CS4Qatar Workshop on Learning innovations Ananda Gunawardena (Guna), Ph.D. Associate teaching Professor of Computer Science Carnegie 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 importantly we 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

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 Pictures End of Workshop