IEEE Teacher In- Service Program in Southern India Taj Krishna Hyderabad Hyderabad, India 7-8 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? 2

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? 3

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 ago Operating in 160+ countries Has approximately 400,000 members –The largest technical professional association in the world –$350M annual budget –Headquarters in New York City, NY, USA Employs professional staff 4

IEEE Today 5 MEMBERS 400,000 COUNTRIES 160 CONFERENCES per year SOCIETIES/COUNCILS 38/7 World’s largest technical professional society STANDARDS 1,300 Active Standards Advancing Technology for Humanity

IEEE’s Organizational Chart 6 IEEE Members IEEE Board of Directors IEEE Assembly Chaired by the President and CEO Publication Services and Products Technical Activities Educational Activities Member and Geographical Activities Standards Association IEEE USA Technical Societies Local 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 R10 95,353 R1 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 Region 31 January 2011

Today's IEEE is not just about Electrical and Computer Engineering T he IEEE-designated fields include: E ngineering C omputer sciences and information technology B iological and medical sciences M athematics P hysical sciences T echnical communications, education, management, law and policy 8

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 9

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 10

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 13

Sample Activities: Standards IEEE develop standards in several areas, including: –Power and Energy –Transportation –Biomedical and Healthcare –Nanotechnology –Information Technology –Information Assurance 14

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? 15

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 16

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 17

WHAT IS IEEE DOING? 18

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 19

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 20

Discover the Creative Engineer In You! 21

Available in English Chinese French Spanish German Russian Japanese Portuguese 22

IEEE’s pre-university education portal –For teachers, school counselors, parents and students ages Visitors 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 23

Unique Features of TryEngineering.org Robust search engine for accredited programs –side by side comparisons, interactive maps, links to university web site Lesson Plans focused on engineering and engineering design –Reviewed by IEEE volunteers and teachers Discipline descriptions –40 engineering, computing and technology disciplines Engineering Games –2 nd site listed in Google search results for “engineering games” 24

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 –C urrently averages 65,000 unique visitors per month –A bout 3.7 million lesson plan downloads since launch in all languages –V isitors average about 24 minutes on the site –V isitors come from the US, China, India, Canada, Japan and scores of other countries 26

OTHER ACTIVITIES 27

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 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 29 Enter the TryComputing.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 30

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 Teachers Teachers will conduct training sessions with Students 31 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 students Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems 32

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 33

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? 36

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 districts Volunteers work with the Human Resources Development Ministry to organize TISP professional development/in-service presentations 37

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 38

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 students IEEE 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 39

Training Workshops: 2005-Present Workshops Participants 40

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 Engineering In 2005, the program was institutionalized as part of EAB’s budget In 2007, a pilot Student Branch Workshop was held in Peru (105 attendees) In 2009, the largest TISP event was held with 185 teachers in Uruguay By 2009, at least one training workshop was held in every IEEE region 41

Teacher In-Service Program Presentations 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 students each year 42

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) 43

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) 44

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. 45

Meeting the Goals Empower IEEE “champions” Technological literacy of pre- university educators Technological literacy of pre- university students Understanding of the needs of educators School 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 46

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? 47

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 48

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) 49

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 50

51 HAVE FUN!!!