Why Are We Here? Introduction by Moshe Kam

1. Teacher In Service Program in Uruguay Why Are We Here?Introduction by Moshe Kam IEEE Educational Activities May 2009

2. Outline Our Organization: IEEE IEEE’s Educational Activities Why is IEEE interested in promoting engineering in the pre-university education system in Uruguay? What do we plan to do in this workshop What are the long term benefits and expectations?

3. Our Organization – IEEE • An international professional association dedicated to the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering • as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering, and related arts and sciences • Established 125 years ago • Operating in 150 countries • Has approximately 380,000 members • The largest technical professional association in the world • $350M annual budget • Headquarter in New York City, NY, USA • Employs approximately 1000 staff members

4. IEEE Membership By Region31 December 2007 R7 – 15,947 R1 to 6 – 212,838 R10 67,157 R1 – 37,973 R2 – 32,363 R3 – 30,782 R4 – 23,555 R5 – 29,020 R6 – 59,145 R8 – 64,976 R9 – 15,410 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10 are now the two largest IEEE Regions

5. 1963 1973 1983 1993 2007 Total IEEE Membership1963 - 2007

6. IEEE volunteers • Key to IEEE success • About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization • Local Section Chair • Associate editor of a Journal • Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical Activities Board • Chair of a committee that develops a Standard • The organization is run by volunteers • From the President and CEO to the local Section Chair major decisions are made by volunteers • An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers estimated $2bn-$3bn

7. IEEE’s principal activities (1) • Organizing the professional community • Based on geographic distribution and areas of interest • Publishing technical and scientific literature on the State of the Art • Organizing conferences on relevant technical and scientific matters

8. IEEE’s principal activities (2) • Developing technical standards • Approximately 900 standards at present • Developing educational activities for professionals and for the public • Including students and teachers in the pre-university system • Improving understanding of engineering technology and computing by the public • Recognizing the leaders of the profession • Awards and membership grades

9. What are we trying to do… • …advance global prosperity by • Fostering technological innovation • Enabling members' careers • Promoting community worldwide • for the benefit of humanity and the profession • Key to success: early recognition of new fields • In 1884 – power engineering • In 1912 – communications • In 1942 – computing • In 1962 – digital communications • In 1972 – networking • In 1982 – clean energy • In 1992 – nanotechnology • In 2002 – engineering and the life sciences

10. Sample Activities: Regional Organizations • IEEE organizes professionals in its fields of interest into local Sections • There are 330 local Sections worldwide • Uruguay has a single Section • 200 members – including 42 undergraduate students and 15 Graduate Student Members • 32 Senior Members • 48 members of the IEEE Computer Society • 29 members of the IEEE Communication Society • 22 members of the IEEE Power and Energy Society

11. More on the IEEE Uruguay Section Student Branches Society Chapters • Universidad ORT 12 • Universidad Mayor De La Republica Oriental Del Uruguay 4 • Universidad Católica del Uruguay 10 • [Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay] • Communications • Computers • Control Systems • Engineering in Medicine and Biology • Instrumentation and Measurements • Power and Energy • Solid State Circuits • Technology Management

12. More on the IEEE Uruguay Section Student Branches Society Chapters • Universidad ORT 12 • Universidad Mayor De La Republica Oriental Del Uruguay 4 • Universidad Católica del Uruguay 10 • [Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay] • Communications • Computers • Control Systems • Engineering in Medicine and Biology • Instrumentation and Measurements • Power and Energy • Solid State Circuits • Technology Management Call for Action: Let us consider reviving the IEEE Uruguay Student Branches!

13. Sample Activities: Standards • IEEE develop standards in several areas, including: • Power and Energy • Transportation • Biomedical and Healthcare • Nanotechnology • Information Technology • Information Assurance

14. More Specific Standardization Areas • Intelligent highway systems and vehicular technology • Distributed generation renewable energy • Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange • Rechargeable Batteries for PCs • Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder • Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Issuing and Management • Components Architecture for Encrypted Shared Media Organic Field Effect Technology

15. Sample Activities: Education TryEngineering.org An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

19. www.TryEngineering.org • IEEE’s pre-university education portal • For students, parents, teachers and school counselors • A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science • Non-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M • US/Canada version was launched on June 2006

20. TryEngineering.org A portal for school counselors, teachers, parents and students 20

22. Most Requested Lesson Plans • Build your own robot arm • Series and Parallel Circuits • Pulleys and Force • Cracking the Code (bar codes) • Electric Messages • Adaptive Devices

23. Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada France Germany India Ireland Japan Korea Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Pakistan Portugal Russia Singapore South Africa Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States University Searches: 25 Countries

24. Languages

25. TryEngineering Progress • Available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese • Statistics (as of 1 April 2009) 2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN 2008 • 44,193 = average # of visitors per month • 67,006 = highest number of total unique visitors (May 08) • 248,951 = average # of page hits per month • 9838 = average number of university searches per month • 4228 = questions submitted to Ask an Expert • 14197= the average number of lesson plans downloaded per month • Visitors come from the US, India, China, Canada, UK and scores of other countries

27. Sample Activities: Education Teacher In Service Program An activity of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)

28. The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) • A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers • Based on approved Lesson Plans • Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers • Tested in classrooms • Designed to highlight engineering design principles

29. The Teacher In Service Program IEEE Volunteers • Train volunteers • IEEE Section Members • IEEE Student Members • Teachers and Instructors • …using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design • IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with Teachers • Teachers will conduct training sessions with Students Teachers Students

30. Our Overall TISP Goals • Empower IEEE Section “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning • Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators • Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering • Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students • Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community • Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

31. Why TISP in URUGUAY? Why is Uruguay of Interest to IEEE Educational Activities?

32. OECD PISA Program • OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development • Established 1961 • 30 Countries • Budget: Euro 303M • PISA = Programme for International Student Assessment

33. Objectives of PISA Are students well prepared for future challenges? Can they analyze, reason and communicate effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life? Surveys of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries. Every three years, it assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society Uruguay is not an OECD member but it participated in PISA 2001 and PISA 2006 Review of OECD Statistics (PISA 2006)

34. Why is Uruguay of Interest to IEEE Educational Activities Uruguay’s science score in the OECD table was 428 Ahead of Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia Below the scores of all OECD countries except for Turkey and Mexico UK: 515; France: 495; Germany: 516; Australia: 527 Uruguay was… Below OECD average in the scales of reading, mathematics and science Uruguayan Students demonstrated… Relative strength in the area “Living Systems” and in “Using Scientific Evidence” Relative weakness in the area “Earth and Space Systems” Review of OECD Statistics (PISA 2006) Source: PISA 2006

35. Science Scores Top Uruguay Bottom

36. Knowledge about Science Uruguay is slightly below OECD average * Source: PISA 2006

37. Distribution of student performance on the science scale Uruguay is below the OECD average * Source: PISA 2006

38. Distribution of student performance on the science scale * Source: PISA 2006

39. Mean score on the knowledge about science and on the knowledge of science scales Uruguay’s scores are relatively low Source: PISA 2006

40. Mathematics Score 2002-2006 Uruguay’s scores are relatively low Source: PISA 2006

41. IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students What are we going to do here today and tomorrow?

42. The Teacher in Service Program “Engineering in the Classroom”

43. The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) • A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers • Based on approved Lesson Plans • Prepared by IEEE volunteers • Tested in classrooms • Associated with Education Standards • Designed to highlight engineering design principles • The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30

44. The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans • IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic • How to build a balanced mobile (rotational equilibrium) • How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design) • The lesson plans are geared toward pre-university students and are tested in the classroom • Materials for a 30-student class cost no more than $100

45. How does it work? • Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP training event • Such as what we are doing here today • EAB provides logistical support and instructors • Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training • With teachers and school administrators • Volunteers spread the program in their school districts

46. Volunteer Training • Key questions to be discussed in training: • How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using the TISP lesson plans? • How to approach the school system to engage teachers? • How to align a lesson plan with local education criteria? • Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

47. After The Training… • IEEE volunteers work with the school system to conduct training sessions for teachers • Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students • IEEE participates in paying for the program • In the first year, EAB pays the materials and supplies expenses for TISP sessions for teachers • In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the IEEE Section IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students

48. Lesson plans • The lesson plans are organized in two versions • For the teacher • For the student • The lesson plans are aligned with educational standards

49. Sample Lesson Plans • Build a better candy bag • Rotational Equilibrium (mobile) • Understand and apply bar codes

50. Everything You Wanted to Know About Electric Motors But Were Afraid to Ask Rocket Cars and Newton’s Laws Effective Lighting Get Connected with Ohm’s Law Design and Build Your Own Robot Arm Learn to Program and Test Robots for Classroom Use Lesson Plans