CETI 2006

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CETI 2006

• Spring Orientation

February 11, 2006
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Program Organization

• CETI High School
• CETI OpenCourseWare (OCW)
• CETI iCampus

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CETI High School
Program Organization (contd.)

• Three teams of three people each
• One fluent Chinese speaker per team
• Two to four schools per team
• Two to four weeks per school
• Total of six to eight weeks of teaching
• Creative, fun, hands-on curricula with a science
  and technology focus

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CETI OCW
Program Organization (contd.)

• Two teams of three each
• One fluent Chinese speaker per team
• Two universities per team
• Three to four weeks at each university
• Total of eight weeks of teaching
• OCW based MIT mini-courses
• Aid in OCW outreach

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CETI iCampus
Program Organization (contd.)

• Two teams of three to four people each
• One fluent speaker per team
• One to two universities per team
• Three to six weeks per university
• Total of about eight to ten weeks of teaching
• iLabs or xTutor-based curriculums (e.g., 6.012,
  6.001, 6.034, 1.00/6.170)
• Showcase iCampus technologies
• Further interest in educational technology
  development

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Spring Training Schedule
(tentative)

• 2/18 (SAT 6-8pm) CETI Dumpling Night
• DUE after team preferences
• 2/23 (THUR 8-930pm) CETI Cities and School visa
  information
• DUE after city preferences
• 3/9 (THUR) Curriculum Development I
• DUE before Three large topics and two possible
  projects per topic
• 3/23 Communicating with students, teachers, and
  administrators
• DUE before first contact with schools
• DUE before syllabus with objectives and topics
  for each module
• DUE before daily schedule with topics/goals for
  each day

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Spring Training Schedule
(contd.)

• 4/6 Curriculum Development II
• DUE before Procedures and schedules for each
  project
• DUE before List of materials for each project
• DUE before At least three milestone
  presentations per module
• 4/20 Traveling in China Dos and Donts in
  Chinese Etiquette
• DUE before Half of curriculum presentations
  and/or handouts
• Optional team-building events
• Additional training sessions for iLabs teams

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Reminders

• What to do now
• Start thinking about team preferences
• Start thinking about curriculum ideas
• Obtain your passport ASAP (http//travel.state.gov
  /passport/passport_1738.html)
• Please respond now with day/time conflicts (Th.
  8-930pm)