UA Teacher Coding Workshop

5 Jun 2023, 09:00 → 7 Jun 2023, 21:00 America/Chicago

310 (Gallalee Hall)

Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US))

We are pleased to announce the upcoming K-12 Teaching Coding Workshop: coding for the classroom that will take place from June 5-7, 2023 at the University of Alabama. Students and Teachers make everyday decisions based on massive amounts of data whether they know it or not. Visualization and analysis empowers people to use this data in productive and efficient ways. The University of Alabama with the support of the National Science Foundation QuarkNet program is organizing a coding and data analysis workshop for teachers that will focus on introduction to basic coding and data analysis activities that can be used in the classroom.

 

Teachers will learn to use the Python coding language to analyze and visualize data. Teachers will leave the workshop with a plan to implement real world data analysis using coding in the classroom. Teachers will receive a stipend of $120 per day for participation in this 3 day workshop. This workshop does not require any prior knowledge of programming languages. The workshop will take place on the University of Alabama campus from 9 am to 4 pm on June 5 - 7. To apply please fill out this form by June 2. If accepted, you will receive an email by June 3rd with more details about the workshop.

 

Questions? Please email Joy Breman at jy.breman@gmail.com and Prof. Sergei Gleyzer at sgleyzer@ua.edu.

University of Alabama Teacher Coding Workshop.pdf

Monday 5 June

09:00 → 09:45 Welcome

Speakers: Joy Breman, Megan Alvord, Prof. Patrick LeClair, Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US))

09:45 → 10:15 Norms discussion and activity

Hopes and Fears, Norms poster discussion

10:15 → 10:25 Pair Programming Philosophy

10:25 → 12:00 Driver-Navigator time

"Intro to coding" notebook
"Probability and Histograms" using dice

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Session 2 Driver-Navigator

"Mass of a muon using CMS Data"
"CMS Di-muon spectrum analysis"

14:30 → 15:15 CMS Experiment Review

Speaker: Ana Maria Slivar

CMS Experiment Review

15:15 → 16:30 Driver-Navigator

16:30 → 17:00 All-hands meeting

Tuesday 6 June

09:00 → 09:30 All-hands meeting

Successes and Challenges from 1st day
Group photo

09:30 → 10:30 Teacher Hat mode

Examples

10:30 → 12:00 Work solo or in groups

Implementation advice and examples on CODINGinK12.org
Brainstorm lesson ideas
Start on implementation plan

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 16:00 Implementation plan work

16:00 → 16:30 All Hands Meeting

Daily feedback survey

Wednesday 7 June

09:00 → 09:30 All-hands meeting

Thoughts from yesterday
How to do this without Google access?
On your computer: Install Anaconda (includes Jupyter, Python, & all your favorite modules) Free online: Repl.it
Processing LHC Data - great video!

09:30 → 11:30 Work on Implementation Plans

Brainstorm and data search
Develop a plan for implementation with your students
Use whatever format or structure you’d like
A good place to include your implementation plan is in your coding notebook.
Be prepared to have others look at your implementation plan and coding activity during Session 2.

11:30 → 12:00 Lab Tours

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Share Implementation Plans

Each camper shares their lesson concept and notebook.
Others participate as a student might.
Others provide comments/feedback
The author can make their own notes with comments/feedback.

14:30 → 15:00 Intro to QuarkNet

Speaker: Ken Cecire

15:00 → 15:30 Resources

15:30 → 16:15 Housekeeping and Sign-off

Daily feedback survey
Exit Survey