IEEE Teacher In-Service Programin Southern India

Taj Krishna HyderabadHyderabad, India7-8 May 2011

Outline

Our Organization: IEEE

Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering, computing and technology to pre-university educators and students?

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the expectations?

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Outline

Our Organization: IEEE

Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering, computing and technology to pre-university educators and students?

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the expectations?

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Our Organization – IEEE

An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering– as well as computer science, the allied branches of

engineering, and related arts and sciences

Established 127 years agoOperating in 160+ countriesHas approximately 400,000 members – The largest technical professional association in the world – $350M annual budget– Headquarters in New York City, NY, USA

Employs 1000+ professional staff

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IEEE Today

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MEMBERS400,000

COUNTRIES160

CONFERENCES1200+ per year

SOCIETIES/COUNCILS

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World’s largest technical professional society

STANDARDS1,300 Active Standards

Advancing Technology for Humanity

IEEE’s Organizational Chart

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IEEE MembersIEEE Members

IEEE Board of Directors IEEE Board of Directors IEEE AssemblyIEEE Assembly Chaired by the President and CEO

Publication Services and Products

Publication Services and Products

Technical Activities Technical Activities

Educational Activities

Educational Activities

Member and Geographical Activities

Member and Geographical Activities

Standards Association Standards Association IEEE USAIEEE USATechnical

Societies Technical Societies Local SectionsLocal Sections

IEEE Major Boards

Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10 are now the two largest IEEE Regions

R9 – 17,429

R8 – 75,138

R1095,353R1 to 6 – 212,754

R7 – 17,209

R1 – 36,558

R2 – 32,718

R3 – 31,412

R4 – 23,859

R5 – 30,050

R6 – 58,157

IEEE Membership By Region31 January 2011

Today's IEEE is not just about Electrical and Computer Engineering

The IEEE-designated fields include:

Engineering

Computer sciences and information technology

Biological and medical sciences

Mathematics

Physical sciences

Technical communications, education,management, law and policy

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IEEE Volunteers

Key to IEEE success – About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a

week to the organization Local Section Chair Associate editor of a Journal Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical

Activities Board Chair of a committee that develops a Standard

The organization is guided by volunteers– From the President and CEO to the local Section

Chair major decisions are made by volunteers– An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers

was estimated between $2bn-$3bn

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IEEE’s principal activities (1)

Organizing the professional community– Based on geographic distribution and areas

of interest

Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art

Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

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IEEE’s principal activities (2)

Developing technical standards – Approximately 900 standards at present

Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public – Including students and teachers in the pre-

university system

Improving the understanding of engineering, technology and computing by the public

Recognizing the leaders of the profession– Awards and membership grades 11

What are we trying to do…

…advance global prosperity by – Fostering technological innovation– Enabling members' careers – Promoting community worldwide

for the benefit of humanity and the profession

• Key to success: early recognition of new fields

• In 1884 – power engineering

• In 1912 – communications

• In 1942 – computing

• In 1962 – digital communications

• In 1972 – networking

• In 1982 – clean energy

• In 1992 – nanotechnology

• In 2002 – engineering and the life sciences 12

Sample Activities: Regional Organizations

IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local Sections– There are 333 local Sections worldwide in 10 Regions

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Sample Activities: Standards

IEEE develop standards in several areas, including:– Power and Energy – Transportation – Biomedical and Healthcare– Nanotechnology – Information Technology – Information Assurance

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Outline

Our Organization: IEEE

Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering, computing and technology to pre-university educators and students?

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the expectations?

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education (1)

Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission

Because in many IEEE Sections there is a marked decline in the interest of young people in Engineering, Computing and Technology– This is a concern for the future of these

communities and would have a negative impact on their standard of living

Because we do not believe the problem is going to be tackled effectively without us

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education (2)

The demands of the 21st century will require technological innovation to deliver

advanced technologies in developed countries

infrastructure solutions in developing countries

Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations

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WHAT IS IEEE DOING?

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Pre-University Education

Overall objective: – To increase the propensity of young people

to select engineering, computing and technology as a program of study and career path

– Increase the level of technological literacy

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The Challenge and Approach

Challenge:– Public perception of engineers/engineering/

technology is often misinformed resulting in early decisions that block the path of children to engineering

Approach:– Reach major groups of influencers who

impact students and their decision Teachers, counselors, parents, media,..

– Online Presence – TryEngineering.org– Engineering in the Classroom – Teacher In-

Service Program

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Discover the Creative Engineer In You!21

Available in•English•Chinese•French•Spanish•German•Russian•Japanese•Portuguese

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www.TryEngineering.orgIEEE’s pre-university education portal– For teachers, school counselors, parents and

students ages 8 -22Visitors learn – about careers in engineering, – understand how engineers impact our daily

lives, – discover the variety of engineering, technology

and computing programs, – find free classroom activities that demonstrate

engineering principles A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science

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Unique Features of TryEngineering.org

Robust search engine for accredited programs– side by side comparisons, interactive maps,

links to university web siteLesson Plans focused on engineering and engineering design– Reviewed by IEEE volunteers and teachers

Discipline descriptions– 40 engineering, computing and technology

disciplinesEngineering Games– 2nd site listed in Google search results for

“engineering games”

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Most Requested Lesson Plans

Build your own robot arm

Series and Parallel Circuits

Pulleys and Force

Cracking the Code (bar codes)

