Agenda
TechCamp Day 1 - Monday, 11 February 2019
08:00 - 09:00 - Registration and Networking
09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome Remarks - Sarah Borenstein, U.S. Embassy; and Roseli de Deus Lopes, USP
09:15 - 09:25 - Overview of TechCamp Program and Agenda, Sam Gordon, IIP-TechCamps
09:25 - 10:25 - Dr. Roseli’s Lopes - “Key Competencies for the 21st Century”
10:25 - 10:40 - Coffee and Tea Break
10:40 - 11:15 - Student-Centered Design Exercise & ‘Creative Tensions’ Icebreaker
11:15 - 12:30 - Peer Exchange Session: Local Realities from Each State // (Groups will brainstorm different challenges they face in their local school district/state that could be solved by a particular strategy or technology)
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch & Networking
14:00 - 14:10 - Speed-Geeking Explanation (Sam + Marcia)
| Topic | Trainer |
| Design and Strategy for student needs and classroom curriculum planning | Rey Duarte |
| Internet of Things (IoT) and using Interactive Toolkits | Ulrich (Uli) Norbirath |
| ICT Tools for Effective Collaboration | Mariana Santos |
| Scratch 3.0: Amplifying our Voices through Creative Coding | Leandro Biazon |
| Active Learning: Putting students in the Drivers Seat | Soraya Lacerda + Daniela Lyra |
| STEM Education for 21st Century Workforce Development | Gustavo Pugliese |
| Data Visualization and Storytelling // Closing the Gender Gap in STEM | Natalia Mazotte |
| From Analog to Digital: Rapidly Prototyping Your App | Reuben-Brenner Adams |
14:10 - 15:20 - Speed-Geeking
15:20 - 15:30 - Coffee and Tea Break
15:30 - 15:40 - Interactive Discussion Explanation, Sam
15:40 - 17:20 - Interactive Discussion 1 (choose one topic from table above)
17:20 - 17:30 - End of Day Announcements // Day 2 Preview
17:30 - Buses Depart
TechCamp Day 2 - Tuesday, 12 February 2019
08:00 - 08:45 - Arrival and Sign-In
08:45 - 09:00 - Day 2 Announcements + Participants make a selection for Training Session 2
09:00 - 10:30 - Interactive Training Session 2
10:30 - 10:45 - Coffee and Tea Break
10:45 - 12:15 - Interactive Training Session 3
12:15 - 13:30 - Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 - Challenge Statement Development: (Participants will continue to reflect on their local realities in each state and their schools and work in small groups to define an actionable challenge that they will further develop and begin solving in teams)
14:00 - 14:15 - Present challenge statements (One representative from each group will read out their challenge statement and its importance)
14:15 - 15:15 - Cristina Sleiman - Cybersecurity Plenary: “Ethics and Digital Citizenship: Connected Educator”
15:15 - 16:15 - Jennifer Uhler and Barbara Noel Plenary: “STEM + English”
16:15 - 16:30 - Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:20 - Renata Duarte - Student Centered-Design and Building an Action Plan
17:20 - 17:30 - End of Day Announcements // Day 3 Preview
17:30 - Buses Depart
TechCamp Day 3 - Wednesday, 13 February 2019
08:30 - 09:00 - Registration, Coffee & Tea
09:00 - 09:45 - Presentation: Science Applied to Life // Marcelo Gandur, Research and Development 3M do Brasil
09:45 - 10:30 - Panel: How to Guide Research Projects in Basic Education featuring participant teachers from the Instituto 3M Innovation Challenge program (Moderator: Roseli de Deus Lopes)
10:30 - 10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30 - Panel: How to do research projects in basic education with your students (Moderator: Roseli de Deus Lopes)
11:30 - 12:30 - Mini Fair: Finalists students from Mostra de C&T I3M, present their research projects
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 16:30 - Business Panels and Interaction (Q & A): Microsoft, IBM, Qualcomm, Educando - Mediator: 3M )
16:30 - 17:30 - Networking Event hosted by Mais Unidos
17:45 - Buses Depart
TechCamp Day 4 - Thursday, 14 February 2019
08:30 - 09:00 - Arrival and Sign-In
09:00 - 9:05 - Opening Announcements
9:05 - 9:55 - Success Cases: Presentation from the 5 projects implemented by the TechCamp Alumni recipient of the Small Grants. (10 Minutes each)
9:55 - 10:10 - Coffee & Tea Break
10:10 - 11:10 - Working on Solutions / Actions Plans: What can we feasibly plan for each State? Groups start brainstorming process as they map out possible courses of action
11:10 - 12:30 - Refinement: Teams work together to outline a possible solution to their challenge; definition of an implementation strategy
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 - Training Session 4: Some trainers will offer an additional training session on their preferred topic of choice for participants to learn; (participants can continue work on their presentations if they prefer)
15:00 - 16:00 - Teams continue to work on solutions and presentations (with the support from TechCamp Alumni and mentors)
16:00 - 16:15 - Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:45 - Survey
16:45 - 17:30 - Dr. Roseli Lopes - “Fostering Research through Science Fairs”
17:30 - Buses Depart
TechCamp Day 5 - Friday, 15 February 2019
8:30 - 9:00 - Arrival and Sign-in (Coffee)
9:00 - 10:30 - Final Presentations
10:30 - 10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 - Final Presentations Continued
11:45 - 12:00 - Handing-out the participation certificates
12:00 - 12:30 - Closing messages and next steps (Dr. Roseli Lopes + Sarah Borenstein)
12:30 - 2:00 - Lunch
