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First Name: 
Briana Pobiner
LinkedIn URL: 
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=10159314
Professional Title: 
Dr.
Organization/Institution: 
Smithsonian Institution
About Me (Bio): 
I am the Science Outreach & Education Program Specialist for the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. I have a BA in Evolutionary Studies from Bryn Mawr College, where I created her own major, and an MA and PhD in Anthropology from Rutgers University. My science research centers on the evolution of human diet (with a focus on meat-eating), but has included topics as diverse as cannibalism in the Cook Islands and chimpanzee carnivory. I have done fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Indonesia and has been supported in her research by the Fulbright-Hays program, the Leakey Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, Rutgers University, the Society for American Archaeology, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. My favorite field moments include falling asleep in a tent in the Serengeti in Tanzania while listening to the distant whoops of hyenas, watching a pride of lions eat a zebra carcass on the Kenyan equator, and discovering fossil bones that were last touched, butchered and eaten by one of my 1.5 million year old ancestors. I came to the Smithsonian in 2005 to help work on the Hall of Human Origins, got bitten by the “public understanding of science” bug and haven’t looked back, continuing to do my research while leading the Human Origins Program’s education and outreach efforts. I currently manages the Human Origins Program's public programs, website content, social media, volunteer content training, and other education and outreach initiatives.
URL: 
http://humanorigins.si.edu
http://www.facebook.com/smithsonian.humanorigins
http://twitter.com/HumanOrigins
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Planning Evaluations for DRK-12 Design Projects: An Evaluative Framework Using Evidence-Centered Design (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 5)

Submitted by Geneva Haertel on Wed, 11/03/2010 - 4:56pm
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Author(s): 
Haynie, Kathleen
Contact Info: 
geneva.haertel@sri.com
Publication Type: 
Report
Publication Date: 
2010
Access Link: 
http://ecd.sri.com/downloads/ECD_TR5_Evaluative_Framework.pdf

Evaluation work is presented and discussed in terms of evaluative requirements from the National Science Foundation, and in terms of five fundamental issues that undergird practical program evaluation: social programming, knowledge construction, valuing, knowledge use, and evaluation practice.  The report moves through six phases of evaluative work: (1) a logic modeling process, (2) definition of evaluative focus areas, (3) clarification of evaluative questions, (4) design of the evaluation plan, (5) collection and analysis of data, and (6) provision of evaluative information to stakeholders.  Rationales for design decisions made in the context of this evaluation are provided and discussed, and process options are laid out for designers of similar evaluations.

NSDL Request for Proposals

Submitted by cadre-admin on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 5:50pm
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Event Date: 
April 24, 2010 - 12:00 am
Associated Dates and Deadlines: 
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: April 24, 2010
Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 26, 2010

In FY2010, the program will accept proposals for large grants in 1) the Pathways track, 2) Pathways - II, 3) specific sub-tracks of Services, and 4) Targeted Research. In all tracks, the program will also accept proposals for small grants that extend or enhance results from existing services, collections, or targeted research activity to enlarge the user audience for the NSDL network or improve capabilities for the user.

Technology-intensive projects that explore specific topics that have immediate applicability to collections, services, and other aspects of the development of the NSDL network should seek small grant support under the Services section of the program. In addition the program particularly encourages proposals for small grants from institutions and organizations new to NSDL that look to establish partnerships with existing Pathways project activities.

First Name: 
Catherine McCulloch
Professional Title: 
Project Director
Organization/Institution: 
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
About Me (Bio): 
Catherine McCulloch is project director for CADRE, the resource network for DR K-12 awardees. She has worked internationally with EDC’s middle-grades science mentoring programs as a facilitator for the mentoring skills and strategies component, and has participated in the development of a professional development model and curriculum materials for after-school programs, working in partnership with museums and science centers. Previously, Ms. McCulloch was assistant director of the National Arts and Learning Collaborative, where she oversaw community involvement in arts education. She has over 15 years of experience teaching in a variety of settings, private and public.
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