Workshop for Teachers
Radio Jove and SID Monitors, the Bridge between Ethiopia and USA
Convener Abebe Kebede (NC A&T State University) Joseph Shiferaw (Adama University), Dereje Abera (Debre Birhan University), Kibrom Ebuy (Mekele University), Wanda Diaz (Harvard University)
In Ethiopia space technologies are routinely being applied to assist in development, the penetration of these fields into the curriculum, however, leaves a lot to be desired. The consumption of technology alone may not bring progress, unless it is coupled with strong formal and informal education. The Radio Jove and SID monitor program at North Carolina A&T University (NCAT), and the network of Radio Jove facilities in Ethiopia and NCAT are used to enhance undergraduate courses and provide workshops to K12 teachers and students on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently there are seven Radio Jove and seven SID monitors that are at different stages of installation in Ethiopia. The network of these facilities allows for more or less North-South data coverage in Ethiopia, as well as East West coverage when we include the facilities in the US (see Google map). This allows the students to study variations of Radio Jove and SID signals according to their location. The NCAT facility is used to troubleshoot and train African American students in the use of this equipment. Currently three NCAT students are installing the Radio Jove system, and one of the students built her own SID antenna. In this workshop teachers will be trained on the innerworkings of SID and Radio Jove telescopes and data analysis
Technology workshop for Teachers and Students
Contact: Dr. Abebe Kebede email: abkebede@gmail.com
K-12 outreach programs and activities are the cornerstone for improving the quality of student education, to enhance the breath and depth of knowledge, functional literacy, and improve the science and math skills of high school graduates in subsaharan Africa. Participants will be introduced to activities developed by professionals at the university, community college and high school level working in collaboration. The main intent of the workshop is to inspire students to study science and math, and to train teachers about and on the most current classroom technologies for teaching and learning. It is hoped that this workshop will tangibly increase the number of university students majoring in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In particular, the workshop will:
• address competencies of teachers and students in technology assisted teaching and learing
• introduce new teaching and learning technologies for science applicable to the high school classroom (e.g. logger pro)