1. "I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here" is an online event where students interact with scientists. Students can ask questions, chat with, and vote for their favorite scientist.
2. The event connects students in primary school with scientists online for 30 minute live chat sessions up to 3 times per day. Students learn about the scientists' work and vote for their favorite to win 贈500 for a science communication project.
3. The program is funded by the Wellcome Trust and other science organizations. It aims to bring school students and scientists together to inspire an interest in science.
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1. A POSSIBLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN
RESEARCHERS AND SOCIETY:THE
IM SCIENTIST. GET ME OUT OF
HERE CASE.
Sandra Paggetti
16/10/2014 EDUCAFE, METID Politecnico di Milano
2. WHAT IT IS
A free online event where school students
meet and interact with scientists.
Since 2010
3. REGISTRED USER PROFILE
Welcome to Im a Scientist, Get me out of here! You are in I'm a Scientist, Get me out of
here!
Im a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! Young people choose which
scientist gets a prize of 贈500 to communicate their work.
On the site you can:-
Fill in your Profile and Science Words http://imascientist.org.uk/profile/spaggetti/
Read about the SCIENTISTS http://imascientist.org.uk/scientists
ASK scientists questions http://imascientist.org.uk/ask
CHAT online with scientists http://imascientist.org.uk/talk
VOTE for the one you want to win http://imascientist.org.uk/vote
Use your power wisely. Have your say. And have fun!
You can log in at: http://imascientist.org.uk/wp-login.php
Username: spaggetti
Using the password you chose on registration.
Keep a record of these somewhere, because of course youll need them log in to
http://www.imascientist.org.uk.
Cheers!
The Im a Scientist Team.
Im a Scientist
4. HOW IT WORKS
Students can:
ask
chat
vote
The most voted scientist
win 贈 500,00 to be used
for a science
communication project
5. FORMAT
Format
Online live text-based chat
Webmedia answers
texts, images, YouTube videos
6. TIMING
Duration
Single live chat session: 30 minutes
Schedule
No more than 3 chats a day
7. THE MAIN ACTORS
Learning actors
Primary school
teachers
students (5 -13 years)
1. inside
Scientists
Staff
Back Office
Organization equipment
Moderator chat room
Supporters
2. outside
1
1
2
2
8. WHO DOES WHAT
Teachers
Estimated working time: 2/4 hours
1 introductory lesson (Prepare students)
1 homework of reading more about the scientists
and submitting questions (Deepings)
1 lesson of live chat with the scientists (Get in touch with
the tool)
9. WHO DOES WHAT
Scientists
Estimated working time: 2/4 hours
A short summary about their own job
1 lesson of live chat
Answering student questions
10. WHO DOES WHAT
Staff
Lesson plans
Guides
Calendar
Evaluation
Dissemination
Updating website
11. FUNDERS
Main funder: Wellcome Trust
Key Zone funders
Science & Technology Facilities
Council (STFC)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Stimulating Physics Network
e-Bug
More info
16. WHAT POLITECNICO COULD DO
MAYBE, MORE INTERACTIVE MOOCS .
MAYBE, A MORE STIMULATING WEBINARS
MAYBE , AN INNOVATIVE DISSEMINATION AS
LEARNING ACTION
MAYBE, A SIMPLE FLIPPED CLASSROOM AS SPECIAL
SESSIONS
MAYBE, A SUGGESTION FOR CAMPUS SOSTENIBILE
AND SOMETHING MORE ELSE (see the next slide)
17. DECIPHER MY DATA/1
General idea: perfoming real science using real
data in the classroom
Format: lesson plans
Main Actions: upload data/download results about
different science projects.
Context setting
Data collection and
analysis
Reporting and
Reviewing
18. DECIPHER MY DATA/2
Application fields
Energy usage in your classroom/school
Flux
Smog (http://deciphermydata.org.uk/smog/)
Can you
help me
?
19. Final greetings
Bye, bye.
Thank you for your attention and
patience.
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