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FDW 2019 Logistics and Schedule

ARRIVAL INFORMATION

For those getting picked up at the airport: Meet outside Terminal 1 door number 2 on the baggage claim level. (Note, there is a road above this!) Don’t forget there are two terminals at MSP. Southwest arrives at Terminal 2.

Please check the ARRIVALS document for information on your pick up time from the airport.

For those driving: We will be staying at Lydecker Living and Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls (851 Wild Rose Ave, River Falls, WI 54022). GPS coordinates : (44.8511111,-92.6147500). Parking lot O is adjacent to the building. You will receive a parking pass at check-in. There is no permanent staff in the dorms. If you arrive and there is no one to check you in, please contact one of the people listed in the ARRIVALS document..

UW-River Falls housing and meal information:

We will be staying in dorm rooms at Lydecker Living and Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls (840 Wild Rose Ave, River Falls, WI 54022). Bed linens and towels are provided, but not toilettries. Rooms have a microwave and fridge. There is a grocery store and a co-op within walking distance. We suggest you bring a sweater and raincoat/umbrella.

There will be a catered dinner on Tuesday 7/9 at 6pm in the Ballroom at University Center, and a catered lunch at noon on Sunday 7/14 at Lydecker. All other meals will be at Riverside Commons inside the University Center building. You will receive a meal pass at check-in. At Riverside Commons breakfast is served 7:30am - 8am, lunch is served 11:30m - 12:00pm, and dinner is served 5pm - 5:30pm; the cafeteria is open one half-hour after these times if there are still people there. Meals are not served at other times.

Useful links:

FDW 2019 Drive (main google drive folder)

Monday, July 8

Afternoon: Arrival and Check-In - Lydecker Center Entrance

5:00-5:30 DINNER - University Center

5:30-7:00 For those participating in "Computational Basics" tutorials on Tuesday, we will provide assistance with downloading software and preparing your laptop computers for the Tuesday sessions.

Evening/Night: Feel free to hike to the river and/or local taverns.

Tuesday, July 9

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

Unless otherwise indicated, all formal sessions and tutorials will be held in the Ballroom at University Center.

9:00-9:30 Welcome and brief introduction to PICUP (Kelly Roos)

9:30-10:30 Computational Basics Session I 

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-11:30 Computational Basics Session II 

11:30-12:00 LUNCH - University Center

Afternoon: Arrival and Check-In (for those arriving on Tuesday) - Lydecker Center Entrance

12:30-2:30 Computational Basics Session III

  • Finite Differences
  • Solutions to First Order Differential Equations
    • Simple Euler Method
    • Spreadsheet Implementations
      • Nuclear Decay Example
      • Falling Sphere

2:30-2:45 BREAK

2:45-5:00 Computational Basics Session IV 

  • Spreadsheet Implementation
    • Simple Harmonic Oscillator and Euler-Cromer Method
  • Programming Implementation
    • Simple Pendulum

5:00 - 6:00 BREAK (and coordinators meeting)

6:00-6:30 Welcome Dinner (catered in Ballroom)

6:30-7:00 Introductions, Workshop Overview 

7:00-7:30 Explore PICUP website and using Slack

This session will serve as an introduction to the PICUP website and materials repository at www.gopicup.org (aka https://www.compadre.org/picup/), and also provide the opportunity for us to get feedback on the site's friendliness and usability as we have recently rolled out some new content and functionality.

gopicup.slack.com is the main communications/collaboration software used by PICUP.

7:30 - 8:30 Computational Basics Extended Help

Wednesday, July 10

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

Unless otherwise indicated, all formal sessions and tutorials will be held in the Ballroom at University Center.

8:30-9:00 Morning Briefing

Announcements:

  • wifi connection - Larry Engelhardt email
  • Google Drive access
  • Slack team access
  • No alcohol except in suites
  • Laundry detergent available in 4th floor laundry room -machines are free!
  • Running group 6:00am

DAILY PARTICIPANT GOAL: Outline of Computational Integration Plans

9:00-10:15 Spreadsheet Physics 

This session is intended to provide a brief demonstration of the usefulness of the ubiquitous spreadsheet tool, and a refresher on the modified Euler algorithm applied to the ODEs for velocity and position, while setting the working mood for the workshop. Even seasoned spreadsheet users will benefit from this session. 

10:15-10:30 BREAK

10:30-11:30 PANEL #1: Models for Integrating Computation (Marié, Ernie, Jay, Josh, Gillian, Michele M)

Where do your courses fall in the Computation Implementation Space?

11:30-12:00 LUNCH - University Center

12:15-1:30 Pair Programming Workshop (Michelle Kuchera)

1:30-1:45 BREAK

1:45-3:45 Learning Goals Workshop (Danny Caballero)

What do you want your students to be able to do? This simple, yet poignant, question should be answered before you outline your plan for integrating computational activities into your course(s). This session will provide a practical approach to setting learning goals and objectives for your students.

3:45-4:00 BREAK

4:00-4:45 At your table: Discuss plans for the week, draft computational implementation plan, and post "themes" on Slack (for breaking into groups on Thursday morning). Possible themes: class, programming language, setting. Request tutorial topics.

4:45-4:55 Daily Wrap-Up

Linen exchange tomorrow morning 7-8am in South Forks Suites 124

5:00-5:30 DINNER - University Center

6:00-7:00 Optional tutorial: vPython / Glowscript (Todd, Brandon, Michele M)

7:00-8:00 Optional tutorial: More advanced Python with Jupyter/Spyder (Larry, Jay)

Symbolic Math, Animating, Array Slicing, Compiling  

Evening/Night: Optional Tutorials / Continue Work on Plan Outlines / Hike to the river and/or local taverns

Thursday, July 11

7:00-8:00 (Optional) Linens Exchange at South Fork Suites 124. 

