Tuesday, May 6, 2003 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Room GWD-124 Gillin Hall 540 Windsor Street University of New Brunswick Fredericton
This is a workshop on strategies and programs to help connect engineers with the pre-college and pre-university community. This workshop would be of interest to teachers and administrators at high-schools, colleges, or universities. It is also of interest to engineers, and anyone else who has an interest in enhancing the level of technological literacy of teachers and their students and in sharing information regarding careers in technical areas including engineering and science.
Admission is free, but in order to have enough instructional materials for everyone, we would like people to try to let us know if they will be attending. If you have an interest in attending, please inform:
Brent Petersen Chair, IEEE New Brunswick Section email: b.petersen@ieee.org voice: (506) 447-3328 fax: (506) 453-3589 An agenda for the workshop is shown below: Agenda 1. Welcome & Introductions 2. Workshop Goals: - Empower Section "champions" to develop collaborations with their local pre-college and pre-university community to promote applied inquiry-based learning. - Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-college and pre-university educators. - Encourage pre-college and pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering. - Increase the general level of technological literacy of students for many years. 3. Workshop Outcomes: - To expose minority and female students to engineering and other technical professions. - An improved understanding of engineers and the engineering profession among pre-college and and pre-university educators. - To increase the number of Sections establishing collaborative programs with the pre-college and and pre-university community. - Enhance the level of networking among Section volunteers. - To expand the number of Sections participating in the Teacher In-service Program. 4. Resources for the Pre-college and and Pre-university Community - brochure, handout, both - Careers information - NASA/CNU/IEEE sponsored international competition https://vinny.pcs.cnu.edu/ - IEEE Virtual Museum https://www.ieee.org/museum/ - IEEE/ASME collaboration - Pre-college and pre-university Educator/Engineer Resource Site https://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/precollege/ - IDEAS https://www.asme.org/education/precollege/ - High School ROBOT Challenge - Retirees Enhancing Science Education through Experiments and Demonstrations - RE-SEED https://www.reseed.neu.edu/ - Faraday Lecture Series - SAE's "A World in Motion" - https://www.howstuffworks.com/ - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - FIRST https://www.usfirst.org/ - Website resources for educators - Sloan Career Cornerstone Center https://www.careercornerstone.org/ - Technically Speaking Report - Executive Summary of Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology Teacher In-service Program - Background Information - Purpose - Duration - Benefits - Participating Sections - Assessment/Questionnaire Results/Metrics - What Constitutes an Overall In-service Program? 4 or more topics developed and presented to pre-college and pre-university educators by Section volunteers within the 2 year time frame Topics could be rolled out by various volunteers (portable) 4 or more topics available for deployment each academic year. - How to Begin? - A front end loaded process - Two entities to coordinate simultaneously - The Section - The School/District - Section Focus - Getting started - Volunteers & "Coaches" - Cost (to the Section and to the teacher) - Publicity (flyers, newsletter articles) - Topics - A practical, hands-on, applicable focus - Discussion of strategies to enlist Section volunteers Break - School/District focus - School/District structure - Contacts/Who to call first? - People who have district-wide responsibility for staff development, science, technology and mathematics. These positions could be directors, assistant superintendents, supervisors, coordinators, etc. Contact at least two of these people. - Briefly describe IEEE - Largest professional technical organization in the world - 37 professional societies - Over 380,000 members - Members in over 150 countries - Mention types of engineering represented by IEEE, e.g., electrical, computer - Share the commitment that the IEEE and the local Section have in enhancing the level of technological literacy and science among educators and ultimately their students. - Discuss the alignment of topics/presentations with provincial standards, provincial assessment tests, and any local requirements - Point out the connections to science, mathematics and technology content - Discuss teachers earning in-service points/CEU's - Offer/request to meet with district/school level personnel to discuss the program, the benefits, and proposed topics. - Contacts may request a brief written description of the presentation being considered - Discuss potential dates and venues to deploy the presentations - In-service/Professional Development days? - Saturday mornings? - Determine if teachers will have a choice among sessions - May include the topic as a part of an engineering program - Discuss the length of the program - A suggestion would be to develop a 4-hour presentation. - Determine facility needs - Tables and chairs versus desks - Power needs - Laboratory setting - Resin tabletops needed? - A-V needs - Safety issues - Discuss refreshments for attendees - The Presentation (based on a 4-hour time frame) - Handouts are a must - Hands-on segments should be included - "Take away" supplies/models/materials are important - Small group work (pairs, 3, 4) is strongly encouraged - PowerPoint or Overhead slides are fine - Suggested outline - Introduction/background (15 minutes) - Share the objectives for the presentation - Include connections to provincial standards/provincial assessment tests - Discussion/presentation of concepts (30 minutes) - Group work/hands-on segment (45 minutes) - Debrief and discuss applications (20 minutes) - Discussion/presentation of concepts (30 minutes) - Group work/hands-on segment (45 minutes) - Debrief and discuss applications/comparisons (20 minutes) - Summarize the concepts presented and the objectives (20 minutes) - Questions/comments (10 minutes) - Housekeeping (5 minutes) - Complete district forms - Complete questionnaire (please use these 12 questions and add additional questions if you desire) - Tabulation of results - Other presentation venues - State/Province/Region wide science, technology, and/or mathematics teacher conferences - College of Engineering program for pre-university teachers - Follow-up implementation 5. Summary/Closure 6. Adjourn