Activities, Projects, and Goals 2020-2021
Fall 2020: Move three courses to Canvas: College Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus I. Completely revamp syllabi, class structure and design. Upgrade all mini-lectures and examples in those three courses and post in a more permanent fashion on WAMAP. Continue to work on assuring course images are fully accessible this term concentrating on Calculus I. Take eL130-eL131 workshops and complete eL132-eL133 workshops to earn Clark College's Universal Design Learning (UDL) Certificate. Stop the world's largest fracked fossil-gas-to-methanol refinery! Tidy my library :) Winter 2021: Write statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion for my website. Update my philosophy of education statement. Move Calculus II to Canvas. Complete my mandatory 5-year self-evaluation which includes multiple evaluations and visiting a colleagues' class and assessing/improving my own classes based on what I learn. Start review of all course documents and improve with focus on language that promotes inclusion. Start process of assuring all 1000+ webpages are fully accessible. Spring 2021: Completely update all 150 FAQs and related documents. Engage in departmental-wide "big picture" re-organization of online/remote/hybrid courses including technology, materials, structure, and design. Complete review of all course documents and improve with focus on language that promotes inclusion. Continue process of assuring all 1000+ webpages are fully accessible. |
Professional Development & Service Learning 2021 List of conferences, workshops, trainings, and webinars in which I participated. Each item is tagged as primarily focussed on one of my interests: Activism, Education, Educational Technology, Environment, History, Justice (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), Mathematics, Medical Science, Science, and/or STEM. [Ed / Justice] Webinar: Inclusive Online Teaching [Ed / Justice] Conference: Mathematics of Opportunity 2021: Advancing Social Justice through Math Education [website] Hosted by JustEquations.org, Feb. 2-4. [Med Sci] Webinar: DES Action 1st annual membership meeting hosted by DES Action, U.S.A., Jan. 26. [Educ] Webinar w/ Roundtable Discussion: Placement, Equity, and Disaggregated Data [Enviro] Webinar: This Moment in Climate w/ Michael Mann and Leah Stokes [website] [video] Hosted by Climate One, Jan. 19. [Math] Webinar: Hidden Hexagons: Secrets of a Six-Sided Shape [website] [Enviro] Webinar: The Fight Against Fossil Fuels: What’s Happening and What’s Next [video] [Science] Webinar: "Next‐generation tools to prioritize chemicals and for environmental management: EcoToxChip" [website] [Enviro / Justice] Webinars: New Year, New Needs, Preparing for WA's Legislative Session [Activism] Trainings: Know Your Rights (and more) [website] |
Professional Development & Service Learning 2020 [Justice] Conference: 7th Annual One River Ethics Matter Conference [website] [Med Sci] Conference: Heritable Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and DES [program] Part of Online Conference on Non-Genetic Inheritance in Human Disease hosted by Beyond Genes. [Ed Tech] Workshop: eL130 Universal Design for Learning lead by Clark College eLearning Dept, Dec. 3. [Ed Tech] Workshop: eL131 Accessible Canvas Items lead by Clark College eLearning Dept, Dec. 2. [Enviro] Webinar: "BC's Site C Dam - Where do we go from here?" hosted by The Narwhal, Nov. 26 [Math] Meeting: WAMATYC annual business meeting [website] [Enviro / Justice] Webinar: "Trans-Mountain Pipeline (TMX), Climate, and Indiginous Law" [Ed / Justice] Webinar: "Social Justice Math in Action From Educ. Model to Educ. Movement" [website] [Math] Conference: AMATYC Ignite 2020 [website] [STEM / Justice] Global Conference: Finding Ada Virtual STEM Conference [website] [Math] Conference: AMATYC 2020 [website] [Math] Global Conference: 24-Hour Maths Magic Show [website] [Math / Justice] Conference: Black Heroes of Mathematics [website] [Med Sci] Webinar: "Toxicology and Societies: The Impacts of Chemicals in Our Lives" [FB page] Presented by Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University, Oct. 22 [Ed / Justice] Webinar: "Teach for Equity Reaching all Students in Turbulent Times" [website] [Ed / Justice] Workshop: "Racial Equity in Mathematics Instruction" [Science] Webinar: “Why Scientists Fear a Chernobyl-Like Catastrophe Could Happen at Hanford” [website] Presented by Columbia Riverkeeper, Sept. 24. [Justice] Film Screening: "Yehow" [website] Hosted by Native Daily Network, Aug. 13. [Math] Conference: Math Circle [website] Hosted by Math Communities, July 13-17. [Justice / History] Film Screening: PBS's "Stonewall Uprising" [website] Webinar: "Are Salmon Doomed? Hatching a Plan to Save a Northwest Icon" [website] Webinar: “Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice” [website] Presented by Science on Tap, Jun. 11 Webinar: "Fighting fossil fuels in the PNW" Presented by Land & Water Protectors, May 28 [Med Sci] Webinar: “History of Pandemics” Presented by PSU At This Moment, May 21 [Science / History] Webinar: "Mount St. Helens and the Cascade Range Volcanoes - The 40th Anniversary" [Med Sci] Webinar: "Flatten the Curve Vancouver: Why we need to consider climate change in response to COVID-19" Hosted by Climate Action of Southwest WA, May 14 [Med Sci] Webinar: “Covid and Climate” Presented by PSU At This Moment, May 14 [Enviro] Webinar: “Removing Lower Snake River Dams to Protect Salmon and Orcas” [History] Webinar: "What Does Mount St Helens Mean To You" Presented by Mt St Helens Institute, May 11 [Math] Webinar: "Circle-ometry to Trigonometry - Exploring the Story of Trig and Why the Curriculum does it Backwards" Presented by MoMath, May 5 [Science] Webinar: "The Ecological Recovery Story" Presented by Mt St Helens Institute, May 4 [Science] Webinar: “High Risks at Hanford” Presented by Columbia Riverkeeper, Apr. 28 [History] Webinar: "The Life and Legacy of David Johnston" Presented by Mt St Helens Institute, Apr. 27 [Science] Webinar: “Climate Change (Mis)Information” Presented by Cascadia Climate Action, Apr. 23 [Math] Conference: Northwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium (NUMS 2020) [website] Hosted by PiMUC, held virtually, Apr. 18 [Ed Tech] Workshop: eL132 How to Screencast and Edit Videos lead by Clark eLearning Dept, April 14 [Math] Webinar: "Games Topologists Play" Hosted by Talk Math With Your Friends (TMWYF ), Mar. 27 [Ed Tech] Training: "How to Use Zoom" Presented by Clark College Mathematics Dept, Mar. 25 [Ed Tec]h Webinar: "Distance Learning with Desmos", Presented by DESMOS, Mar. 15 [Education] Webinar: "How to move your math or science class online", Mar. 14 [Ed Tech] Workshop: eL133 How to Capture your Videos lead by Clark College eLearning Dept, March 3 [Activism] Trainings: Know Your Rights (and more) [website] Science Webinars: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Science Pub [website] |
P.D. prior to 2020
For list of professional development experiences prior to 2020 please see P.D. Archives. |