Cascade District Workshops for Mathematics 2014-15

=District Cascade Mathematics STF Workshops 2014-15=

The MATHEMATICS Subject Teacher Forum district training programme district wise progress is available from table below:

The Subject Teacher / Head Teacher Forum district workshops, click on district in table below to see progress

See Maths RP list

=Preparation for the cascade= 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 lesosns.

=District Training Agenda= The focus of this year's MATHS STF District workshops will be on:
 * 1) How to use the internet as a learning resource - to create a resource library for my use and for the classroom
 * 2) Develop digital literacy skills - email, internet search and downloading, using image editor and text editor
 * 3) Learning to use Geogebra for creating simulations in algebra and geometry
 * 4) Use of ICT tools - photos, simulations for teaching
 * 5) Understanding how the resources are organized on KOER and share feedback and activities

Forms to be filled by participants

 * 1) Day 5 - # Participant feedback form to be submitted Participant Feedback Form

District Training Hand-outs

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

Hand-outs for training

 * 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) Creating Gmail id and sending emails
 * 10) Add to Cascade Training Group for email practice
 * 11) Adding emails to groups
 * 12) Learning Mind mapping
 * 13) How to use Freemind
 * 14) Emailing
 * 15) Geogebra tutorials
 * 16) [KOER - Introduction Page] - Will be added KOER
 * 17) Uploading on Picasa

Expectations from the workshop
During the workshop, the resource persons are expected to transact the proposed agenda with modifications as needed.

The participants must complete the following activities:
 * 1) Creation of email IDs and add them to the Cascade Training Group for email practice
 * 2) Creation of a meta document for organizing their own resource library and share the links and descriptions of such resources to the forum
 * 3) Familiarization with the KOER resource website and identifying resources to be added
 * 4) Submission of one activity to KOER
 * 5) Updating district training details on the district pages here
 * 6) Uploading workshop photographs on Picasa
 * 7) On Day 5, addition to the maths science forum
 * 8) On Day 5, feedback form to be filled by participants