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Problem-Solving with TeraGrid K-12 Resources Alignments to Standards

Problem-Solving with TeraGrid K-12 Resources Alignments to Standards. Brad Armosky Education Coordinator Texas Advanced Computing Center The University of Texas at Austin. Texas Advanced Computing Center Powering discoveries that change the world. Mission

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Problem-Solving with TeraGrid K-12 Resources Alignments to Standards

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  1. Problem-SolvingwithTeraGrid K-12 ResourcesAlignments to Standards Brad Armosky Education Coordinator Texas Advanced Computing Center The University of Texas at Austin

  2. Texas Advanced Computing CenterPowering discoveries that change the world Mission To enhance research, education, and society through the application of advanced computing technologies.

  3. Texas Advanced Computing CenterPowering discoveries that change the world Lonestar Dell Linux Cluster 5,840 cores 62.5 TFLOPS peak 12.5 TB memory 200 TB hard disk

  4. TeraGrid

  5. How can TeraGridenhanceteaching and learningin your classroom?

  6. ProblemSolving Science Mathematics Engineering

  7. ProblemSolving ThinkingTools

  8. Thinking Tools …technologies should not support learning by attempting to instruct the learners, but rather should be used as knowledge construction tools that students learn with, not from. D.H. Jonassen, C. Carr, H-P Yueh. Computers as Mindtools for Engaging Learners in Critical Thinking.

  9. Thinking Tools  Mindtools In this way, learners function as designers, and the computers function as Mindtoolsfor interpreting and organizing their personal knowledge. D.H. Jonassen, C. Carr, H-P Yueh. Computers as Mindtools for Engaging Learners in Critical Thinking.

  10. Learning with, not from …when students work with computer technologies, instead of being controlled by them, they enhance the capabilities of the computer, and the computer enhances their thinking and learning. D.H. Jonassen, C. Carr, H-P Yueh. Computers as Mindtools for Engaging Learners in Critical Thinking.

  11. Whole > Parts The result of an intellectual partnership with the computer is that the whole of learning becomes greater than the sum of its parts.

  12. Something else to consider … Perception (and inference) is everything.

  13. Perception and Inference is Everything “What is Real? How do you define Real? If you are talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste, and see, then Real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” Morpheus, The Matrix

  14. Perception and Inference is Everything “Each of us lives within … the prison of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic world around us: heat, light, force, and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly;all else is logical inference.” Vernon Mountcastle Neuroscientist, Johns Hopkins University

  15. Perception and Inference is Everything Mindtools extend our perception and enhance our natural ability of logical inference.

  16. Mindtools you can use next week Computational Science Education Reference Desk http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/ <find five interactive resources to demonstrate during the workshop>

  17. Baby-Steps to Advanced Computing BCCD + LittleFe Java applications Programming Science Gateways Linux OS Ubuntu

  18. Baby-Steps to Advanced Computing Use Java apps on local classroom machines as Mindtools.

  19. What are the Mindtools you use?

  20. National Standards MindTools ProblemSolving Science Mathematics

  21. Mathematics Thinking Mathematically Problem Solving Thinking Tools

  22. Science Thinking Scientifically Problem Solving/Scientific Inquiry Thinking Tools

  23. Scientific Inquiry

  24. Problem SolvingMathematical Disposition Problem solving means engaging in a task for which the solution is not known in advance. Good problem solvers have a “mathematical disposition” – they analyze situations carefully in mathematical terms and naturally come to pose problems based on situations they see. NCTM

  25. So, what can I do next week? Download visualization tools TeraGrid Education Resources http://www.teragrid.org/eot/resources_edu.html Review exemplars of good integration Real-time K-12 Education Seismic Network http://www.seismo.unr.edu/k12network/

  26. So, what can I do next week? Stay fresh Computing: an overview of NSF research http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/computer/index.jsp Supercomputing Online http://www.supercomputingonline.com/ Pat yourself on the back !! Chris Comer, Irene Picard, TEKS, andyour own instincts encourage you to do this.

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