Young Scholars Program

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Carolyn
E-portfolio

• Young Scholars Program
• July 13 August 1, 2003

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Table of Contents

• About EDUC 289Ap. 3
• Objectivesp. 4
• About mep. 5
• What have we done?............................p.
  6
• In Classp. 7
• MicroWorldsp. 8
• Robolab.p.9
• WebCT experience.p. 10
• Online papers/projects/activities.p. 11
• Trips.p. 12
• Guest speakers.p. 13
• Goals reached.p. 14
• Calendar.p. 15
• Goodbyep. 16

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EDUC 289A
Learning Environments for the 21st Century
Students, Learning, and Technology

• The 2003 Young Scholars Program, Students,
  Learning, and Technology will allow students to
  explore and expand their knowledge of essential
  21st century skills (technology fluency and
  applications, team building, collaboration tools,
  problem based critical thinking), while also
  exposing them to real-life instances of
  professionals using these skills in exciting
  careers that interconnect the fields of education
  and technology. This course provides a means to
  explore technology applications essential to
  college success, as well as opportunities to
  investigate career possibilities that utilize
  technology.
• http//www.edtechoutreach.umd.edu/YoungScholars/C
  ourse/EDUC289A_Syllabus.html

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Objectives

• focus on inquiry and group based methods of
  learning
• collaborate with peers to adapt/redesign problem
  materials
• experience problem based learning through active
  engagement in an appropriate activity

• know the elements of problem solving, including
  key content identification, scientific literacy,
  habits of mind, and critical thinking and
  learning events involved in project development
• provide and accept feedback gracefully (to and
  from other participants and instructors)

More at
http//www.edtechoutreach.umd.edu/YoungScholars/Co
urse/EDUC289A_Syllabus.html
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About Me

• Name Carolyn
• Age 17
• Born in New York
• Location New Jersey
• Grade 12th
• Hillsborough High School
• Intended majors Business, Education

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What have we done?

• MicroWorlds -Individual animated
  story-Maze-Group story-Races
• Robolabs-Challenge 1 (cans)-Challenge 2 (maze)
• Gone on trips
• Guest speakers
• Learned about all the different types of learning
  styles

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In Class
-team work -problem-solving -working diligently
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MicroWorlds

• Interesting program
• Not very easy
• Too many codes
• The projects we did were nice, but for me, it
  took too much time
• Group animated story
• My individual story
• Maze

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Robolab

• This was fun project
• Frustrating sometimes
• It was fun to build the robot
• Our robot kept on falling about
• The programming wasnt too hard, but it was
  challenging to get the exact speed and time
• The challenges were interesting because many
  unexpected things happened that never happened
  before
• See our Can-Do challenge athttp//www.edtechoutr
  each.umd.edu/YoungScholars/Course/Robolab/cando.ht
  ml

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WebCT

• The worlds leading provider of e-learning
  solutions
• Help deliver the best educational experience to
  students
• For colleges and universities to post course
  schedules syllabi online
• It was nice to have all assignments and course
  contents in one place

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Online papers/projects/activities

• Discussion threads
• Reflective journals
• Software evaluation
• Standards matrix
• Chatroom
• Quizzes

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Trips

• NASA
• National Cryptology Museum
• Applied Physics Lab
• Composite Lab
• Technology incubator
• Wind Tunnel
• Geography visit
• Aerospace Campus visit
• NIST

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Guest Speakers

• The first guest speaker was 2 student services
  people from the College of Education-this was
  interesting because education is one of my
  interests and it was nice to learn more about it
• The second guest speaker was the assistant
  director for Academic Integrity-Judicial
  Programs--I thought this was the most
  interesting speaker because it was interesting to
  listen to what goes on in the university with
  honesty
• The third guest speaker was a lady from World
  Links-she talked about helping developed
  countries to prepare the students to use of
  technologies

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Goals Reached

• Team work
• Problem solving
• Critiquing other peoples work
• Designed Logo environments and multimedia
  presentations
• Constructivist thinking

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Calendar
This is the calendar from WebCT
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Goodbye
It's been a lot of fun!