District Cascade Mathematics STF Workshops 2014-15

District wise information on total targets (number of schools and number of batches for Mathematics) and Nodal officer information is available here
District wise MRPs contact information is available here

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:

Build the computer literacy skills for teachers
Learning to use Geogebra for creating simulations in Algebra and Geometry
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
Use emails, MathsScience Subject Mailing Forum to communicate
Access the Karnataka Open Educational Resources and Contribute. Understand how resources are organized on KOER and share feedback and activities
Develop digital literacy skills - email, internet search and downloading, using image editor and text editor

DIET Nodal Officer to enter Batch information on Day 1 of workshop. This information can be viewed on this link
DIET Nodal Officer to enter the DIET feedback from the workshop on Day 5 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 Seema Kauser Madam (Cell 9900416630), 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 4 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
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. Teachers should practice to send emails by sending to gurugala-cascadegroup@googlegroups.com. They cannot see these mails in their own inbox.
3. They need to see it on the website of the groups here.
Creation of a document for organizing their own resource library
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 District Pages Table. This includes
1. Day wise workshop report
2. Uploading workshop photographs on Picasa
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.
On Day 5, Participant Feedback Form is to be filled by participants

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

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

Please check your MathsScience 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,