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The Education group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) offers a
wide range of community outreach programs that bring cutting-edge research and
science curriculum to students, teachers and parents. SDSC provides support to
both local and national entities that promote mathematics and science education
for K-12, undergraduate, and graduate level students. The San Diego
Supercomputer Center invites you to explore our site and see what exciting
programs we offer to teachers and students.
Upcoming TeacherTECH Workshops and Seminars
Science Series Seminars
Sensing the Environment in San Diego County
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 9:00am- 12:00pm
Come and
collaborate in an environmental science initiative that incorporates sensors,
IT, and an online multi-player game providing an appealing context to spark
middle school girls' interest in science and engineering.
Presented by
Julie Humphrey, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
 Around Town and the Country- Training Opportunities for
Teachers
BioEASI K-12 Science Art
Challenge
Have you ever wondered why all of the original
scientists, Leonardo, Galileo, DaVinci, and even Darwin, were also artists?
Science and the arts are necessarily interconnected since both disciplines seek
a means to observe, understand and explain the world; yet, because the subjects
are now taught separately, their similarities are difficult to recognize. Think
of the lost creative input to the sciences! Inspire your students to discover
new ways to look at science and the world by encouraging them to make a piece
for the "Science Art Challenge" contest.
For additional information,
please see http://www.bioeasi.org.
K-12 Professional Development Offered by the San Diego County Office
of Education
Are you up for a little professional
learning to sharpen your skills? Data Intensive Science, Environmental
Education, Robotics, Science Fair, Family Science, High School Science Forums
and more are all offered to interested teachers by the San Diego County Office
of Education, Science Department!. Log on today and enroll in an opportunity for
youand/or your students! For additional information, please contact Nancy
Taylor, K-12 Science Coordinator, ntaylor@sdcoe.net.
To view the
2008-2009 Professional Development calendar, please see http://www.sdcoe.net/pd_calend.asp.
Workshops
Beginning Moodle for Educators
Two Consecutive
Days, May 13- 14, 2009- 4:30pm -6:30pm
Moodle is an open source learning
management system (LMS) used to augment traditional face-to-face courses and
also deliver content in online courses. Moodle is a web-based, software package
designed using sound pedagogical principles to help educators create effective
online, constructivist, learning communities. Moodle is currently used by more
than 1,000 teachers and thousands of students in San Diego area schools.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School District
Wikispaces: A Collaborative Classroom
Tool
Thursday, April 30, 2009- 4:30pm - 6:30pm
PBwiki
hosts more classroom wikis than anyone else in the world, and lets you create a
simple, secure wiki in about 60 seconds. Learn more about this engaging and
collaborative tool, and hear what other educators are saying about PBwiki.
Presented by Mike Senise, San Diego Unified School
District
 StudentTECH Summer Science and Technology Workshops
Structures in Action!
Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:00am -3:30pm
Join engineers
from the Department of Structural Engineering and learn about basic concepts of
structural design! Students will design a simple truss bridge, solve for the
forces in the bridge mathematically, build a model of their structure and then
test their bridge in a competition to see how closely they can predict when the
bridge will fail. The seminar objectives are to encourage students to continue
their education in science and engineering through understanding the importance
and challenges of engineering, and how basic science and mathematics can be used
to solve real-life problems.
Presented by Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde,
University of California, San Diego
Course fee: $50.00
Download Complete Workshop
Information and an Application Form
Introduction to Maya and 3D
Modeling
Monday-Friday, July 6-10, 2009- 9:00am
-3:00pm
This course will provide an introduction to using Maya to create
computer animations. Students will be given a comprehensive introduction to the
various components of the Maya software package including Modeling, Animating,
Rendering, and Lighting.
Presented by Amit Chourasia, Visualization
Services, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Course fee: $285.00
Download Complete Workshop Information and
an Application Form
2D-3D
Insani-D!
Monday- Wednesday, July 13-15, 2009 - 8:30am
-3:00pm
In this fun, exciting three-day hands-on workshop, students will
learn to build cool 2D and 3D interactive animations. On the first day, you'll
learn how to use Flash, the powerful 2D animation tool and the most popular tool
on the Internet. On the second day you'll learn Blender, the free 3D animation
and rendering tool used by many game developers. On the third day, students will
get some real hands-on game development experience using Gamemaker and Popfly.
Students will each get their own account on the StudentTECH course site where
they can upload and share their games and animations with others. Students will
be provided with all of the source files used in this workshop, too!
Presented by Jeff Sale, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Course fee:
$125.00
Download Complete Workshop
Information and an Application Form
Introduction to Creative Applications in
Multimedia
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 8:30am
-3:00pm
Come and join us for an innovative day of hands-on multimedia
exploration where you will be introduced to a range of creative applications for
the computer – all using free, open source software. You are invited to bring
your own drawings, sketches, photographs – anything you would like to “capture”
into the computer. Then you can use your captured material with the workshop
software to create images, animations and games. Go behind the scenes to you can
explore your own creative ideas and see the results! All participants will
receive a USB drive so you can store your work and continue working on your
projects at home or wherever you can plug in the USB drive!
Presented by
Scott Flanders, Long Beach State University
Course fee: $50.00
Download Complete Workshop Information
and an Application Form
Creative Concepts
in Digital Art & Design: Character/Creature Design!
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 8:30am -3:00pm
Do you want to
create your own characters and worlds? Do you dream of being a part of a team of
creative professionals working on creating the next generation of amazing films
and video games? If so, then this workshop is for you! Students will be exposed
to many of the basic techniques and common approaches to development and
conceptual art, including the familiar skills of drawing, painting and
composition as synthesized through the digital medium, but also
silhouette/contour design, using abstraction in development, and using
photographic reference and the basics of image sampling. At the end of this
exciting, intensive workshop, students can expect to have generated their very
own original character/creature design and will be well on their way to
developing their skills as a contemporary illustrator with an above average
working knowledge of digital art creation software
Presented by Scott
Flanders, Long Beach State University
Course fee: $50.00
Download Complete Workshop
Information and an Application Form<
Download a Peek at the Instructor’s
Artwork
TeacherTECH Summer Science Workshops
Sensing the Environment: Information Technology,
Engineering and Environmental Educational Tools
Monday- Saturday, June
22- 27, 2009- 9:00am-4:00pm
Come and collaborate in an environmental
science initiative that incorporates sensors, IT, and an online multi-player
game providing an appealing context to spark middle school girls' interest in
science and engineering.
Presented by Julie Humphrey, Jacobs School of
Engineering, UC San Diego
Course stipends will be offered upon completion of
workshop and academic year participation.
Download More Information and an
Application Form
'Teaching with New
Geoscience Tools: A Focus on GeoMapApp and our
Oceans
Wednesday- Saturday, June 24- 27, 2009-
8:30am-3:00pm
This introductory hands-on three-day workshop is a must for
any educator who wants to explore geoscience data sets in an intuitive and easy
way. We will help you learn the software basics, show you how to find user
friendly data sources, and help you prepare a ready to use lesson that will help
you create dynamic opportunities for student learning and engagement. Featured
in this workshop will be the use of GeoMapApp, a free Java™ based tool which
works on any type of computer.
Presented by Michelle Kinzel, Oregon State
University and Eileen Goff, San Diego Mesa College
Course fee: $145.00
Course stipend: $200 upon completion and submission of a comprehensive
lesson plan
Download More
Information and an Application Form
Modeling the Molecular World Through the National SMART Team Program
Monday- Friday, July 20-24, 2009- 9:00am-4:00pm
The
San Diego-based SMART Team program is a new Howard Hughes Medical
Institute-supported pre-college science outreach program aimed at introducing
high school students to basic concepts of protein structure and function. The
program aims to involve students in a series of innovative activities focused on
protein structure in which students work with research labs to design and build
a physical model of the protein being investigated in a local research lab.
Presented by Rebecca Bowers-Gentry, San Diego Miramar College and Tim
Herman, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Course stipend is $200. Participants
will also receive a complete classroom set of protein models.
Download More Information and an
Application Form
Conference on New Teachers
in Genomics
Monday- Friday, July 27-31, 2000- 8:30am-
4:00pm
This introductory hands-on five-day workshop is a must for any
educator who wants to explore genomics through the use of biotechnology and
genomics activities for the classroom. Industry scientists and academic
researchers will provide training on the basics of DNA structure and function.
The laboratory sessions will include preparation of and procedures for DNA
extraction and expression. Computer laboratory sessions will include data
analysis with clustering, as well as other bioinformatics tools.
Faciliated
by Judi Heitz, Grossmont Unified School District, Susan Moerder, Francis Pakrer
School and researchers from The Scripps Research Institute and UC San
Diego
Conference stipend: $300.00
Download More Information and an
Application Form
(Visit the TeacherTECH Home Page for registration
details)
Upcoming TeraGrid and CI Workshops
May
May 17 - 23, 2009 Computational Chemistry to be held at
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
May
18 - 22, 2009 HPC SUMMER INSTITUTE
http://k2i.rice.edu/events//HPC2009Institute/
May
24 - 27, 2009 American Geophysical Union 2009 Joint Assembly
http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja09/
May
24 - 27, 2009 The International Conference on Computational Science
2009 (ICCS 2009)
http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2009/index.html
May
25 - 27, 2009 International Conference on Computational Science
(ICCS)
http://www.iccs-meeting.org/
May
25 - 30, 2009 Introduction to Computational Thinking to be held at
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
June
June 7 - 13, 2009 Computational Biology to be held at
University of California Merced, Merced, CA
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
June
7 - 13, 2009 Parallel and Cluster Computing to be held at Kean
University, Union, NJ
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
June
14 - 20, 2009 Computational Physics to be held at Widener
University, Chester, PA
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
June
22 - 27, 2009 Sensing the Environment: Information Technology,
Engineering and Environmental Educational Tools
http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech/
June
22 - 26, 2009 TeraGrid '09
http://www.teragrid.org/tg09/
June
22 - 26, 2009 UPCRC Illinois Offers Summer School for Multicore
Programming
http://www.upcrc.illinois.edu/summer/2009/
June
24 - 27, 2009 Teaching with New Geoscience Tools: A Focus on
GeoMapApp and our Oceans
http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech/
June
28 - July 1, 2009 NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)
http://www.iste.org/necc/
July
July 5 - 11, 2009 Computational Thinking to be held at
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
July
5 - 11, 2009 Parallel and Cluster Computing to be held at Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
July
12 - 18, 2009 Computational Engineering to be held at Ohio
Supercomputing Center, Columbus, OH
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
July
12 - 18, 2009 Pre-College Computational Thinking to be held at
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
July
20 - 24, 2009 National SMART Team Teacher Workshop: Students
Modeling a Research Topic
http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech/
July
27 - 31, 2009 Conference on New Teachers in Genomics
http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech/
July
27 - 31, 2009 Conference on New Teachers in Genomics- CONTIG 2009
http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech
August
August 2 - 8, 2009 Computational Thinking to be held at
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
August
9 - 15, 2009 Parallel and Cluster Computing to be held at University
of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops2009
Please visit the TeraGrid EOT page for more information at:
http://www.teragrid.org/eot/index.php
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