Just got back from a short trip to Sri Lanka, where I conducted two workshops for teachers.The first was in Maharagama on Dec 15th & 16th. The second workshop was in Kandy on Dec 18th.

Here are some stories about the workshops:

• Nanda Wannianayake’s post: Full STEAM Ahead – Best Practices in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths Workshop in NIE

• KJZZ Radio – Andrew Bernier’s report: Arizona Native American Students Travel To Sri Lanka As STEAM Ambassadors. Listen to Andrew Bernier’s report here.

• LMD Magazine: U.S. Native American “Science Ambassadors” Program Helps Sri Lankan Science Teachers

Much thanks to my co-presenters:

• Dr. Paul Funk – Engineer, US Dept. of Agriculture, New Mexico (Via Skype)
• Ruben Gameros – Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory, Arizona State University (Via Skype)
• Scott Logan – Montessori International School, Mesa, Arizona (Via Skype)
• Lal Medawattegedera – Lecturer, Open University of Sri Lanka
• Nalaka Gunewardene – Science writer, author, trustee of the Science and Development Network
• Nazly Ahmed – Web App Dev at Social Seed Media

Also the two Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Ajit Madurapperuma – Dir. Of Information Communication Technology, ICTA
• Dr. Nalin Samarasinha – Astrophysicist at Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona (Via Skype)

Finally, thanks to the American Center in Sri Lanka who made this possible – especially Joshua Shen.

 

 

 

 

 

Hands-On Engneering – Spaghetti Tower Challenge

 

Hands-on session on Audio Recording

Hands-on session on Motors and Electro-magnetism

Scott Logan & students at Montessori International School, teach class – via Skype

Aaron Fernando facilitates session

Using audio and video for content creation

Photography in Science – From SLRs to GoPro

Nazly Ahmed, Social Seed Media explains Depth of Field

Engineering & Problem Solving – Building a Solar Oven

Paul Funk, US DOA

Teaching Science Writing

Nalaka Gunewardene

Future Ready Classroom – Google Cardboard & Augmented Reality

Future Ready Classroom – Teaching Robotics

Ruben Gameros, ASU, teaches class on robotics – Via Skype

Joshua Shen  Delivers Opening Address