District Cascade Science STF Workshops 2015-16

District targets (Number of teachers and number of batches for Science) and DIET Nodal officers information
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:

Build computer literacy skills for teachers
Activate and strengthen the Science Lab in the schools through actual hands-on experimenting and viewing video resources of actual experiments conducted by teachers
Access the Karnataka Open Educational Resources and Contribute.

DIET Nodal Officer to enter Batch information on Day 1 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link
Please email koer@karnatakaeducation.org.in for support during training. Or call Ashok Pujari Sir (Cell 9972562108) or Sunil (080 26654134) if urgent
The DIET Nodal Officer and RP should read the DSERT guidelines and ensure ICT Lab is in full working condition
Since STF-KOER requires Internet, ensure Internet availability, with minimum 8 Mbps connection
Enough computers to allow 1:1 computer:teacher ratio.
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.
To allow for adequate practice, the batch size should be kept to 20-25 based on number of working computers.

During the workshop, the resource persons must transact the agenda with any changes as needed. The following activities must be completed:

Practising sending and receiving emails
1. Creation of gmail IDs for all teachers without email ids.
2. Addition of email address to the maths science forum click here. You can click here, to visit the googlegroups page to add members.
3. They need to see it on the website of the groups Science STF group.
Viewing videos of science experiments
Conducting science experiments and review processes
Sharing web links and other digital resources to the forum
Familiarization with the KOER resource website and identifying resources to be added
Submission of one activity to KOER through Contribute button
Updating district training details on the district pages Pages Table. This includes
1. Day wise workshop report
2. Uploading workshop photographs on Google photos
3. On Day 5, Participant Feedback Form is to be filled by participants
4. On Day 5, ICT Feedback Form is to be filled by participants

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

Please check your Science Subject Mailing Forum mails daily Please visit KOER regularly and also Contribute

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