GEMS - Workshop Agenda

GEMS Workshop Agenda

Please look at the Workshop Preparation Materials

Workshop 1: Logic Gates

April 7th, 2005

Objectives:

Introduce logic gates (AND, OR, NOR, NAND). Participants will be able to do simple logic arithmetic using binary numbers.
Introduce simple circuits (parallel, series, resistors, voltage source). Participants will be able to build some simple circuits that involve parallel and series structure.

Time	Session	Presenters	Type
4:00 - 4:45	Intro to Logic Gates ASCII table (pdf) Write your name (pdf) Logic & Counting in 1's and 0's (ppt)	Ana	Hands-on
4:45 - 5:15	AG		AG
5:15 - 5:50	Intro to Circuits and how to build a simple circuit (ppt)	Ana	Hands-on
	Please fill out the survey for this workshop.

Summary of Workshop (doc)

Workshop 2: Squeak

April 14th, 2005

Objectives:

Introduce Etoys in Squeak. Participants will be able to use Etoys to create their own Squeak models.
Advance Squeak Models. Participants will be able to use various Squeak commands to create their own Squeak models.

Time	Session	Presenter	Type
4:00 - 4:30	Introduction to Moodle (ppt) Go to Moodle Moodle Journal Handouts Intermediate Squeak Combinatorics Demo Exploration of Combinatorics Using Etoys (doc) girl.012.pr The Squeak plug-in is required to view this demo. It can be downloaded at: www.squeakland.org	Beverly	Computer
4:30 - 5:00	AG		AG
5:00 - 5:50	Advanced Squeak	Beverly	Computer
	Please fill out the survey for this workshop.

Workshop 3: 3-D Graphics Rendering

April 21th, 2005

Objectives:

Introduce to Easy Viz with a color scheme project.
Introduce Easy Viz with project of brain scanning.

Time	Session	Presenter	Type
4:00 - 4:30	Polycom Session
4:30 - 5:15	Introduction to Easy Viz (ppt) EasyViz Summary (doc) Heart handout (doc)	Hanna	Computer
5:15 - 5:50	Cont. Modeling with Easy Viz	Hanna	Computer
	Please fill out the survey for this workshop.

Workshop 4: Open Croquet

April 28th, 2005

Objectives:

Introduce Open Croquet software and its applications.

Time	Session	Presenter	Type
4:00 - 4:30	Introduction to OpenCroquet OpenCroquet (doc) OpenCroquet (ppt)	Beverly & Hanna	Computer
4:30 - 5:00	AG		AG
5:00 - 5:50	Applications Using Open Croquet Please fill out the survey for this workshop. Evaluation of 4 Session Seminar	Beverly & Hanna	Computer

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