Sample agenda for Data Camp
Prior to Camp
- The “Swim Test:”
- Complete assigned reading
- Watch instructional videos
- Complete simple coding tasks using a Jupyter notebook
- Procure all needed hardware
- Make arrangements to be open and available for AM and PM work sessions
Monday
- AM All Hands, “Lecture Hall” - Meet and Greet; cover norms and expectations; review results of swim test activities
- AM Small Group sessions: Break into partner groups and join “small meeting rooms” to complete basic physics and coding tasks
- PM All Hands: debrief the AM session, discuss obstacles and improvements, assign tasks for following AM meeting
- PM Small Group sessions: continue and complete introductory coding tasks and physics conceptual goals
- Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday
Tuesday, Wednesday
- AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants share their work and successes from previous day’s sessions
- AM Small group sessions: work on second-level coding tasks and data analysis
- PM All Hands: debrief the day, discuss obstacles and improvements, assign tasks for following AM meeting
- PM Small Group sessions: complete second level coding tasks and begin the “big” data analysis task
- Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday
Thursday
- AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants present their “big analysis” project and interesting results; Fellows introduce the teacher-hat phase involving exploring new datasets
- AM Small group OR individual sessions: explore a new dataset and write code to perform an analysis
- PM All Hands: share preliminary results of explorations; Fellows instruct participants to begin writing a lesson plan linked to their exploratory coding project, intended to provide their students the same opportunities
- PM Small Group sessions: complete exploratory coding project and lesson plans
- Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday
Friday
- AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants share their completed exploratory project and its associated lesson plan
- AM Individual sessions: develop unit plan (for a block of consecutive classes OR interspersed throughout course) for multiple student coding activities
- PM All Hands: briefly share unit plan drafts; Fellows provide instructions for submitting final plans and completing program evaluation
- PM Individual sessions: complete and submit unit plans; fill out exit survey and evaluator questionnaire