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Computing in the Classroom - Coding, Gadgets, and STEM ESIP Education is proud to offer a 1-day workshop focusing on computer tools that facilitate data exploration. Coding, and coding gadgets (example: Raspberry Pi) are activities that function on a level just above programming yet employ similar critical thinking skills to enable digital data manipulation for specific results. Fifteen regional educators will join the ESIP education community at this stimulating hands-on workshop. The core agenda of this Wednesday July 18th Educator workshop is as follows: 11:30 - Welcome and ESIP overview 11:45 - Coding 1:00 - LUNCH w/ the teachers Introductions 2:00 – Coding Gadgets - each teacher will receive a ‘gadget’ (tbd) to take back to their classroom. 3:30 – Break 3:45 – Mini-ignite STEM Treasure-trove – 10-minute data resource talks UNAVCO Velocity Viewer CIMSS GOES-16/17 Virtual Science Fair NOAA Climate Explorer and Data Snapshots SEDAC Map Viewer ESIP/UCAR Drone Resources

4:45 – Share-a-thon brainstorm session. Work together to integrate tools into classroom teaching. 5:15 - Drone raffle (2 teachers will take home a recreational drone!) 5:20 - Evaluation and wrap-up 5:30 – Adjourn Participating teachers are warmly invited and strongly encouraged to attend additional sessions of the ESIP summer meeting, especially Research as Art Reception, Tuesday evening Opening Plenary, Wednesday morning ESIP 20th Anniversary Celebration, Wednesday evening FUNding Friday competition, Friday morning

To learn more, tune in to the spring 2018 ‘Out 2 Lunch’ webinar series, or watch recordings on-line! http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Education/Out2Lunch