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Ioannis MousmoutisIEEE R8 Educational Activities Subcommittee

TISP

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IEEE Teacher in-Service Program Workshop

08 May 20153rd Central European SYP Congress (Zagreb, Croatia)

+What is TISP?

A tool for IEEE volunteers to share their technical expertise and demonstrate the application of engineering concepts to support the teaching and learning of the science, mathematics and technology disciplines

A professional development workshop aimed at helping pre-university teachers bring exciting hands-on engineering lessons into their classrooms

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+Which are the goals of TISP?

Empower volunteers to collaborate with their local pre-university community

Promote applied inquiry-based learning

Enhance the level of technical literacy of pre-university educators

Motivate pre-university students to pursue technical careers (including engineering)

Increase the general level of technical literacy of pre-university throughout their educational careers

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+What is a TISP Workshop?

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IEEE Volunteers

Pre-University

TeachersPre-University

Students

+Chair Lift Challenge

Using the given materials build a chairlift

Test your construction

Present it and share your experience!

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Building a Chair Lift

+Chair Lift Challenge

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Available Materials

+Chair Lift Challenge

Divide into teams of 3-4 participants.

Review the materials and dıscuss a solution

Build a model of your design with the given materials

Test your model

Modify the model, if needed

Present your work

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Outline and Procedures

Have fun &

Be Creative

+What is TISP 2.0

The workshops are conducted by the IEEE volunteers directly to the Pre – University Students

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IEEE Volunteers

Pre-University

TeachersPre-University

Students

+How to get involved? (1)

Organize a team

Contact Schools or Governmental Educational Offices in your area

Start with your old teachers, because they will probably be more receptive

Choose some activities and lesson plans from the Educational Portals

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+How to get involved? (2)

Make your budget

Find the needed materials

Visit the schools and transfer your knowledge and enthusiasm

Information about organizing TISP workshop and sample letters for schools are available on our website: http://www.ieeer8.org/category/technical-activities/educational-activities/pre-university/puw-news

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+Which are the Educational Portals?

3 portals developed by the IEEE to raise awareness and interest about the fields of Engineering, Computer Science and Nanotechnology: TryEngineering: http://www.tryengineering.org/ TryNano: http://www.trynano.org/ TryComputing: http://www.trycomputing.org/

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+Contact

r8puw@ieee.org

http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/preuniversity/tispt/index.html

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+Question Time

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Thank you for your attention!