Cascade District Workshops Science 2015-16

=District Cascade Science STF Workshops 2015-16=
 * 1) ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ
 * 1) District targets (Number of teachers and number of batches for Science) and DIET Nodal officers information
 * 2) For District wise MRPs contact information, click Bengaluru division, Mysuru division, Kalburgi division, Belgavi division

=Focus areas for the Science District Cascade Workshops= The focus of this year's Science STF District workshops will be to:
 * 1) Build computer literacy skills for teachers
 * 2) Activate and strengthen the Science Lab in the schools through actual hands-on experimenting and viewing video resources of actual experiments conducted by teachers
 * 3) Access the Karnataka Open Educational Resources and Contribute.

=DIET Nodal Officer responsibilities=
 * 1) DIET Nodal Officer to enter Batch information on Day 1 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link
 * 2) Please email koer@karnatakaeducation.org.in for support during training. Or call Ashok Pujari Sir (Cell 9972562108) or Sunil  (080 26654134) if urgent
 * 3) The DIET Nodal Officer and RP should read the DSERT guidelines and ensure ICT Lab is in full working condition
 * 4) Since STF-KOER requires Internet, ensure Internet availability, with minimum 8 Mbps connection
 * 5) Enough computers to allow 1:1 computer:teacher ratio.
 * 6) The training labs should have the NEW Ubuntu version 14.04 installed on them see installation process here. This has software for Kannada and Hindi interface.
 * 7) To allow for adequate practice, the batch size should be kept to 20-25 based on number of working computers.

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) Addition of email address to the maths science forum click here. You can click here, to visit the googlegroups page to add members.
 * 4) They need to see it on the website of the groups Science STF group.
 * 5) Viewing videos of science experiments
 * 6) Conducting science experiments and review processes
 * 7) Sharing web links and other digital resources to the forum
 * 8) Familiarization with the KOER resource website and identifying resources to be added
 * 9) Submission of one activity to KOER through Contribute button
 * 10) Updating district training details on the district pages Pages Table. This includes
 * 11) Day wise workshop report
 * 12) Uploading workshop photographs on Google photos
 * 13) On Day 5, Participant Feedback Form is to be filled by participants
 * 14) On Day 5, ICT Feedback Form is to be filled by participants

Agenda

 * 1) Detailed Agenda - Googledoc link

Handouts

 * 1) Subject Teacher Forum
 * 2) Ubuntu
 * 3) Libre-Office typing
 * 4) Internet-1
 * 5) Internet-2
 * 6) NCERT Science Text Books
 * 7) Resource library handout
 * 8) KOER Useful Websites
 * 9) Creating Gmail id and sending emails
 * 10) Adding_email_id_to_googlegroups
 * 11) Learning Mind mapping
 * 12) How to use Freemind
 * 13) Emailing
 * 14) Uploading on Picasa
 * 15) KOER - Introduction
 * 16) Science KOER Pages
 * 17) For Question papers and CCE activities please click here
 * 18) For Science lab experiments videos click here

Day 5

 * 1) Participant feedback form MUST be filled by ALL participants on Day5. This is a compulsory activity
 * 2) Please click here to enter your ICT use and ownership
 * 3) View Participant feedback

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

=District workshop reports and photos= Click on district in table below to see the Subject Teacher / Head Teacher Forum district workshops reports and photos,