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Annual Report for Susan K. Cowles
January 15, 2004 - January 15, 2005

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1. Interaction

Field Experience

Continued Collaboration with Research Team Members

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: None

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? No

2. Community / Colleague Outreach

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? In June, 2003, I took an early retirement option from Linn-Benton Community College. I continue to interact with colleagues on the state, regional, and national levels through professional development projects. I often use the TEA Antarctic experience in this work.

We are using the model of our website, Polar Science Station (http://literacynet.org/polar), which is developed for the adult learner/instructor audience, in the development of Ocean Science Station (http://literacyworks.org/ocean). This website supports the Oregon Ocean Sciences and Math Collaborative Project, a state-wide professional development project in collaboration with Oregon State University College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, and Oregon Sea Grant. To date, four adult education instructors have gone to sea with ocean scientists. Each instructor has sent journal text and images to the Ocean Science Station website, using my TEA journals as a model. Each journal contains math/geography/writing questions, and there is a focus on workplace skills and job opportunities.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: N/A

Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report? N/A

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: N/A

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc. In all these workshops and presentations, my TEA Antarctic experience and materials were used as examples or as the basis for workshop activities. 1. 2/16/04-2/19/04: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Research and Education seciton, Honolulu, Hawaii. "Adult Literacy: A Ready Audience for Ocean Science Education", 50 parcticipants. 2. 2/2/04-2/7/04: Kansas Adult Education Association Conference, Ft. Hays, Kansas. "Teaching Math from Antarctica", "Using the Internet for Math and Science Instruction", "Experiences from Antarctica" (keynote luncheon speaker), 300 parcticipants. 3. 04/26/04-04/29/04: Commission on Adult Basic Education Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio. "Learner Ressources Online", "Online Resources for Practical Learning", "Navigating through Algebra and Data Analysis", 75 parcticipants total.

Have you presented to your local board of education this year? N/A

3. Classroom Transfer

Activities Development

Title: N/A

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Other Classroom Connections: We were notified in February, 2004 that the website “POP Goes Antarctica”, on the Polar Science Station http://literacynet.org/polar has been nominated for inclusion as an educational resource in the Broad Collection of the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE). As it has been described, “DLESE is a nationwide effort to find, create, catalog and disseminate excellent digital materials for helping people learn and teach about the Earth and environment”. The “POP Goes Antarctica” website was designed to provide access to lower skill level learners to the world of polar science. This website, http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/home.html , has learning activities connected to workplace skills as well as specific math activities related to life and work at an American Antarctic program science research station.

4. Other TEA Activity Involvement

N/A

Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives? N/A

Have you submitted 20 digital images to the TEA Archive with electronic captions? N/A

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Archive? N/A