First seminar: Friday, December 9th, 12 - 14 at TD106.
Please, enroll to the course by email to ilkka.jormanainen@uef.fi.
Course
What is interesting in computer science? How CS research problems
could be presented to school kids and students? We will try to
find answers for these questions in a new Computer Science
Workshops at SciFest course.
Course will be organized during the second and third periods, and
it belongs to elementary studies in the advanced level.
Participants will design and implement one or more workshops on
computer science to be organized at SciFest
2012 science and technology festival. The course will start
with an introductory seminar, and student groups work
independently after that. There will be 1-2 follow-up seminar /
month until the festival takes place in April, 2012. Furthermore,
student groups can arrange weekly meetings with the lecturer as
necessary. The course will end after SciFest 2012 festival.
Course lecturer is Ilkka
Jormanainen (ilkka.jormanainen@uef.fi,
room, 2D308). The course will be organized together with
Joensuu Science Society (the main organizer of SciFest festival).
Requirements
There are no weekly lectures and/or exercise sessions. The course
is based on individual's active participation for the group's
work. Progress will be monitored during the follow-up seminars and
other meetings. Requirements for passing the course are as
follows:
Active participation to the seminars during the course
(schedule to be agreed in the first meeting on Friday, December
9th)
Introductory seminar (December 9th)
Follow-up meetings once or twice / month
Expert lectures (to be announced at the first seminar)
Feedback seminar after SciFest 2012 festival
Active participation to the student group's work
Time sheet for independent / group work (to be attached to
the final report)
Workshop testing in a local school or some other appropriate
context
more information in the first seminar
Active participation for the workshop during the SciFest
festival
Every member of a student group must act as a workshop
"manager" during the event
Workshop must be present for the whole event (April, 18th -
21st)
Final report
Will be delivered after SciFest (exact schedule to be agreed
with the participants)