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The Teacher In-Service Program(TISP)
November 7-8, 2008San Francisco
Litsa Micheli-Tzanakou IEEE Vice President, Educational Activities
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A Few Words about IEEE
IEEE is the largest professional engineering association in the world
367,000 members in 150 countries A 501(c)3 organization incorporated in New York
Originally concentrating on power engineering and communications, IEEE at present spans technical interests across the spectrum of technology
From nanotechnology to oceanic engineering
In many respects IEEE has become “the steward of Engineering”
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AIEE IRE
Established 1884
An American Organization
Representing the establishment
Rooted in Power Engineering
First computers working group Now the Computer Society
Established 1908
An international Organization
Open to students, young professionals
Quick to adopt advances in radar, radio, TV, electronics, computers
Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers (January 1913)
1963: Merger of AIEE and IRE to create IEEE
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What is IEEE?
A membership organization
A major creator and guardian of technical IP
A mechanism to bring people of common technical interests together
both geographically and disciplinarily
A guardian of the future of Engineering
An implementer of technology-related public Imperatives
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What does IEEE do?
Publishes literature in engineering, technology and computing
Organizes conferences
Develops standards
Gets engineers and technologists from different locales together
Organizes professional activities among engineering students
Educates the public about Engineering
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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university engineering education
Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission
Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked decline in the interest of young people in Engineering
This is bad for the future of these communities and would have a negative impact on their standard of living
Because we do not believe the problem is going to be tackled effectively without us
Industry does not appear to be able to address the problem directly Governments do not appear sufficiently concerned (yet) Other engineering associations look up to us
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What is the Problem?
Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations
Coupled with disappointing performance of youth in Mathematics
Insufficient number of engineers and engineering educational programs in most developing countries
Asia is far behind Europe and the US in number of engineers per capita
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What is the Problem?
Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented
Public perception of engineers/ engineering/ technology is largely misinformed Resulting in early decisions that block the
path of children to Engineering
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Pre-university activities in IEEE
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IEEE’s Pre-University Initiative 2005-2006 New Initiative
“Launching Our Children’s Path to Engineering”
Objectives
Increase the propensity of young people worldwide to select Engineering as a career path
Build a sustained public awareness program, led by IEEE,
with broad support of corporations and professional associations
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Objective 1: Engineering in the pre-university classroom
Institutionalization of IEEE Teacher In Service Program
IEEE Section engineers develop and present technology-oriented projects to local pre-university educators
Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as opposed to volunteer-student interaction
Ideally: a sustained program involving several thousand schools every year
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Objective 2: Engineering Associations, Unite!
Center for Pre-University Engineering Education
Ideally, the resource of choice for pre-university cooperation with Engineering Associations
Ideally, a multi-association organization With partners such as ASCE, ASME, IEE, SEE
It is about ENGINEERING, not Electrical Engineering
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Objective 3: Strong On-line presence
New on-line portals for students, teachers, school counselors, and parents
Educational and entertaining Focused on the audience
From lesson plans for teachers to games for children
Ideally, the premier on-line resource on engineering for pre-university students
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On Line Portal
Tryengineering.org
“Strong On-line presence”
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The Web provides high potential for reachability
A successful portal can become a major resource for students, parents, school counselors, and teachers
But success is difficult in an ever-crowded medium
Effort needs to be coupled with more modern tools
Instant messaging, podcasts
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What information is needed on line?
Have met with school counselors and Engineering Associations
Need on line tools for identifying formal and informal engineering education opportunities
Engineering associations that participated in our discussions
ACM, AIChE, AIAA, ASME, ASCE, IEE, JETS, SAE, SEE, Sloane Career Cornerstone Center
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What information is available on line?
Have conducted a comprehensive review of engineering education resources
By EAB and consultants
Conclusions: 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 engineers
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Good existing model
Tryscience.org “Your gateway to experience the excitement of
contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide.”
Science is exciting, and it's for everyone!
Partnership between IBM the New York Hall of Science the Association of Science-Technology Centers Science centers worldwide
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Next step – tryengineering.org Companion site to tryscience.org
Comprehensive
Ultimate Audience: young people ages 9-18
Designed to convey excitement about engineering and design
Can-do attitude Hands-on experience Positive image of the engineering process and engineering
“Discover the creative engineer in you”
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www.TryEngineering.org
IEEE’s pre-university education portal For students, parents, teachers and school counselors
A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science
Non-IEEE investment of approximately $1.5M
US/Canada version was launched on June 2006
Seven versions in other languages have since been launched
Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, and Russian
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Tryengineering.orgA portal for students, parents, school counselors and teachers
University searchBy location, program, environment
Day in the life of an engineer
Hands-on and virtual projects
Class plans for teaching engineering design
Ask an engineer Ask a student
Games Summer camps, internship opportunities
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Countries of Users: English Version
US (70%) India (5%) China (3.3%) Canada United Kingdom Austria Australia
Malaysia Germany Japan Thailand South Africa Korea Brazil
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Most Requested Files: Lesson Plans
Build a robot arm
Cracking the Code (bar codes)
Critical Load (Civil Engineering)
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Languages
中文 Chinese
Deutsch German
Español Spanish
Français French
邦人 Japanese
Português Portuguese
русский Russian
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TryEngineering Key StatisticsAs of Sept 29, 2008
2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 3.3 MILLION HITS IN JAN-Sept ‘08
Average # of visitors per month: 40,562 Highest number of total unique visitors:
67,006 (May 08) Average # of page hits per month:
214,558 Average number of university searches
per month: 8,362 Questions submitted to Ask an Expert:
3572
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TryEngineering.orgNon-English sites Monthly Averages
Language Page Hits* Visitors*
Spanish 25890 4553
Russian 22188 2930
Japanese 21040 2666
German 20848 2593
French 20379 2746
Chinese 14611 2643
*Monthly average for period 1 June – 31 March 08
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The Teacher in Service Program (TISP)
“Engineering in the classroom”
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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)
A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers
Based on approved Lesson Plans Prepared by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Associated with Education Standards Designed to highlight engineering design
principles The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30
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Inception
February 2001
IEEE Florida West Coast Section
In conjunction with the University of South Florida College of Engineering
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How does it work?
Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP training event
EAB provides logistical support and instructors
Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training
With teachers and school administrators Volunteers spread the program in their school
districts
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2008
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cordoba (Argentina)
Port of Spain (Trinidad/Tobago)
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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations
To date, over 75 TISP presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers
TISP presentations have reached over 1600 pre-university educators
This reach represents more than 180,000 students
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Basics
IEEE Section engineers develop and present technology-oriented projects to local pre-university educators
Lesson plans in English and Spanish for teachers and engineers
Lesson plans matched to educational standards
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Basics (2)
The program is focused at the primary (6-14) and secondary (15-18) school systems
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Activity Sample
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/tispt/lessons.html
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/tispt/slessons.html
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Build working models with household items
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Design and Build a Better Candy Bag
Lesson Focus
Demonstrate how product design differences can affect the success of a final product
in this case a bag for holding candy.
Students work in pairs to evaluate, design, and build a better candy bag
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What do we want to achieve in San Francisco?
Create a sustainable pre-university engineering education program
TISP program Participation in TryEngineering.org
Reach 150 pre-university teachers in one year All over the country 300 teachers in the next two years
Make TryEngineering a popular resource among teachers and students in the pre-university and university communities in San Francisco