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Action Plan
Intel ISEF 2008
Educator Academy
May 2008
Sri Lanka
High Level Goals
• Long term goals (3-5 years)
– Every school in the country to participate at the
National Science and Engineering competition
(5,000 students from 10,000 schools).
– Make research based projects an important part of
school curriculum.
• Short term goals (1-2 years)
– Promote Intel ISEF among schools.
– Strengthen local competitions with workshops.
– Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.
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Objectives
• Ways to identify our success
– Increase in the number of competitors to
5,000 in five years.
– All projects based on scientific research
methodology.
– Increase in quality of projects submitted.
– Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.
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Action Plan
Action
Measure success?
Who’s
Responsible?
By
when?
Promote ISEF.
More children participating at
local fairs.
MoE/NSF/IESL/
Intel
June
2008
Improve the SLSEF booklet.
Everyone can understand the
requirements clearly and
prepare their projects as per
the guidelines.
NSF/IESL
June
2008
Workshop for Science Review
Committee.
All projects reviewed without
any ambiguity.
MoE/NSF/IESL/
Intel
June
2008
Cabinet paper to setup a
official committee to make
SLSEF an annual calendar
event.
Additional support to improve
local competitions government
support.
MoE/NSF/IESL
June
2008
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Action Plan…
Action
Measure success?
Who’s
Responsible?
By
when?
Identify potential group of
teachers as key promoters
within schools and Workshop
for them as local facilitators
and judges.
To promote SLSEF among
school children and everyone
to understand the process and
can teach the others.
NSF/IESL
/Intel
July
2008
Conduct Junior Inventor of the
Year (JIY) competition.
Increased number of
competitors at JIY.
IESL
October
2008
Conduct Science Research
Competition (SRPC)
competition.
Increased number of
competitors at SRPC.
NSF
Novem
ber
2008
Conduct SLSEF.
Select two Winners and an
Observer for ISEF and
felicitate teachers.
NSF/IESL
Decem
ber
2008
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Action Plan…
Action
Measure success?
Who’s
Responsible?
By
when?
Re-Affiliate SLSEF with Intel
ISEF.
Signing of MoU and
completing ISEF affiliation.
Intel
October
2008
Harness private sector
support.
Sponsorships to support
student and local competition
activities.
IESL.
Novem
ber
2008
Prepare winners of local
competitions for ISEF.
Projects of Intel ISEF
standard.
NSF/IESL/Intel
January
- April
2009
Sponsor winners to attend
Intel ISEF.
Students participate at the
Intel ISEF 2009.
Intel.
May
2009
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Intel ISEF Educator Academy
Reflection
– Key learning from the Educator Academy
• Various local fair models and methodologies used by
different countries.
– Most beneficial Shop Talks
• Affiliating new science fairs – Sharon Snyder.
• Encouraging and mentoring research based
science/engineering projects – Dr. Arnab Bhattacharya.
– Types of Shop Talks missing
• How local ISEF Workshops are conducted.
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Sri Lanka Team
•
Prof. M. T. M. Jiffry
– National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka
– Chairperson, Advisory Committee of NSF
– Chairperson, Science Review Committee of SLSEF
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Mr. Jayavilal Meegoda
– Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
– Chairperson, “Junior Inventor of the Year” Competition
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Mr. Priyantha K. Weerabahu
– Intel, Sri Lanka
– Education Program Manager
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MoE Guest & Team Member
•
Mr. Anura Dissanayake
– Project Director
– Secondary Education Modernization Project (SEMP)
– Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka
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