Presentation to the Educational Activities Board Yvonne Pelham Manager, Educational Outreach D ouglas Gorham, Ed. D. Managing Director, EAD Denver, Colorado.

Presentation to the Educational Activities Board

Yvonne PelhamManager, Educational Outreach

Douglas Gorham, Ed. D.Managing Director, EAD

Denver, Colorado21 June 2008

Pre-University Programs

Pre-University Outreach Programs

Foster collaborations between engineers and educators through the Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)

Develop, distribute and deliver resources and training for teachers, school counselors, engineers, students and parents e.g.

lesson plans school counselor materials comprehensive internet portals e.g.

TryEngineering.org

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Teacher In-Service Program

Features IEEE Section volunteers developing and presenting technologically oriented subject matter to local pre-university educators in an in-service or professional development setting.

Objectives To enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-

university educators; To establish engineer/educator partnerships to

promote applied inquiry-based learning; To expose teachers to career options for their

students in engineering and other technical fields.

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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

Feb 2001 - IEEE Florida West Coast Section in conjunction with the University of South Florida College of Engineering held the first teacher in-service program

To date, more than 71 presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers reaching over 1632 pre-university educators. These teachers represent 180,000+ students.

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Teacher In-Service ProgramEvaluation Summary

1124 Respondents

This presentation has increased my level of technological literacy.

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Teacher In-Service ProgramTraining Workshops

EAB supports Section Leader(s) hosting training workshops for members

Typical Agenda TISP Background and Scope TISP Hands-On Activities Challenges and Opportunities in the Local

School System Tips on How to Begin Alignment with Education Standards Educator Panel Discussion

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Teacher In-Service ProgramWorkshop Participants by Region by Year

719 Participants

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R4, 60 R5, 70

R6, 41

R8, 94

R9, 205

R10, 84

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Teacher In-Service ProgramSuccesses

South Africa Section – Six months after the training workshop, 600 teachers participated in presentations conducted by local volunteers

Rio de Janeiro Section – received the “Premio Regional al Mejor Logro del Año del IEEE Latinoamérica” award at the Region 9 Regional Meeting

For an activity of a major relevance, organized by the Section in the previous year, based on its benefit to the section and the society as well as its applicability to other sections within the Region.

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Teacher In-Service ProgramStrengths

Ability to leverage transnational volunteer base to develop champions willing to coordinate and conduct TISP presentations

Volunteer-educator engagement model designed to inform and educate pre-university educators who have access to significant number of students throughout their career

To create partnerships with local school systems and improve the perception of engineers, and promote the activities of IEEE members

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Teacher In-Service ProgramOpportunities/Challenges

Outreach to Sections Corporate Sponsorship Funding to sustain volunteer activities

beyond the first year Follow-through by volunteers to report

results and continue commitment to the program.

Assessing the effectiveness of teachers implementing the concepts presented

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2005-2006 “Launching Our Children’s Path to Engineering” Initiative

Objectives Increase the propensity of young people

worldwide to select Engineering as a career path

Comprehensive review of engineering education resources found

Many “Engineering Resources” are actually focusing on Science and Mathematics

Resources for teachers are largely inadequate Wrong message is sent about the nature of

engineering and the life of engineersResponse

Create a premiere on-line portal of information11

TryEngineering.org

Collaborative effort of IEEE with IBM and the New York Hall of Science

Specifically designed to provide counselors, teachers, parents and students with

the unique ability to find accredited engineering, engineering technology and computing programs at universities worldwide.

information about diverse fields within engineering, information to guide students in terms of

preparation for an engineering career classroom activities that demonstrate engineering

design

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TryEngineering.orgA portal for students, parents, school counselors and teachers

University search By location, program, environment

25 countries, 1739 universities

Explore Engineering – Discipline Descriptions, Day in the Life of an Engineer, Preparation Tips

Virtual Games 43 lesson plans for teaching engineering design

Ask an Expert – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student

Undergraduate Student Advice

E-Newsletter Student opportunities – summer camps, fellowships, etc.

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Available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese

Portuguese coming soon.

1.8 Million Hits Jan – May 2008

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TryEngineering.org

A popular resource for the pre-university and university communities

Over 38,000 visitors per month (avg)

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TryEngineering Progress

Statistics (as of 5 June 2008) 38,927 = average # of visitors per month

67,006 = highest number of total unique visitors (May 08) 200,686 = average # of page hits per month 7,552 = average number of university searches per

month 3388 = questions submitted to Ask an Expert

88% submitted to Ask an Engineer 12% submitted to Ask an Undergraduate Student

Visitors come from the US, India, China, Canada, UK and scores of other countries

11,196 = average number of lesson plans downloaded per month

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Tryengineering.orgStrengths

One of a kind, comprehensive university search of accredited engineering, engineering technology and computing programs around the world.

Extensive summaries of all engineering, engineering technology and computing disciplines

Free resources for school counselors and classroom activities for pre-university educators,

Partnership with corporate sponsors User-friendly, easy to navigate, appealing web

design

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TryEngineering.orgOpportunities/Challenges

Exposure on the internet, ranking in major search engines and directories

Ability to identify and target educator and school counselor associations outside of the US.

Ability to remain current and relevant, keeping pace with emerging technologies

Ability to leverage Web 3.0 technology to remain competitive with other internet sources

Responding to the volume of questions submitted to Ask an Expert

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