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POGIL eLearning Events

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Upcoming eSeries Events

All eSeries begin at 7 PM Eastern time and cost $20 per person

 

 

Wed., Jan. 29, 2025   •   Facilitation: Exploring Your Vision and Values  •  7 PM ET  •  $20

Are you interested in improving your facilitation skills? Whether you are a beginner or have used POGIL for years, there are always ways to refine and improve your practice. Join Marty Perry (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) and Tim Herzog (Weber State University) as they help you begin your journey of self-improvement by asking you to reflect on your vision and values as a POGIL practitioner.

Participants will have an opportunity to:
  • share successes and challenges with each other
  • explore their personal vision and values as facilitators
  • draft goals for continued development
Registration for this event is limited to 36 people.  Registrants will be sent a Zoom meeting link 2 days prior to the webinar.  Please note that the session begins at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central/5 PM Mountain/4 PM Pacific).  The session is scheduled for 75 minutes.

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Wed., March 19, 2025   •   Using POGIL Activities with OpenSciEd  •  7 PM ET  •  $20

OpenSciEd (OSE) is an open source, phenomenon-based curriculum that many secondary schools have adopted in the last few years. While the lessons use active learning, and are inquiry in nature, they rely a lot on discourse or class discussion to build understanding. Join Laura Trout (Lancaster Country Day School) and Chris Smith (Wauwatosa East HS) as they investigate how small group learning with POGIL activities can be a valuable supplement to this
curriculum. In this session, we will provide examples of unit outlines for high school science courses that illustrate how POGIL can be incorporated into various OSE units. 
Participants will have an opportunity to:
  • become familiar with examples of OSE lessons
  • brainstorm how POGIL can be used with the OSE curriculum
Registration for this event is limited to 36 people.  Registrants will be sent a Zoom meeting link 2 days prior to the webinar.  Please note that the session begins at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central/5 PM Mountain/4 PM Pacific).  The session is scheduled for 75 minutes.

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Wed., April 23, 2025   •   Empowering Through Language: Asset-Minded Approaches in Your Classroom  •  7 PM ET  •  $20

Join Kristin Plessel (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) and Sidney Boquiren (Adelphi University) as they focus on fostering equity-mindedness by exploring the concepts of equity, equity-mindedness, and the contrast between deficit-based and asset-based approaches. Participants are guided through reflective exercises to identify pressing equity challenges in their work and practice reframing deficit-based narratives into asset-based language. A case study illustrates practical applications of these approaches in educational contexts. Attendees are encouraged to critically analyze their own practices, listen to student voices, and design equitable strategies that leverage strengths, identities, and community knowledge to create inclusive, growth-oriented environments.
 
Objectives:
  • examine the terms equity, equity-mindedness, deficit-based and asset-based
  • practice identifying deficit-based descriptions and converting it to asset-based with a neutral example
  • identify ways to utilize asset-based practices in your context
Registration for this event is limited to 36 people.  Registrants will be sent a Zoom meeting link 2 days prior to the webinar.  Please note that the session begins at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central/5 PM Mountain/4 PM Pacific).  The session is scheduled for 75 minutes.

REGISTER HERE