Do It Yourself Science Collaboration Teaching with Probes and Models Welcome! http://itsi.concord.org/share/blc08/ ITSI activities run on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers with Java 5 (1.5) or later installed. If you are using Java 1.5 on MacOS 10.4 or later, you will almost certainly need to fix a Java Web Start bug: http://confluence.concord.org/display/CCTR/How+to+fix+the+WebStart+bug Carolyn Staudt - carolyn@concord.org Sam Fentress - sfentress@concord.org Ben Greslick - bgreslick@concord.org Ed Hazzard - ehazzard@concord.org ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718 9/17/2018

Agenda Introduction to Concord Consortium and Information Technology in Science Instruction (ITSI)project Log onto the Portal Motion graphing activity Diffusion model activity Try out a temperature sensor activity Customize an activity Q & A 9/17/2018

The Concord Consortium Realizing the educational potential of information technologies Not-for-profit Educational research and development Focus: Educational Technology Funding: grants 9/17/2018

The Concord Consortium Modeling Tools Enabling students to interact with the unobservable Online Learning Democratizing education with anytime, anywhere learning Probeware Developing new tools for data collection and analysis Handhelds Moving closer to the promise of ubiquitous computing Sustainable Development Confronting global issues with decision-making tools Assessment Research Improving methods for measuring deep learning in science 9/17/2018

ITEST Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) was established by the National Science Foundation in direct response to the concern about shortages of information technology workers in the United States ITEST Learning Resource Center http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/ 9/17/2018

ITEST Funding H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category Allows American companies and universities to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners who have the equivalent US Bachelor’s Degree education H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job category that is considered by the US Citizenship &Immigration Services to be a "specialty occupation” Microsoft,IBM,Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Intel, QualComm, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Google $5,000/year for 65,000 not including non-profit universities 9/17/2018

Why ITSI? • There is a recognized need to increase the number and diversity of students entering careers in the information technologies • This problem is national in scale and is particularly acute in urban and rural communities serving low- income minorities 9/17/2018

ITSI Sites • 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing activities for 90 teachers • Full support for classroom implementation, using models and sensors 9/17/2018

Inquiry through Models and Probes Computer models can simulate situations that are hard to see (molecular motion) or hard to understand (complex systems). They allow students to study and manipulate phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. Students can also modify the models and experiment with different rules and starting conditions. They learn programming and technology skills and science content at the same time. Probes: Using sensors attached to real-time graphs, students can do real experiments and take vivid and compelling measurements. This encourages active engagement in science and exploration of the natural world. Students also learn the technology underlying the sensors and how they collect and display information. 9/17/2018

Inquiry through Models and Probes • Molecular Workbench • NetLogo • Physics Education Technology (PhET) • Seismic Eruption/Waves • Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC) Probes: • DataHarvest EasySense • Fourier EcoLog • Pasco AirLink/Science Workshop 500 • Texas Instruments CBL2 • Vernier LabPro/GoLink 9/17/2018

Inquiry through Flexible Tech Tools 9/17/2018

Do It Yourself (DIY) Customization 9/17/2018

Do It Yourself Science Collaboration http://itsi.concord.org/share/blc08/ http://itsi.portal.concord.org/ Carolyn Staudt - carolyn@concord.org Sam Fentress - sfentress@concord.org Ben Greslick - bgreslick@concord.org Ed Hazzard - ehazzard@concord.org ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718 9/17/2018