8:00‐8:30 Registration, networking (right outside Main Room) 8:30‐8:45 EVENT STARTS: Overview of TechCamp & Logistics Info (MR) 8:45‐9:00 Welcome Remarks (MR) 9:00‐9:10 Pre‐Camp electronic survey on Google Form (MR) 9:10‐9:30 Ice‐breaking Session‐Exploring Perspectives (MR) 9:30‐10:00 Fast‐paced Project Presentations (Case Studies) also known as “Speed‐Geeking” (MR) 10:00‐10:15 Interactive Training Sessions Explained (MR) 10:15‐10:30 Coffee break 1 10:30‐11:40 Interactive Training Sessions 1 (Breakout Rooms. See rooms assigned to each technologist in Appendix A.) 11:40‐12:50 Interactive Training Sessions 2: Participants choose another technology (BORs) 12:50‐13:50 Lunch 13:50‐16:00 Interactive Training Sessions 3 (BORs) 16:00‐16:15 Coffee break 2 16:15‐16:25 Group Discussions of Particular Problems + Problem Statements Explained (MR) 16:25‐17:30 Topical Breakout Discussions (identification of problems per group) (BORs) 17:30‐17:50 Sharing 2 problem statements per group (MR) 17:50‐18:00 Office hours Day 2 explained (MR) 18:00 End of Day 1 for participants
TechCamp Day 2 – Saturday December 5, 2015
8:00‐8:30 Networking, Initializing attendance roster, solution sign up (right outside MR) 8:30‐9:15 Informal office hours with technologists (technologists scattered around MR with coffee) 9:15‐9:45 Plenary: Free online resources for English Teachers (Gonzalo Fortun, MR) 9:45‐9:55 Sessions on group work on solution identification and action planning explained (MR) 9:55‐10:30 Group Work on Identifying Solutions (BORs) 10:30‐10:45 Coffee break 3 10:45‐12:45 Group Solution Refinement and Action Planning (BORs) 12:45‐13:45 Lunch 13:45‐15:45 Action Planning (Continued) and preparation of presentations (BORs) 15:45‐16:00 Coffee break 4 16:00‐16:30 Final Presentations on Outcomes (MR) 16:30‐16:40 Closing Remarks by U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Mary Drake (MR) 16:40‐16:50 Post‐Camp Survey (MR) 16:50‐17:20 Presentation of certificates to participants (MR) 17:20 “English TechCamp Santa Cruz Group Photo” with all participants (MR) 17:30 End of TechCamp
Appendix A
Room Technology (for interactive sessions Assigned Technologist Number and for solution sessions) 1 Jeff Kuhn Podcasting for English Teaching
2 Jamile Tango Electronic Assessment Tools
3 Gonzalo Fortun Google Docs for English Teaching
4 Alvaro del Castillo Canvas for English Teaching
5 Hans Mendoza Short Animations for English Teaching