Calendar of EventsJune & July 2002June 10 - July 26, 2002July 22 - July 26, 2002 (Teacher Training) Houston PREP 2002 The "Integration of Technology in Middle School Mathematics" workshop will have teachers study topics of fractions & proportions, place value fractions & decimal operations, integers & their operations, and measurement, including area and perimeter. They will explore the objectives using the Casio CFX-9850Ga Plus graphing calculators, visiting the Shodor site and other resources on the Internet and modeling with Stella and Excel. The workshop will address national and state standards. Sponsored in part by the Carolinas Middle Grades Math Initiative through EdGrid, by T3 and by a generous donation from the Cain Foundation.
July 2002July 8 - July 20, 2002National Computational Science Summer Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois Teachers from all over the country will participate in a Summer Institute aimed at integrating computational science into secondary school math and science classes on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Twenty-five teams of teachers will participate in the National Computational Science Leadership Program (NCSLP), a component of the SC2000 and SC2001 conferences. Over the course of the institute, teachers will create an instruction module for their math and science classes. The Summer Institute is one component of an 18-month program geared towards instructing teachers interested in using computational science to enhance science and math education. For more information about NCSLP, visit http://www.ncsec.org
March 2002March 20, 2002Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference EdGrid - Moving K-12 Teachers into 21st Century Science with 21st Century Technology: Building the Educational Grid for Pre-Service Training EdGrid Panel:
The PT3 funded EdGrid program sponsors seven teams to explore various models of integrating modeling and visualization as methods of discovery and scientific analysis into teacher preparation.
October 2001October 13, 2001 - April 27, 2002Computational Science Academy (Saturday PREP) A continuation of the PREP program, Saturday PREP provides mentors and nurtures PREP students in grades 8 and 9 for 15 Saturdays throughout the academic year. Students are encouraged to pursue mathematics, science, and engineering technology careers, and have opportunities to apply problem-solving skills in many ways. October 13, 2001 - April 27, 2002 This program, for high school juniors and seniors, prepares students for college in the areas of Computer Science and Computational Science and Mathematics by instructing students in pre-calculus, programming languages C++, Java and Scheme, as well as html.
August 2001July 30 - August 10, 2001Modeling and Visualization for High School Teachers This two-week summer professional development session, at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, focused on learning to use two modeling and visualization tools (ChemViz and Biology Student Workbench) and integrating them into existing curriculum modules. A significant portion of the workshop was spent working in teams to develop curriculum materials utilizing these tools. During week two, teachers tested the new materials with students.
July 2001Maryland Virtual High SchoolJuly 9 - 13, 2001 Building Learning with Technology Participants learned about web-based simulations, electronic portfolios, building a web site, and continued their work on curriculum modules. Contact: Susan Ragan. July 11 - 14, 2001 Nearly 150 participants representing 25 states attended the leadership conference for middle school mathematics. Participants examined different mathematical strands and discussed content as it relates to standards-based curricula. The technology component included a presentation by Bethany Snyder, Shodor Education Foundation, on Project Interactivate. Contact: Rick Billstein. July 23 - 27 Twenty teachers from the Native American Schools around Montana attended a week-long workshop on probability and statistics using activities from Project Interactivate, Shodor Education Foundation. Contact: Rick Billstein. July 23 - 27 HISD's Urban Learning Initiative in a Network Community sponsored a week long teacher training program to integrate technology in middle school mathematics. Contact: Sangeeta Gad.
June 2001June 11 - July 27Houston Pre-Freshman Enrichment Program (PREP) This intensive 7 week mathematics-based pre-college program provides educational enrichment opportunities for high ability middle and high school students. The PREP program reinforces the normal pre-college mathematics instructional program by discussing college level topics not offered in middle or high school. Components include: logic, linear algebra, statistics, technical writing, biology, physics, computational and computer sciences, and more. During this session, 275 students enrolled in the program. Visit: www.uhd.edu/prep June Chincoteaugue National Wildlife Refuge A workshop for K-6 teachers was held at the Chincoteaugue National Wildlife Refuge. Teachers developed lesson packets related to the area using modeling and visualization tools and activities from Project Interactivate, that coordinate with a fieldtrip to the area. Contact: John August.
May 2001May 29 - 31EdGrid Workshop The NCSA ACCESS Center in Washington DC was the site of the first EdGrid Workshop. Participants representing all EdGrid Teams attended tutorials of modeling and visualization software, shared their work through presentations and poster sessions, and networked with others. |
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