By the Antigua & Barbuda Ministry of Education Planning Unit
As part of the IT Curriculum Enhancement Program (ITCEP)

Update: Project Resources, 2 June

To IT Teacher Workshop participants: Congratulations on your work! Here are share resources for each of your projects, in case you decide to keep iterating… and/or if prototyping resources become available through MoE or other sources!

Automatic Teacher Assigner (by The Arrays): It might be possible to make a minimum viable prototype using formulas in a shared, collaborative spreadsheet like Google Sheets.
Training Instructors & Students (by the Atoms): the MoE Planning Unit is connecting with a Trinidad-based organization called Restore a Sense of I Can, which has an e-waste collection and repair program that could be a good partner for your project.
Commute Antigua (by the Ballers): if you use Microsoft Azure, they have an open source “Fleet Tracking” codebase that includes a web dashboard and an Android app.
Teachers’ Aid on Wheels (by the Hummingbirds): Instructables.com has several instructions to make mobile charging carts, including a solar-powered cart and a simple plywood cart. Instructables also has student competitions (with prizes) and a dedicated teachers’ section.

Also: I remembered (a bit too late) that Free Python Games for Python 2 was much easier to install than the current version. Here is the repository as I used it in the NYU Prison Ed Program, though be warned that Python 2 was sunsetted in 2020.

AGENDA: Monday, 30 May

9:00-10:00 As participants arrive:

If you have a laptop, you could try
- Installing Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/
  - Alternatively, you can tinker with an online Python compiler. (Thanks to Janine Edwards of ASC): https://www.onlinegdb.com/online_python_compiler
- Launching Python IDLE (will be installed with Python)
- If you want to tinker with the basics, take a look at the free textbook Think Python 2e. More about this book (including an HTML version) is at here.
- If you want to tinker with games specifically built for teaching, check out Free Python Games. You can read the installation directions in its Github respository.
  - If you’re using Windows, you’ll need the Windows command line and you might need to install pip before you can install Free Python Games.
If you have a phone, you can skim the resources above. We will also explore Design Thinking in our workshop:

10:00 Presentation: New IT Tools to Consider

10:30 Break
Please write your name down on your name-tag and sign-in form.

10:45 ITCEP Consultancy Findings & Recommendations

11:15 Ideation Exercise
In groups. Please come up with a fun name for your group.

11:45 Shareback: Themes & Group Names
Over the next 24 hours, please think about the themes that are shared, try to read more on Design Thinking, and consider forming a WhatsApp conversation with your group.

12:30 Lunch, open discussion and tinkering
ITCEP leaders will convene to determine Prototype Challenge Question for Tuesday.

1:30: END
For tomorrow, please bring scissors if you can!
Also bring markers, tape, and/or anything you think might be useful to make cardboard prototype.

AGENDA: Tuesday, 31 May

9:00 Arrival. As your group members arrive:

Please discuss the strengths you bring to the Prototype Challenge, e.g. crafting, interviewing potential users, building consensus, presenting, etc.
More sites to peruse while you wait:
- The Python and Design Thinking sites listed in the 9:00 hour of yesterday’s agenda.
- Google Colab. This site is an online version of iPython (aka “Jupyter”) Notebooks, a popular Python tool for data analysis.
- Splash Robo Club, run by Tiffany Azile
When Keron John arrives: a demo of Free Python Games

9:30 Prototype Challenge Begins! We will explain

the Challenge Question
the Deliverables
the Judging Criteria of desirability (most important), feasibility, and sustainability

10:00 – 12:00 Prototype Challenge! After you ideate and devise your solution, please be sure to

Find and chat with at least 1 Power User: a person who is excited to use your solution. They must be a real person who isn’t in your group. Be ready to present their story.
Make a Paper or Cardboard Prototype.
If you can, show the prototype to your Power User and get their feedback.
Put their picture (and any other relevant pictures you want to present) in this shared Google Slideshow.

12:00 Presentations, Judging, Awards
Including lunch
During this time, please fill out the Feedback Form. Thanks!