Cascade District Workshops Science 2015-16

=District Cascade Science STF Workshops 2014-15=
 * 1) ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ
 * 1) District wise information on total targets (number of schools and number of batches for Mathematics) and Nodal officer information is available here
 * 2) District wise MRPs contact information is available here

=Focus areas for the Science 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) Learning to use Geogebra for creating simulations in Algebra and Geometry
 * 3) How to use the internet as a learning resource - to create a resource library for my use and for the classroom and build digital resource libraries
 * 4) Use emails, MathsScience Subject Mailing Forum to communicate
 * 5) Access the Karnataka Open Educational Resources and Contribute. Understand how resources are organized on KOER and share feedback and activities
 * 6) Develop digital literacy skills - email, internet search and downloading, using image editor and text editor

= 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) DIET Nodal Officer to enter the DIET feedback from the workshop on Day 5 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link
 * 3) Please email koer@karnatakaeducation.org.in for support during training. Or call Ashok Pujari Sir (Cell 9972562108) or Seema Kauser Madam (Cell 9900416630), if urgent
 * 4) The DIET Nodal Officer and RP should read the DSERT guidelines and ensure ICT Lab is in full working condition
 * 5) Since STF-KOER requires Internet, ensure Internet availability, with minimum 4 Mbps connection
 * 6) Enough computers to allow 1:1 computer:teacher ratio.
 * 7) The training labs should have the NEW Ubuntu version 14.04 installed on them see installation process here
 * 8) 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) 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


 * DIET Nodal Officer to enter Batch information on Day 1 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link

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 MUST be filled by ALL participants on Day5. This is a compulsory activity
 * 2) View Participant feedback
 * 3) DIET Nodal Officer to enter the DIET feedback from the workshop on Day 5 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link

= 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,