CDSAGENDA V.5 PHYSWARE: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World

PHYSWARE: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World

Start Time:

16 February 2009 at 08:30

Ends On:

27 February 2009

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

All sessions will take place in the Adriatico Guest House Informatics Laboratory (unless otherwise specified in the schedule below)

Organizer(s):

Directors: P. Jolly, P. Laws, E. Sassi, D. Zollman; ICTP Local Organizer: J. Niemela

Description:

Material:

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BLOCK 1 & 2

16 February 2009

08:30
11:30

OPENING SESSION

03h00'

Registration and Logistics: 8:30-9:30 01h00' Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall Area
Opening Ceremony: 9:30-10:00 30' Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall	Claudio Tuniz (ICTP, Assistant Director)
Introduction of participants: 10:00-10:30 30'
Operations Office & Bank: 10:30 - 14:00 01h30' Venue: Enrico Fermi Building Shuttle bus will run frequently from Adriatico Guest House to Enrico Fermi Building and back to take you to the Operations Office and Bank. The first run will start at 10.30 from the Adriatico Guest House Parking Lot and the last run from Enrico Fermi Building will be around 11.25.

12:30
14:00

Lunch

01h30'

BLOCK 3

16 February 2009

14:00
15:45

ACTION RESEARCH AND TEACHING KINEMATICS Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE) and Questions on Kinematics Typical Results on FMCE with and without Action Learning

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

16 February 2009

16:45
18:30

FUNDAMENTAL TIME & DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS

01h45'

BLOCK 5

16 February 2009

18:30
20:00

Reception

01h30'

Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria

20:00
22:00

Poster Preparation on Previous Participant Work (Optional)

02h00'

BLOCK 1

17 February 2009

08:30
10:15

KINEMATICS: TEACHING w ACTIVE LEARNING, Part 1 x vs. t : v vs. t Graphs for Walking

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

17 February 2009

10:45
12:30

KINEMATICS: PART 2 Position, Velocity and Acceleration Graphs for Steady Motions

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

17 February 2009

14:30
16:15

DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR CLAUDIO TUNIZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ICTP

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

17 February 2009

16:45
18:30

KINEMATICS: PART 3 Accelerated Motion for Walking and Rolling Objects on an Incline

01h45'

BLOCK 5

17 February 2009

20:00
22:00

POSTERS GROUP 1 Participants Previous Work (Optional)

02h00'

BLOCK 1

18 February 2009

08:30
10:15

KINEMATICS: PART 4 Measuring Free Fall with Low Cost + Equipment

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

18 February 2009

10:45
12:30

LEARNING CYCLES

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

18 February 2009

14:30
16:15

SELF DIRECTED EXPLORATION WITH LOW COST EQUIPMENT, Part 1

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

18 February 2009

16:45
18:30

SELF DIRECTED EXPLORATION WITH LOW COST EQUIPMENT, Part 2

01h45'

BLOCK 5

18 February 2009

20:00
22:00

POSTERS, GROUP 2: Participants' Previous Work (Optional)

02h00'

BLOCK 1

19 February 2009

08:30
10:15

LEARNING CYCLES

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

19 February 2009

10:45
12:30

ADDITIONAL MECHANICS TOPICS

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

19 February 2009

14:30
16:15

ADDITIONAL MECHANICS TOPICS

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

19 February 2009

16:45
18:30

WORK ON LOW COST MECHANICS PROJECTS

01h45'

BLOCK 1

20 February 2009

08:30
10:15

WORK ON PROJECTS

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

20 February 2009

10:45
12:30

WORK ON PROJECTS

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

20 February 2009

14:30
16:15

POSTERS ON PROJECTS

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

20 February 2009

16:45
18:30

POSTERS ON PROJECTS; DISCUSSION & REVIEW OF THE WEEK

01h45'

BLOCK 1

23 February 2009

08:30
10:15

ACTIVE LEARNING IN LARGE (OR SMALL) CLASSES: INTERACTIVE LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS WITH LOW TECHNOLOGY

01h45'

10:00
10:30

GROUP PHOTO AND PHOTOS OF THE PHYSWARE LAB ACTIVITIES

30'

Around 10 a.m. ICTP photographer will take pictures of the Lab activities. Immediately thereafter a group photo will be taken on the AGH Terrace.

10:30
11:00

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

23 February 2009

10:45
12:30

ACTIVE LEARNING IN LARGE (OR SMALL) CLASSES: INTERACTIVE LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS WITH HIGHER TECHNOLOGY

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

23 February 2009

14:30
16:15

ICTP M-LAB STAFF PRESENTATION ON VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION

01h45'

Andres Cicuttin; Maria Liz Crespo

VENUE: ICTP MLAB

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

23 February 2009

16:45
18:30

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS Low Cost Communication Networks Sensor Networks

01h45'

Marco Zennaro

BLOCK 5

23 February 2009

20:00
22:00

DISCUSSION OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE.

02h00'

Refreshments will be served

BLOCK 1

24 February 2009

08:30
10:15

PRESENTATION ON KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS WITH INTERFACING

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

24 February 2009

10:45
12:30

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES WITH INTERFACING

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

24 February 2009

14:30
16:15

CONTINUE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

24 February 2009

16:45
18:30

PRESENTATION ON VIDEO CAPTURE, DATA ACQUSITION AND ANALYSIS

01h45'

BLOCK 5

24 February 2009

20:00
22:00

Physics Pathaway (Dean)

02h00'

Active_Link

(Refreshments)

BLOCK 1

25 February 2009

08:30
10:15

DISCUSSION ON DISSEMINATION

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

25 February 2009

10:45
12:30

PROJECT IDEAS

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

25 February 2009

14:30
16:15

COMBINING REAL EXPERIENCE AND SIMULATIONS I (Kinematics) Project Group Formation

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

25 February 2009

16:45
18:30

PROJECT WORK

01h45'

BLOCK 5

25 February 2009

20:00
22:00

MEETING WITH ICTP DIRECTOR PROFESSOR K.R. SREENIVASAN

02h00'

BLOCK 1

26 February 2009

08:30
10:15

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD (OLPC) DEMO PROJECT WORK

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

26 February 2009

10:45
12:30

PROJECT WORK

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

26 February 2009

14:30
16:15

COMBINING REAL EXPERIENCE AND SIMULATIONS 2 (Electric Circuits) PROJECT WORK

01h45'

16:15
16:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 4

26 February 2009

16:45
18:30

PROJECT PRESENTATIONS 1

01h45'

BLOCK 5

26 February 2009

20:00
22:00

DISCUSSION ON PROPOSAL TO ICTP (Optional) Follow up Physware Activities 5-year Plan

02h00'

BLOCK 1

27 February 2009

08:30
10:15

PROJECT PRESENTATIONS 2 DISTRIBUTION OF EVALUATION FORMS

01h45'

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

BLOCK 2

27 February 2009

10:45
12:30

Free Time

01h45'

12:30
14:30

Lunch

02h00'

BLOCK 3

27 February 2009

14:30
15:30

WEB SITE/COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Collection of Evaluation Forms

01h00'

15:30
16:30

RAFFLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

01h00'

16:30
18:00

FAREWELL PARTY

01h30'