ISEA at CAST
As an affiliate of the Science Teacher’s Association of Texas (STAT), ISEA coordinates a strand for their annual Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST). Focusing on professional development and partnerships between formal classroom educators and informals, ISEA sessions are dynamic and innovative opportunities for high quality professional development.
STAT Studio
As a partner with STAT, ISEA is responsible for creating content that can be used to help science teachers around the state through through STAT's video platform STAT Studio. ISEA is looking for volunteers or volunteer organizations to help create content for the platform with the upcoming themes:
Funny you should think that...An assessment has to be a test
Main Focus: Students can show mastery of science in different ways.
Ideas: Program and activity effectiveness, informal evaluation methods, Project Based Learning efficacy
Funny you should think that...You aren't a scientist
Main Focus: Scientists aren't necessarily found in laboratories.
Ideas: Citizen/Community Science opportunities, research in education, programs outside of the big 3 subjects (biology, chemistry, physics)
The raw footage is all that is required as STAT will edit and clean up the video. If you or your organization would like to volunteer to create content for either of these videos, let us know by emailing us at texasinformalscience@gmail.com.