Monday, July 10th (6-9pm): Dinner and a movie
6pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Registration and social hour
6:15pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Introductions to the workshop by organizers and presenters
Welcome by COL Steve Horton, Department Head of Mathematical Sciences at West Point
Pre-workshop survey (Stephen Uzzo)
Brainstorming on networks and network concepts and ideas for applications (Lori Sheetz and Catherine Cramer)
Overview of the workshop and takeaways (Lori Sheetz)
Focus and an activity based on the early social hour dynamics (LTC Jon Roginski)
7pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Bring-your-own dinner (pre-assigned seating based on the 7 groups they will be in next day, including with the network scientists)
8pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Movie and a popcorn (Connected)
8:45pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Follow up discussions
Tuesday (8am-6pm): Hands-on experience discovering network science and
concept network development
8am @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Coffee
8:15-9am @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Network science presentation to introduce networks (Roginski)
9-9:20am @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Spelling network activity (Sheetz)
9:20-9:45am @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Network Scientists demonstrate the potential applicability of the Network Literacy Essential Concepts and Core Ideas to education using concrete examples (Uzzo)
9:45-10am: Break
10-11:45am @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Digging into NGSS, and network science tool for NGSS (Cramer, Uzzo)
11:45am-12pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Questions and applications, updating the results of the brainstorming started on Monday night (Sheetz)
12-1pm: No-host lunch
1-2pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Break into teams: Team building and discussion on ideas of modules (Cramer)
2-2:15pm: Break
2:15-3:30pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Gephi overview: Data import (file here**), layout of networks, centralities, community detection (Roginski)
3:30-4pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Presentation on spreading on networks (Emma Towlson)
4-5pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 315, 317: Developing a network (concept map or mind map) of chosen module
5-6pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 248: Group speed rounds
6pm: No-host dinner (we’ll provide directions and reviews); tour of West Point (Roginski, Sheetz)
Wednesday (8am-6pm): Lesson planning, development, rehearsal
8-8:30am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Paperwork for travel support/stipend (Sheetz)
8:30-10am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Developing and refining lesson plans and study guides
10-10:15am: Break
10:15-10:45am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Presentation on network robustness (Towlson)
10:45-11:30am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Developing a network (concept map or mind map) of governing standards associated with assigned module and refining the morning’s lesson plans and study guides
11:30am-12:45pm @ Thayer Hall, Room120: Group speed rounds: Each group presents an overview of the lesson plans to obtain feedback (Cramer)
12:45-1:45pm: No-host lunch
1:45-4:00pm Boat ride
4-6pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Incorporating feedback from rehearsals to refine lesson plans and study guides; preparation of outbriefs of workshop outputs
6pm @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Group speed rounds
6:30pm: No-host dinner
Thursday (8am-12pm): Group outbriefs
8-8:15am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Post-workshop survey (Uzzo)
8:15-10am @ Thayer Hall, Room 120: Group outbriefs (15 mins. per group)
Due date for final lesson plans: July 26th, 2017 (2 weeks after the workshop). Teachers get a stipend once their lesson plans are turned in.
**Network borrowed from Wayne W. Zachary. "An Information Flow Model for Conflict and Fission in Small Groups".