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Why Are We Here?Introduction

by Yvonne Pelham

IEEE Educational Activities October 2009

Teacher In Service

Program

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Outline

The Organization: IEEE

IEEE’s Educational Activities

Challenges to the profession

What do we plan to do in this workshop?

What are the long term benefits and expectations?

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The Organization – IEEE An international professional association dedicated

to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering as well as computer science, the allied branches of

engineering, and related arts and sciences

Established 125 years ago

Operating in 160 countries

Has approximately 380,000 members The largest technical professional association in the world $350M annual budget Headquarter in New York City, NY, USA

Employs approximately 1000 staff members

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IEEE volunteersKey to IEEE success

About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization Local Section Chair Associate editor of a Journal Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical Activities

Board Chair of a committee that develops a Standard

The organization is run by volunteers From the President and CEO to the local Section Chair

major decisions are made by volunteers An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers

estimated $2bn-$3bn

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IEEE’s principal activities (1)

Organizing the professional communityBased on geographic distribution and areas of

interest

Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art

Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

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IEEE’s principal activities (2)

Developing technical standards Approximately 1300 standards and projects under

development

Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public Including students and teachers in the pre-university

system

Improving understanding of engineering technology and computing by the public

Recognizing the leaders of the profession Awards and membership grades

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Sample Activities: Regional Organizations

IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local Sections

There are 329 local Sections worldwide includingPittsburgh Section – Pittsburgh, PA

Upper Monongahela Subsection -Morgantown, W. VA.

Johnstown Section- Johnstown, PAYoungstown Section- Youngstown, OH

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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

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What is the Challenge?

Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations

Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented

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BS Degrees Awarded

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

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Percentage of Science Degrees Awarded

Science degrees include life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer sciences, engineering, manufacturing, and building

Source: Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

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Pre-University Education

Overall objective: To increase the propensity of young people to select engineering, computing and technology as a program of study and career path

Sample activities:Teacher In-Service ProgramThe on-line portal www.TryEngineering.org

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Teacher In Service Program An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachersBased on approved lesson plans

Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Aligned with Education Standards Designed to highlight engineering design principles

Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as opposed to volunteer-student interaction

2001 Inception – Florida West Coast Section in conjunction with the University of South Florida College of Engineering

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Train volunteers IEEE Section Members IEEE Student Members Teachers and Instructors

…using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design

IEEE members will develop and conduct in-service training sessions with Teachers

Teachers will incorporate the lessons in their classroom instruction for Students

IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans

IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic How to build a balanced mobile (rotational

equilibrium) How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design)

The lesson plans are geared toward pre-university students and are tested in the classroom

Materials for a 30-student class cost no more than $100

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How does it work?

Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training With teachers and school administrators

Volunteers spread the program in their school districts

Volunteers work with the school district to organize TISP professional development/in-service presentations

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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

Since 2005, 18 training workshops completed Over 1450 volunteers from Regions 1-10 have

been trained

To date, these trained volunteers have made over 125 TISP presentations to teachers

TISP presentations have reached over 2980 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 325,000 students each

year

IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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Survey Results 1399 respondents(teachers)

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Survey Results 1399 respondents(teachers)

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TryEngineering.org

An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

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www.TryEngineering.orgIEEE’s pre-university education portal about

engineering, computing and technology For teachers, school counselors, parents, and students

A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science Non-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M

English version was launched on June 2006 Target: US and Canada

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Languages 中文 Chinese

Deutsch German

Español Spanish

Français French

邦人 JapanesePortuguês Portuguese

русский Russian

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www.TryEngineering.org

University search By location, program, environment

26 countries, 1,848 universities

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

Virtual Games 71 lesson plans for teaching engineering design

Student opportunities – summer camps, fellowships, etc.

E-Newsletters

Frequently Asked Questions – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student

A portal for school counselors, teachers, parents and students

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Most Requested Lesson Plans

Build Your Own Robot Arm

Series and Parallel Circuits

Pulleys and Force

Cracking the Code (bar codes)

Electric Messages

Adaptive Devices

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TryEngineering Progress Statistics (as of 1 Oct 2009)

Since 2006, the portal received 11.0 million page hits, 2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN 2008… 3.5 MILLION HITS so far in 2009

48,760 = average # of visitors per month 89,586 = highest number of total unique visitors (Sept 09)

274,511 = average # of page hits per month 51 mins = average time spent on the site 9947 = average number of university searches per month 14,763 = average lesson plan downloads per month

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

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IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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Volunteer Training

Key questions to be discussed in training: How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using

the TISP lesson plans? How to approach the school system to engage teachers? How to align a lesson plan with local education criteria?

Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

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After The Training… Volunteers work with the school system to

conduct training sessions for teachers

Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students

IEEE participates in paying for the program In the first year, EAB will pay the materials and

supplies expenses for TISP teacher sessions organized by IEEE Sections

In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the IEEE Section

Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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What are we going to do here?

Demonstrate two (2) lesson plans:Building and testing an windmillBuilding and testing a robotic arm

Discuss how to develop and use the TISP in local school systems

Have Fun!

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Expectations from IEEE VolunteersOrganize TISP sessions in the pre-university

education system in your section

Communicate with IEEE for guidance, information exchange, and funding

Organize a task force within the local IEEE Section to make TISP a permanent program of the Section

Arrange for budgeting through the Region, and IEEE Boards

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Expectations from Teachers

Use the TISP approach in your classroom

Work with the local volunteers to organize TISP training sessions for teachers Report to the IEEE Section what lessons have

been learned from the program Indicate what lesson plans were or were not

successful, and what additional lesson plans would be beneficial

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Unique Opportunity for NETL and IEEE

Exploit shared interest to influence next generation of technical professionals

Collaborate to develop and demonstrate technical content for teachers to use in pre-university schools

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collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning

Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators

Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students

Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community

Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

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Questions or Comments?