Electric Messages

Adaptive Devices 25

TryEngineering Progress

–6.2 million page hits in 2010, an 18% increase over 2009

–Currently averages 65,000 unique visitors per month

–About 3.7 million lesson plan downloads since launch in all languages

–Visitors average about 24 minutes on the site

–Visitors come from the US, China, India, Canada, Japan and scores of other countries

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

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IEEE EAB Pre-University Educator Award

The IEEE EAB Pre-University Educator Award recognizes current pre-university education classroom teachers who have inspired an appreciation and understanding of mathematics, science and technology and the engineering process in students and have encouraged students to pursue technical careers.How to get involved:

Nominate a classroom teacher

www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/awards/pre_university_educator

Due 15 May 2011

Share your Knowledge, Shape the Future of Computing

Do you want to help pre-university students all over the world learn computing fundamentals in creative, fun ways? Are you interested in developing a pre-university lesson plan that aids the teaching and learning of computing

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Enter theTryComputing.org

Lesson Plan Competition

Outlines Due:15 May

Calling all Student

and Grad Student

Members

The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers

Based on approved Lesson Plans Prepared/reviewed by IEEE

volunteers Tested in classrooms Designed to highlight engineering

design principles

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The Teacher In Service Program

Train volunteers– IEEE Section Members– IEEE Student Members– Teachers and Instructors

…using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with TeachersTeachers will conduct training sessions with Students

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IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

Our Overall TISP Goals

Empower IEEE “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university studentsIncrease the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering communityIdentify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

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Why TISP in India ?

The program has the potential to become a new resource for many teachers who have limited exposure or experience with engineering, computing or technology

TISP introduces teachers to hands-on inquiry-based activities that support the teaching of science, technology and mathematics

IEEE members represent an important repository of knowledge and experience, otherwise unavailable to the pre-university education system– A bridge between the technical community and the

school system can be built

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Outline

Our Organization: IEEE

Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering, computing and technology to pre-university educators and students?

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the expectations?

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How is the training workshop conducted?

Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training– With teachers and school administrators

Volunteers spread the program in their school districtsVolunteers work with the Human Resources Development Ministry to organize TISP professional development/in-service presentations

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Volunteer Training

Key questions to be discussed in training:– How to conduct a training sessions for teachers

using the TISP lesson plans?– How to approach the school system to engage

teachers?– How to align a lesson plan with local education

criteria?Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

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After The Training…

IEEE volunteers work with the school system to conduct training sessions for teachers Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their studentsIEEE participates in supporting the program– In the first year, EAB will cover the costs for

materials and supplies for TISP sessions lead by IEEE volunteers for teachers

– In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the local IEEE Section/sub-Section

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Training Workshops: 2005-Present

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22 Workshops - 1767 Participants

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A Decade of Success

In 2001, the first event was held by the Florida West Coast Section in conjunction with the University of South Florida College of EngineeringIn 2005, the program was institutionalized as part of EAB’s budgetIn 2007, a pilot Student Branch Workshop was held in Peru (105 attendees)In 2009, the largest TISP event was held with 185 teachers in UruguayBy 2009, at least one training workshop was held in every IEEE region

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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

Over 148 TISP presentations have been reported by IEEE volunteers

TISP presentations have reached over 3380 pre-university educators – This reach represents more than 368,000

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Teacher Feedback

91.2% of the teachers polled responded positively to the statement: “This presentation has increased my level of technological literacy.”

1661 Respondents (24% Primary Teachers)

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Teacher Feedback

94.2% of the teachers polled responded positively to the statement: “Today's topic will increase my student's level of technological literacy.”

1661 Respondents (24% Primary Teachers)

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Sample Outcomes

Houston Section, Texas cooperating with the Harris County Department of Education to do the alignment matrix for the Texas Education Agency curriculum requirements for students ages 5-18 for the TryEngineering.org lesson plans.

The South Africa Section partnered with the South African National Department of Education to develop lesson plans relating to the South African Technology General Education and Training (GET) curriculum.

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Meeting the GoalsEmpower IEEE “champions”Technological literacy of pre-university educators Technological literacy of pre-university studentsUnderstanding of the needs of educatorsSchool systems assisted by IEEE

1821 Trained Volunteers

91% agreed that program enhanced technological literacy

94% believe that student’s technological literacy would increase

Sustained programs in several sections

148 presentations reported

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Outline

Our Organization: IEEE

Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering, computing and technology to pre-university educators and students?

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the expectations?

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What do we expect after the meeting?

We hope that participants will get organized to provide TISP training to pre-university educators– A team of 3-5 volunteers can be very

effective

IEEE-EAB will support such activities by paying for materials and supplies for documented TISP activities lead by IEEE volunteers for one year after this session

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Expectations for IEEE Volunteers

Organize TISP sessions throughout the pre-university education system

Communicate with EAB for guidance, information exchange, and support

Organize a task force or professional group in India to make TISP a permanent program in your area

Arrange for budgeting through the Section, Region, and IEEE Boards (MGAB, EAB)

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Expectations for Teachers

Use the TISP approach in your classroom

Work with the IEEE volunteers to organize TISP training sessions for teachers – Report to IEEE volunteers what lessons have

been learned from the program – Indicate what lesson plans were or were not

successful, and what additional lesson plans would be required

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HAVE FUN!!!