WELCOME! Using STELLA in Your Classroom Workshop 8:30am-11:00am Friday, August 8, 2003 Simon Fraser 1310 IBM Lab South Alan Clark, Georgia Perimeter College and National Computational Science Institute

Who is STELLA?  The STELLA software is specifically designed to build students' skills in building understanding-- whether of a great piece of literature, Newton's Laws, or the working of an ecosystem. When the STELLA software is used to create curriculum materials, students. …

STELLA  Engage more deeply with the course material  Build deeper and richer understanding  Develop critical thinking skills  Exercise their collaborative and communication skills

STELLA  The STELLA software is uniquely suited to deliver on these promises because it combines mechanical ease-of-use with a very powerful general framework for thinking (Systems Thinking). Together these form an approach that utilizes:  Simulation to engage students through discovery-oriented experimentation  An icon-based language that captures how things really work  A communication toolset designed to facilitate managing diverse viewpoints

STELLA Resources  High Performance Systems, Inc.   Downloads of STELLA available.  National Computational Science Institute   Workshop Materials

What am I Doing Here?  NCSI participant  Supercomputing Conference Education Program delegate  conference.org/sc2003/education/edu_program.html conference.org/sc2003/education/edu_program.html  Director of Technology, Georgia Perimeter College (Atlanta, GA)

NCSI  The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $2.75M grant (Award Number: DUE ) enabling NCSI to offer a national set of in- person, video-conferenced, and web-accessible workshops, seminars, and support activities. The initial target audience for NCSI are teams of faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUI's), minority serving institutions (MSI's), and community colleges whose students are either the next generation of scientists and engineers, the next generation of K-12 teachers, or both. With supplemental funding, NCSI plans to offer computational science workshops and sponsor educational activities for in-service teachers, business and government leaders, and the general public. NCSI participants then assist others on their own campuses and at neighboring institutions to introduce computational science in their own classes.

Georgia Perimeter College  A regional, multi-campus unit of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College is the largest 2-year Associates Degree-granting institution in the system, and the third-largest overall of all USG institutions. Georgia Perimeter College is part of the University System of Georgia ’ s “ technology hub. ”

Getting to know STELLA  Cue the slide show

BUT, this is a WORKSHOP!  SO let ’ s go to WORK!  We can SHOP later!  Refer to handout  Launch STELLA  Build the model!