
Proposal
Participants will be introduced to making, the UTeach Maker program, and the open portfolio process used for micro-credentialing. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the portfolios of current and former Noyce scholars and will have time to survey the rubrics provided for national reviewers. The session will include a Q & A with a current scholar from the program and will give participants the chance to consider how an open portfolio might be useful in their own program context.
