QIS Education Workshop: Effecting Systemic Change in QIS Education
About
This workshop is by invitation and will be held on Feb. 24 at 12:30-4:00 pm Eastern Time/11:30-3:00 pm Central Time. The program is primarily aimed at people working on designing, implementing, and/or scaling quantum education programs. At this time we have closed the RSVP form, but if you are interested in the event, please email edwardse@illinois.edu for more information.
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
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12:30 pm - 12:40 pm EST (11:30 am - 11:40 am CST) |
Welcome Diana Franklin, Associate Professor in Computer Science, U. Chicago Opening remarks Charles Tahan, Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science, Director, National Quantum Coordination Office, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Tomasz Durakiewicz, Program Director, Condensed Matter Physics Program, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation Wu He, Program Director, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings in the Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation |
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm EST (11:45 am - 12:30 pm CST) |
Effecting Change in K-12 Computer Science Instruction. Panelists will summarize examples/methods of how computer science has been introduced into the classroom in the context of curriculum, incentives/policies, institutional support, and community. Moderator: Diana Franklin Panelists: Pat Yongpradit pat@code.org, Code.orgPat Yongpradit is the Chief Academic Officer for Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to promoting computer science education. As a national voice on K-12 computer science education, his passion is to bring computer science opportunities to every school and student. During his career as a high school computer science teacher, he inspired students to create mobile games and apps for social causes and implemented initiatives to broaden participation in computer science among underrepresented groups. He has been featured in the book, “American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom”, has been recognized as a Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Educator, and is certified in biology, physics, math, health, and technology education. Although Pat currently spends more time focused on computer science from a national perspective, he still finds ways to sneak into the classroom.
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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm EST (12:30 pm - 1:15 pm CST) |
QIS Education at the K-12 level. Panelists will share the status of their current programs that introduce QIS to K-12 students and teachers. Moderator: Chandralekha Singh, Professor of Physics, U. Pittsburgh Panelists:
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2:15 pm - 2:30 pm EST (1:15 pm - 1:30 pm CST) |
Break |
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm EST (1:30 pm - 1:50 pm CST) |
Overview on education programs for breakout groups Diana Franklin |
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm EST (1:50 pm - 2:30 pm CST) |
40-minute breakout groups for discussing attendee existing programs and brainstorming ideas for new programs/processes/team-building Group 1: Proposal/program development/design for new ideas or expanding/scaling piloted projects Group 2: Teaching strategies and resources for QIS Group 3: Coordinating/connecting/expanding programs and people across the QIS education community
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3:30 pm - 3:50 pm EST (2:30 pm - 2:50 pm CST) |
Readout, group discussion, and Q&A |
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm EST (2:50 pm - 3:00 pm CST) |
Closing remarks |
Workshop Organizers
Emily Edwards is the Managing Director of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has a PhD in physics from the University of Maryland and research experience in atomic physics and quantum information. Previously, Edwards was the Director of Communications and Outreach at the Joint Quantum Institute and has 9 years experience in science communications and public engagement. In addition to co-leading the development of the QIS Key Concepts in 2020, she is co-leading the NSF-funded Q2Work program, which is a member of the National Q-12 Education Partnership. She also co-leads an NSF AISL project to develop an online multimedia glossary of quantum physics terms called, "The Quantum Atlas."
Diana Franklin is an Associate Professor in Computer Science. She leads five projects involving computer science education involving students ranging from 3rd grade through university. She is the lead PI for quantum computing education for EPIQC, an NSF expedition in computing. Her research agenda explores ways to create curriculum and computing environments in ways that reach a broad audience. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, NCWIT Faculty Undergraduate Mentoring Award, four teaching awards, and three best paper awards. She currently co-leads the Q12 Partnership and the Q2Work initiative to magnify and organize K-12 QIS Education efforts.
Chandralekha Singh is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Founding Director of the Discipline-based Science Education Research Center (dB-SERC) at the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently the Past President of the American Association of Physics Teachers. She obtained her BS and MS degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and her Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of California Santa Barbara. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, before joining the University of Pittsburgh. She has been conducting research in physics education for more than two decades. She co-led the US team to the International Conference on Women in Physics in Birmingham UK in 2017. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Association of Physics Teacher.