Difference between revisions of "Teacher PD"

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This page will contain information for the Teacher PD course currently under development.

Purpose

This purpose of this PD course is to assist teachers in developing class materials which demonstrate the power and utility of scientific computing. The course content will be largely teacher-driven, with material presented on requested subjects in computing.

Possible topics

The goal of the course is to assist teachers in developing their own content. As such, the teachers themselves will determine the direction of the course. To get started, we list some possible topics below.

Computational thinking (eg, http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/what-is-ct.html ) is increasingly necessary for understanding a wide range of disciplines, as well as an useful skill set in its own right.

Applies to simulation, data analysis

Applies to wide range of disciplines

Computational thinking skills for educators; best practices in teaching computational skills to students

Existing simulation/data analysis tools that can be used in discipline-specific classes

Basic Python programming

Methods for simulation

Methods for data analysis

Technologies for larger-scale computation:

 - Clusters
 - Cluster parallel computing
 - GPU parallel computing

Large-scale simulation techniques

Large-scale data analysis techniques

Some possible topics include: computational thinking, best practices in teaching computational skills to students, existing simulation/data analysis tools that can be used in discipline-specific classes, basic Python programming, techniques for simulation and data analysis, technologies for in-class large-scale computation.

Relevant links

You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:

http://www.example.net/index.php/ARTICLE or
http://www.example.net/wiki/ARTICLE

If you replace ARTICLE with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "Edit" page tab at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

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-{{PD Help Page}}
-There are several ways to start a new page. These can vary based on the type of page started, as well as the wiki and namespace.
-== Using Wikilinks ==
+This page will contain information for the Teacher PD course currently under development.
-MediaWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:Links|Links]]). If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, <span style="color: #ba0000">like this</span>.
-Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article.  Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.
-Once the page has been created, the link will change from <span style="color: #ba0000">red</span> to <span style="color: #002bb8;">blue</span> (<span style="color: #5a3696;">purple</span> for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.
+== Purpose ==
-Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later). If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki? Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page? Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.
+This purpose of this PD course is to assist teachers in developing class materials which demonstrate the power and utility of scientific computing. The course content will be largely teacher-driven, with material presented on requested subjects in computing.
+== Possible topics ==
+The goal of the course is to assist teachers in developing their own content.  As such, the teachers themselves will determine the direction of the course.  To get started, we list some possible topics below.
+* Computational thinking (eg, http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/what-is-ct.html ) is increasingly necessary for understanding a wide range of disciplines, as well as an useful skill set in its own right.
+* Applies to simulation, data analysis
+* Applies to wide range of disciplines
+* Computational thinking skills for educators; best practices in teaching computational skills to students
+* Existing simulation/data analysis tools that can be used in discipline-specific classes
+* Basic Python programming
+* Methods for simulation
+* Methods for data analysis
+* Technologies for larger-scale computation:
+  - Clusters
+  - Cluster parallel computing
+  - GPU parallel computing
+* Large-scale simulation techniques
+* Large-scale data analysis techniques
-== Using the URL ==
-You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
-*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/index.php/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code> &nbsp;&nbsp; or
-*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/wiki/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>
-If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "{{int:edit}}" [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.
-== From the search page ==
-If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and “{{int:go}}” button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.  (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the “{{int:search}}” button).
-== Create redirects to your new page ==
+Some possible topics include: computational thinking, best practices in teaching computational skills to students, existing simulation/data analysis tools that can be used in discipline-specific classes, basic Python programming, techniques for simulation and data analysis, technologies for in-class large-scale computation.
-Don't forget to setup redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s). See [[Help:Redirects]]
-== Protecting your new page ==
-Normally a new wiki page can be edited by other people (that is one of the main ideas of a wiki!) However, a sysop could 'protect' the page, if desired, to prevent normal users from editing it.
-{{Admin tip|tip=The "{{mediawiki|Extension:Inputbox|inputbox extension}}" allows you to provide an even easier way for your users to create new pages}}
+== Relevant links ==
+You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
+*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/index.php/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code> &nbsp;&nbsp; or
+*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/wiki/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>
-{{Languages}}
+If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "{{int:edit}}" [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.
 [[Category:Help|Starting a new page]]

Difference between revisions of "Teacher PD"

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