Draft of the Portland Immune Attack + other technologies for teachers workshop!

SC-09 Teacher Day

Saturday November 14, 2009

Portland, Oregon

Location: Portland State University- Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science

Time: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Schedule (draft)

• 9:30 AM – Welcome
• 9:35 – 10:50 AM – Melanie Stegman: (1) Introduction to Immune Attack – how to play, installation, learning objectives, general concepts, and highlights
• 11:00 AM – 12:30 – Melanie Stegman:  (2) How to use Immune Attack in the Classroom (facilitated discussion)
• 12:30 – 1:15 PM – Lunch (provided for registered participants and presenters by the SC-09 Education Committee
• 1:15 – 2:00 PM – Jeff Sale, San Diego Supercomputer Center – Data Discovery in the Classroom (hands-on activity on laptops)
  
• 2:00 – 3:15 PM – Pallavi Ishwad, Pittsburg Supercomputer Center  – Exciting Education Programs from PSC for K-12 Teachers
  
• 3:15-3:30 PM – Break
• 3:30 – 4:15 PM – Brad Armosky, Texas Advanced Computing Center – Computational Thinking in Context - Integrating computational approaches into your STEM teaching and learning.
• 4:15 – 5:00 PM – Blair Baldwin, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – OMSI’s Resources and Activities for Computational Science Education - Local activities, programs, and resources for Portland Area teachers and students
  
• 5:00 – 5:30 PM – Evaluation, Discussion, and Distribution of take-home materials
  

Teachers are strongly encouraged to bring their laptops to be able to participate in the hands-on activities.