Action Plan Presentation Intel ISEF 2008

Educator AcademyMay 2008

COLOMBIA

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Introductions

• Juan Manuel CuellarGovernment Affairs and education Manager con Centralamerica, Caribbean and Andean Countries, Intel

• Catalina SilvaExecutive Director, The National Foundation of Science and Technology

• Pablo PatinoScientific Advisor, Parque Explora (Medellin) and leader of the Science and Technology Fair (Feria Explora 2008)Faculty Member, School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia

• Ana OchoaMedia Director, Parque Explora (Medellin)

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High Level Goals• Long term goals (3-5 years)

– Establish and consolidate an educational system that reinforced science and technology research within educational institutions.

– In order to achieve previous goal it is mandatory to promote an adequate program for teachers’ training (a.s. Students as Scientists).

– Engage and align different sectors of the country (political, social and entrepreneurial) around one common goal: to create an educational culture based on science.

– Establish a legal structure that support the creation of institutional fairs.

– Achieve government’s leadership in the process.– Consolidate other two chosen regions (Bogota and Manizales) and

be able to expand the fair’s program to other 3 cities in the country. – Establish a national fair as a convergence event for previously

established regional fairs.

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High Level Goals (cont.)

• Short term goals (1-2 years)– Consolidate first regional fair (Medellin) with the participation

of 50 institutions and 90 professors– Be able to maintain school directors commited to participate – Follow up research projects within schools– Form an institutional revision commitee of 3 people– Establish periodical channels of information and training– In order to empower school directors, it is important to

socialize the program and to let them know the important role are playing within it.

– Improve scientific review and judging

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Objectives• Results we want to see:

– Successful implementation of the regional fair (Medellin) having participation of 100 projects

– The existence of the scientific revision commitees for each of the regions chosen

– To be able to bring Colombian students to ISEF 2009 (Reno, Nevada)

– To have First Regional Fair (Parque Explora-Medellin) as a reference for other regional fairs. For that reason, it is important to develop a process of documentation and sistematization.

– To boost same initiative to other regions in the country.– To be able to participate in other international fairs.

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Action Plan

Action Measure Sucess? Who’s Responsible? By when?

Students as Scientist training for other teachers

Medellin: 25-30 per month Bogota: 20 per month

Parque Explora, SED Manizales & FENCYT

May-09

Fund raising Regional Fair FENCYT May-09

Fair affiliation to Intel ISEF 2009

Participation in Intel ISEF 2009

FENCYT Oct-08

Participation of the private sector and the scientific

community in mentoring and judging activities

No. Volunteer mentors: 25 No. Volunteer judges: 50

FENCYT & Parque Explora

Nov-08

Advertising to the Public (Multimedia propaganda)

Public recognitionParque Explora & Guiomar Jaramillo Comunicaciones

May-09

Involvement of the Ministry of Education and other scientific

authorities (Colciencias)

FENCYT & Parque Explora

Nov-08

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Intel ISEF Educator AcademyReflection • Educator’s Academy was key to generate

synergies between the country representatives in order to work together for the same purpose.

• We were able to clarify much concepts and to incorporated them into our developmental process.

• Ed’s Academy was also useful to really measure our scope.

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Intel ISEF Educator AcademyWhat impressed you the most? • Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for

your team?– The Road to Intel ISEF– Intel ISEF Science Fair Curriculum– How to present yourself and deal effectively with the

media– Using Science Fairs to improve science education– Developing and Maintaining a successful science fair

program– Affiliating new science fairs

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