CS4QatarWorkshop on Learning innovations

Ananda Gunawardena (Guna), Ph.D.

Associate teaching Professor of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

Workshop Goals

Workshop Goal is to provide attendees with the new and innovative technology tools to improve

• Teaching Techniques (in and out of class)• Create Student Interactions (in and out of class)• Student Assessment

Outcomes of the Workshop

At the end of this workshop we expect that you will

• Understand the latest and innovative educational technology tools researched, designed and developed by CMU.

• Understand how to develop interactive material for your own classroom use

• Understand how to create an environment where students benefit from each other.

• Understand how to assess student data to improve classroom instruction.

More importantlywe hope this workshop will get you

to think about your teaching and student learning

Workshop Plan

Learning Objectives

• understand the latest and innovative educational technology tools researched, designed and developed by CMU .

• Understand how to develop interactive material for classroom use

• Understand how to assess student data to improve classroom instruction.

Pre workshop Activities• Introduction to STEM (30 minutes)

• Challenges• Computational thinking• globalization

• Introduction to Tools (30 minutes)• Tablet PC Applications (demo)• Classroom Salon (presentation of slides)

• Understanding Participants (30 minutes)• Backgrounds, Schools, Subjects you teach• What would be the best outcome to you from this

workshop?• Provide Name and Account information• One paragraph of challenges and how you would use tablet

and salon tools in your classes• Grouping of participants• Survey

• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P2KZ78R

Main Workshop Part I

• Introduction to Classroom Salon – 30 minutes• Learning how to use the platform (hands on)• Follow the plan (doc creation)

• Designing Activities to Measure Prior Knowledge of Students – 30 minutes• Presentations (what is prior knowledge? How to measure

it?)• Thinking through activities

• Group Sessions – 30 minutes• Design Content to measure prior knowledge (txt only)• Upload Content (cut and paste)• Notify Participants (assign across groups)

Lunch Break

Main Workshop Part II• Designing Activities for pre-in-post lecture reading – 20 mins

• Preparation• Design group activities• Implementation and Analysis

• Designing Activities to Encourage Test preparation – 20 mins• How to analyze the situation• Design group Activities

• Learning How to Encourage Social Learning – 20 mins• Designing activities that encourage social interaction• Small group versus large class sessions (benefits)• How to assess the data to understand student learning• Summative Analysis

• Workshop Wrap-up – 30 mins• Follow up activities• Continuing support

Certificates, Gifts and PicturesEnd of Workshop