Final plan of activities

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Program for CS4HS workshop to be carried out at Mbarara University –ICS Lab two on the 9 th and 10 th August 2012 Day one: Thursday 9 th August 2012 9:00am – 9:30am Welcome and house-keeping notes –Dr. Angella Musiimenta Opening remarks- Academic Registrar-MUST 9:30am – 10:30am Merits of embracing computing in secondary schools, and taking the discipline to the next level, including; - Role of computing - Range of career in IT Mr. Richard Kimera 10:30-11:00am Break Tea 11:00am – 01:00am Group brainstorming and disseminations on mediators (motivators and inhibitors) that influence students’ interest in computer science studies – Mr. Robert Mugonza 1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch break 02:00 – 02:30pm Gender issues in computing- Dr. Angella Musiimenta and Mr. Ampaire Collins 02:30pm- 05:00pm Discussion forum about computing study options after secondary school, and actions that are needed to prepare students for these options– Mr. John Ziine Evening bite Closure—Dr. Angella Musiimenta Day Two: Friday 10 th August 2012 9:00am – 09:30am Introduction to the Web: Using Google and Google Scholar as search engines –Google Ambassador 09:30am – 10:30am Electronic Mail and online document management using G- mail and Google docs Mr. Richard Kimera 10:30 – 11:00am Break Tea 11:00am – 12:00pm Open source educational technologies for teaching and learning, including potential online educational resources - Mr. Robert Mugonza. 12:00 – 01:00pm Hands on sessions on posting video on You Tube and developing an educational blog –– Mr. Ziine John and Mr.

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Program for CS4HS workshop to be carried out at Mbarara University –ICS Lab two on the 9th and 10th August 2012

Day one: Thursday 9th August 2012

9:00am – 9:30am Welcome and house-keeping notes –Dr. Angella Musiimenta Opening remarks- Academic Registrar-MUST

9:30am – 10:30am Merits of embracing computing in secondary schools, and taking the discipline to the next level, including; - Role of computing- Range of career in IT Mr. Richard Kimera

10:30-11:00am Break Tea

11:00am – 01:00am Group brainstorming and disseminations on mediators (motivators and inhibitors) that influence students’ interest in computer science studies – Mr. Robert Mugonza

1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch break

02:00 – 02:30pm Gender issues in computing- Dr. Angella Musiimenta and Mr. Ampaire Collins

02:30pm-05:00pm Discussion forum about computing study options after secondary school, and actions that are needed to prepare students for these options– Mr. John Ziine

Evening bite Closure—Dr. Angella Musiimenta

Day Two: Friday 10th August 2012

9:00am – 09:30am Introduction to the Web: Using Google and Google Scholar as search engines –Google Ambassador

09:30am – 10:30am Electronic Mail and online document management using G-mail and Google docs Mr. Richard Kimera

10:30 – 11:00am Break Tea

11:00am – 12:00pm

Open source educational technologies for teaching and learning, including potential online educational resources - Mr. Robert Mugonza.

12:00 – 01:00pm Hands on sessions on posting video on You Tube and developing an educational blog –– Mr. Ziine John and Mr. Richard Kimera

01:00am -02:00pm Lunch Break

02:00am – 03:00pm

Creating a discussion and informational group using google groupsGoogle Ambassador and Mr. John Ziine

03:00-03:30pm Workshop assessment questionnaire – Dr Angella Musiimenta

03:30pm-04:30pm Closing remarks—Mr. Nabaasa Evarist, Deputy Director, ICS

Evening bite and Networking