November 2011
Ms. Hoette was recently honored at the 2011 Illinois Science Education
Conference by Stars at Yerkes teachers for her contributions to
astronomy education at Yerkes and throughout the world. Go Vivian!
October 2011
Vivian Hoette and Kevin McCarron presented a NITARP poster at the
Illinois Science Teachers Association meeting in October 2011. They
also gave a talk on our NITARP science and education.
September 2011
Ms. Hoette will be running a workshop at Yerkes Observatory
on Infrared Astronomy, incorporating things from her NITARP
experience.
January 2011
Ms. Hoette presented the results of her 2010 team's work at the
Seattle AAS in January 2011. Here is the team's science poster, education poster 1, and education poster 2. Ms. Hoette
was the first author on one of the education posters. Please see
the AAS 2011 page for a
summary of this team's activities.
Ms. Hoette's efforts to involve hearing impaired students and
visually impaired students in her NITARP experience were wildly
successful! The students impressed and inspired many other NITARP
participants.
Ms. Hoette writes:
My observation was that [our students'] ideas for their future
expanded with the whole experience. That science became more than a
class but an endeavor in which they could participate.
[One of the other teachers with whom I've been working, now] sees
herself as being able to teach science, [...], and wants to share this
excitement and potential with others who are in deaf education who
might never have thought that they could teach science, with the
support of the science community and with the support of a network of
science educators. So many educators who work with students who have
special needs specialize in supporting the needs of the students
rather than the core STEM subjects, so it seems that becoming
empowered in the language and the nature of inquiry and investigation
was also life changing for our teacher participants.
June 2010
Ms. Hoette brought 6 people with her to her team's Pasadena visit in
June 2010. She included 2 hearing impaired students and 1 visually
impaired student, along with one teacher per student from their
respective schools. The visit went very well, and we will post more
information soon.
Ms. Hoette shared what she learned at her IPAC visit about the Spitzer
Heritage Archive with her Hands-On Universe colleagues at their annual
summer Yerkes conference in June 2010.
Please see the Summer 2010 visits page.
January 2010
Ms. Hoette is a new NITARP teacher this year, and has just started with her team.
She is exploring the possibilities of getting blind and deaf kids involved
in her NITARP experience.
The AAS was very useful for Ms. Hoette -- through collaborations
intiatated at the AAS, she has included a Dark Skies Workshop in a
Teacher Weekend in mid-January. She helped develop the WISE
asteroids educational material. She also writes:
I met with collaborators from Hubble Space
Telescope Max Mutchler, and Noreen Grice, or You Can Do Astronomy to exhibit our
project on the Tactile Carina. During that exhibit time, a young graduate from
Univ. of Georgia (?) who was hard of hearing volunteered to let
us video tape her ASL interpretation of the Tactile Carina description. This
happened because I had the intention of creating an ASL video with the local
School for the Deaf. Now her video will act as an introduction to the local deaf
kids and we will build from there to create a fully correct ASL video during
March and April. We have made a plan to do this over a two month period. I
think that these efforts with a Tactile Carina can lead to a Tactile CG4 product
or at least plans for one, with ASL video to go with it.
Jeff Adkins
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John Blackwell
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Jacqueline Barge
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Christopher Border
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Kareen Borders
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Robert Bonadurer
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Merrill Butler
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Lauren Chapple
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Joseph Childers
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Howard Chun
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Wendy Curtis
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Richard DeCoster
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Stacy DeVeau
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Harlan Devore
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Cris DeWolf
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Velvet Dowdy
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Thomas Doyle
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Dean Drumheller
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Debbie Edwards
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Mike Ford
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Debbie French
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John Gibbs
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Peter Guastella
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Rosa Hemphill
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Ardis Herrold
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Vivian Hoette
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Chelen Johnson
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Virginia Jones
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Adam Keeton
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Susan Kelly
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Marcella Linahan
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Thomas Loughran
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Carolyn Mallory
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Anthony Maranto
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Christoper Martin
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Kevin McCarron
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Matthew McCutcheon
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David McDonald
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Shefali Mehta
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Cindy Melton
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Kate Meredith
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Lauren Novatne
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Kathryn O'Connor
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Caroline Odden
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Jeffrey Paradis
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Vincent Pereira
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Helen Petach
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Peggy Piper
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Peter Pitman
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Elizabeth Ramseyer
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Steve Rapp
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Theresa Roelofsen Moody
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Denise Rothrock
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Diane Sartore
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John Schaefers
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Sally Seebode
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Babs Sepulveda
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Timothy Spuck
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Darryl Stanford
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Linda Stefaniak
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Dwight Taylor
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Jennifer Tetler
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Beth Thomas
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Cynthia Weehler
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Lynne Zielinski
