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Action Plan Intel ISEF 2008 Educator Academy May 2008. Sri Lanka. High Level Goals. Long term goals (3-5 years) Every school in the country to participate at the National Science and Engineering competition (5,000 students from 10,000 schools).
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Action Plan Intel ISEF 2008Educator AcademyMay 2008 Sri Lanka
High Level Goals • Long term goals (3-5 years) • Every school in the country to participate at the National Science and Engineering competition (5,000 students from 10,000 schools). • Make research based projects an important part of school curriculum. • Short term goals (1-2 years) • Promote Intel ISEF among schools. • Strengthen local competitions with workshops. • Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.
Objectives • Ways to identify our success • Increase in the number of competitors to 5,000 in five years. • All projects based on scientific research methodology. • Increase in quality of projects submitted. • Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.
Intel ISEF Educator Academy Reflection • Key learning from the Educator Academy • Various local fair models and methodologies used by different countries. • Most beneficial Shop Talks • Affiliating new science fairs – Sharon Snyder. • Encouraging and mentoring research based science/engineering projects – Dr. Arnab Bhattacharya. • Types of Shop Talks missing • How local ISEF Workshops are conducted.
Sri Lanka Team • Prof. M. T. M. Jiffry • National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka • Chairperson, Advisory Committee of NSF • Chairperson, Science Review Committee of SLSEF • Mr. Jayavilal Meegoda • Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) • Chairperson, “Junior Inventor of the Year” Competition • Mr. Priyantha K. Weerabahu • Intel, Sri Lanka • Education Program Manager
MoE Guest & Team Member • Mr. Anura Dissanayake • Project Director • Secondary Education Modernization Project (SEMP) • Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka