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Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo
Sunday August 9 - Friday August 20, 1998
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Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo
Sunday August 9 - Friday August 20, 1998
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Provide an opportunity for international students and faculty to socialize and work together on a common project. |
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Train student in the usage of digital tools (digital video, Interactive Physics, HTML, handheld calculator/computer-based data collection, etc.). |
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Allow students to work together in small group to create lessons and materials related to the Scientific and Cultural Aspects of the Bicycle. |
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The workshop was held at the Kalamazoo College. |
Prof. Ton Ellermeijer, University Of Amsterdam
Ewa Mioduszewska, University of Amsterdam
Frits Gravenberch,
Prof. David Winch, Kalamazoo College
Dr. Doyle Davis, New Hampshire Technical College
Tom Compton
Ken Mange
Sander Nooij, University of Amsterdam
Reinier Bosman, University of Amsterdam
Jan Klijn, University of Amsterdam
Despina Imvrioti, University of Athens
Sofia Stragas, University of Athens
Panajiotis Tsakonas, University of Athens
Sönke Schaal, University of Kiel,
Lothar Bodingbauer, University of Vienna
Matt McHale, Kalamazoo College
Aaron Podolner, Kalamazoo College
Sandi Poniatowski, Kalamazoo College
Joseph Pingenot, Kansas State University
Susan Carignan, New Hampshire Technical College
Jonathan Harmon, New Hampshire Technical College
Cy Eaton, Norfolk State University
Lane Hopkins, University of Nebraska
Tuesday, August 11 - Thursday August 13
Tuesday, August 11
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Starts 8 AM Kalamazoo College (80 - 120 km/day, eat & sleep out) |
Thursday, August 13
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Ends 6 PM Kalamazoo College |
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Group dinner at restaurant 8 PM |
Developing Multimedia Projects
Friday, August 14 - Thursday August 20
Friday August, 14 (1 PM)
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Seminar Begins |
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Breakout work sessions-Aspects of Multimedia |
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Bicycle videodisc/Vidshell lessons |
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CBL measurements |
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Cultural issues session |
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Interactive Physics simulation |
Saturday, August 15
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Seminar (9 AM - noon) |
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Breakout work sessions- Aspects of Multimedia(continued) |
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Bicycle videodisc/vidshell lessons |
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CBL measurements |
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Cultural issues session |
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Interactive Physics simulation |
(1 PM - 5 PM)
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What is a Multimedia Project? How do I do one? |
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Storyboarding Session |
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Student Project Teams are formed and meet |
Sunday, August 16
Free
Monday August 17 - Wednesday August 19
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Seminar (9 AM - 5 PM) |
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Teams work on Group Projects |
Thursday August 20 (9 AM - noon)
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Team Project Presentations |
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Seminar Summary |
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Closing Lunch |
The first day of the workshop was set aside to allow the students to recover from jet lag and deal with personal matters (banks, shopping etc.). The rest of the workshop was divided into two parts.
The first part was a three-day group camping bicycle
tour. The first day we rode 50 miles to Lake Michigan. We stayed at a state campground
near Lake Michigan where we slept under tarps and cooked out. The next day was spent
touring the shoreline and relaxing. They returned by bicycle to campus on the third day.
Making ‘some-mores’ over the campfire and stopping at a local ice cream shop for
huge ice cream cones were big hits with the European students. This group activity
was a very important three-day period that allowed the students to adjust to a new
country/state and to meet new people from other countries in an informal but close
relationship.
The next seven days followed a more traditional workshop format. The
students spent two days on developing skills on the use of such skills as digital video
techniques, calculator based laboratory instrumentation, simulation software, and
discussions on the connections between technology and the cultural aspects of the bicycle.
We then divide the participants into small working groups and the students spent the next
several days working on developing projects based on their interests using some of their
newly acquired skills. On the final day of the workshop each small working group give a
presentation on their work to the entire group. We concluded with a group oral evaluation
of the workshop.
The workshop had two positive outcomes. The students developed good personal contacts with the overseas students and a sense that they were part of a team project rather than merely individual students studying aboard. For example, immediately after the workshop one of the U.S. students invited two of the workshop students from the Netherlands to stay at his home in Chicago home while they were on their way to the University of Nebraska. Later one of the Dutch students invited the U.S. student to stay in his home in Amsterdam. The students now feel comfortable contacting other workshop students for assistance on their projects. I also maintain email connections with the overseas students and there is a different difference in our exchange due to our time together.
