Cascade District Workshops for Mathematics 2014-15

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=District Cascade Mathematics STF Workshops 2014-15= =District List= Click on district in table below to see progress of the the Subject Teacher / Head Teacher Forum district workshops,
 * 1) STF_Mathematics_2014-15 MRP workshops, has been conducted at state level to create MRPs.
 * 2) District wise information on total targets (number of schools and number of batches for Mathematics) and Nodal officer information is available here
 * 3) District wise MRPs contact information is available here

Master resource persons from all 34 districts have been trained on the use of Internet for building resource libraries and contributing resources to the Karnataka Open Educational Resources. They have also been trained in using mind maps to build resources, image editing. They focused on the use of Geogebra for classroom lessons.

=Focus areas for the Mathematics District Cascade Workshops= The STF programme will work with ICT Phase 3 school teachers and the focus of this year's MATHS STF District workshops will be to:
 * 1) Build the computer literacy skills for teachers
 * 2) How to use the internet as a learning resource - to create a resource library for my use and for the classroom
 * 3) Build digital resource libraries
 * 4) Use emails, MathsScience Subject Mailing Forum to communicate
 * 5) Access the Karnataka Open Educational Resources and Contribute
 * 6) Understanding how the resources are organized on KOER and share feedback and activities
 * 7) Develop digital literacy skills - email, internet search and downloading, using image editor and text editor
 * 8) Learning to use Geogebra for creating simulations in Algebra and Geometry

= Activities BEFORE the workshop =
 * 1) The DIET Nodal Officer and RP should read the DSERT guidelines and ensure ICT Lab is in full working condition
 * 2) Since STF-KOER requires Interent, ensure Internet availability, with minimum 4 Mbps connection
 * 3) Enough computers to allow 1:1 computer:teacher ratio.
 * 4) The training labs should have the NEW Ubuntu version 14.04 installed on them
 * 5) To allow for adequate practice, the batch size should be kept to 20-25 based on number of working computers.

= Activities DURING the workshop =
 * 1) DIET Nodal Officer to enter Batch information on Day 1 of workshop
 * 2) DIET Nodal Officer to enter the DIET feedback from the workshop on Day 5 of workshop
 * 3) You can email koer@karnatakaeducation.org.in for support on email during the STF training. Or speak to Ashok Pujari Sir (Cell 9972562108) or Seema Kauser Madam (Cell 9900416630), if urgent

Resource person checklist
During the workshop, the resource persons must transact the agenda with any changes as needed. The following activities must be completed:
 * 1) Practising sending and receiving emails
 * 2) Creation of gmail IDs for all teachers without email ids.
 * 3) Teachers should practice to send emails by sending to gurugala-cascadegroup@googlegroups.com. They cannot see these mails in their own inbox.
 * 4) They need to see it on the website of the groups here.
 * 5) Creation of a document for organizing their own resource library
 * 6) Sharing web links and other digital resources to the forum
 * 7) Familiarization with the KOER resource website and identifying resources to be added
 * 8) Submission of one activity to KOER through Contribute button
 * 9) Updating district training details on the district pages District Pages Table. This includes
 * 10) Day wise workshop report
 * 11) Uploading workshop photographs on Picasa
 * 12) On Day 5, addition of email address to the maths science forum click here. You can click here, to visit the googlegroups page to add members.
 * 13) On Day 5, Participant Feedback Form is to be filled by participants

Agenda

 * 1) Detailed Agenda - Googledoc link
 * 2) Detailed Agenda - Download Agenda as Spreadsheet

Day 1

 * 1) Subject Teacher Forum
 * 2) Ubuntu
 * 3) Libre-Office typing
 * 4) Internet-1
 * 5) Internet-2
 * 6) NCERT Mathematics Text Books
 * 7) Resource library handout
 * 8) KOER Useful Websites
 * 9) See classroom resources in Topics Box

Day 2-3

 * 1) Creating Gmail id and sending emails
 * 2) Add to Cascade Training Group for email practice
 * 3) Adding_email_id_to_googlegroups
 * 4) Learning Mind mapping
 * 5) How to use Freemind
 * 6) Emailing
 * 7) Geogebra tutorials

Day 4

 * 1) Uploading on Picasa
 * 2) KOER - Introduction
 * 3) Mathematics Pages
 * 4) For Question papers and CCE activities please click here
 * 5) For solved problems please click here
 * 6) For additional resources and teaching activities click below:
 * 7) Permutations and Combinations
 * 8) Progressions
 * 9) Graphs And Polyhedra
 * 10) Probability
 * 11) Polynomials
 * 12) Circles Chord Properties
 * 13) Circles Tangent Properties
 * 14) Sets
 * 15) Similar Triangles
 * 16) Activity for Co-ordinate Geometry
 * 17) Mensuration
 * 18) Trigonometry
 * 19) Concurrency in triangles
 * 20) Simultaneous_Linear_Equations
 * 21) Circles
 * 22) Quadrilaterals
 * 23) More

Day 5

 * 1) Participant feedback form to be filled by participants

= Activities AFTER the workshop = Please check your MathsScience Subject Mailing Forum mails daily Please visit KOER regularly and also Contribute