Bring down your linens to South Fork Suites 124 and dorm staff will provide you with new linens. 

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

Unless otherwise indicated, all formal sessions and tutorials will be held in the Ballroom at University Center.

8:30-8:45 Morning Briefing

  • Please take a moment to fill out the DEPARTURES survey
  • Sign Photo Release
  • If you wish to run in the 2 mile or 10 K race Saturday morning, sign up here.

DAILY PARTICIPANT GOAL: Draft of Exercises and Learning Goals

8:45-9:00 ALPhA

9:00-10:30 PANEL #2: Challenges of Integrating Computation (Danny Caballero)

What are the specific barriers to including computational activities in physics courses, and how are they overcome? 

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-11:30 Computational Activity Design & Components of an “Exercise Set” (Larry Engelhardt)

Practical guidelines on how to prepare materials that will be easily transitioned into an Exercise Set.

11:30-12:00 LUNCH - University Center

12:00-12:15 Split into Groups

12:15-2:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time

  • Discussion on computational activity design process
  • Produce learning goals for the courses, learning objectives for a computational activity
  • Produce first draft of exercise set / first few exercises

2:00-2:15 BREAK

2:15-4:30 Small Group Collaborative Work Time (continued)

4:00-4:30 Coordinators Meeting

4:30-4:50 Daily Wrap-Up

5:00-5:30 DINNER - University Center

Optional Tutorials:

6:00-7:00 Git (Daniel Borrero, Michelle Kuchera) @ Trimbelle River Room

7:00-8:00 Jupyter in the Cloud (Daniel Sinkovits, Todd Zimmerman) @ Trimbelle River Room 

Round Table Discussions:

6:00-7:00 Diversity and Inclusion (Gillian Ryan) @ Wind River Room (UC 232)

7:00-8:00 Departmental Level Integration (Ernie Behringer, Kelly Roos) @ Wind River Room

Fun Czar Sponsored Event:

8:15 Brewery Tour - departs from the lobby at Lydecker 

Evening/Night: Optional Tutorials / Continue Work on Plan Outlines / Hike to the river and/or local taverns

Friday, July 12

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

Unless otherwise indicated, all formal sessions and tutorials will be held in the Ballroom at University Center.

8:30-8:45 Morning Briefing

  • Last call to fill out the DEPARTURES survey - we need to schedule vans! If you are driving and can offer others a ride to the airport, please let us know.
  • GROUP PHOTO today during morning BREAK
  • CHEESE CURDS! Runs at 1:30pm and 3pm, Sign Up Here
  • Tonight! Computational Plan Showcase! For those presenting tonight-upload a pdf with one static slide to FRIDAY EVENING SLIDES FOLDER inside the PICUP FDW 2019 folder in Google Drive. Please use your last name as the name of the file.
  • Express interest in PICUP Review-A-Thon @ AAPT

DAILY PARTICIPANT GOAL: Refined Computational Exercises/Activities

8:45-10:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time

  • Intra-group  presentations of models for integration and planned exercises
  • Share ideas
  • Collaborative discussion and feedback

10:00-10:30 BREAK and GROUP PHOTO!!!

10:30-11:30 Coordinators Meeting

10:30-11:30 Small Group Collaborative Work Time

Computational Activity Design

Refine:

  • computational activity
  • integration plan
  • assessment plan

For those presenting tonight-upload a pdf with one static slide to FRIDAY EVENING SLIDES FOLDER

11:30-12:00 LUNCH - University Center

12:15-1:15 PANEL #3: Institutional implementation: Challenges and Strategies (Kelly Roos)

Departmental- and curriculum-wide integration of computational activities

1:00-2:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time (continued)

(Optional) Authoring and Submitting an Exercise Set to gopicup.org (Larry Engelhardt)

Room: TBD

1:30 Optional: Cheese Curd Run I

2:00-2:15 BREAK

2:15-4:30 Small Group Collaborative Work Time (continued)

For those presenting tonight-upload slide to FRIDAY EVENING SLIDES FOLDER

3:00 Optional: Cheese Curd Run II

4:30-4:45 Daily Wrap-Up

4:45 3 minute slide (for those who can't stay for the evening showcase)

5:00-5:30 DINNER - University Center

6:00-8:00 Computational Plan Showcase!

One slide, 3-minute presentations

8:00 RIVER FALLS DAYS: baseball @ First National Bank of River Falls Field!

8:30 RIVER FALLS DAYS: live music @ Heritage Park Main Stage!

Saturday, July 13

7:30 RIVER FALLS DAYS: 10K/2mi race!

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

Unless otherwise indicated, all formal sessions and tutorials will be held in the Ballroom at University Center.

8:30-8:45 Morning Briefing

  • Please take a moment to check the DEPARTURES_v.2.pdf There have been changes!
  • Tomorrow (SUNDAY) sessions will be at Lydecker
  • PICUP workshops and sessions at AAPT:
    • W05: Visualizing Contemporary Physics (Saturday 7/20, 8am - 5pm)
    • W15: Integrating Computation into Introductory Physics (Saturday 7/20, 1pm - 5pm)
    • W29: A Primer on Computing with Python (Sunday 7/21, 8am - 12pm)
    • PICUP Review-a-thon (Sunday 7/21, 2pm-5pm)
    • AJ: The History of the Last Few Decades of Computation in Physics Education (Monday 7/22, 8:30am - 10:30am)
    • David Jackson's Lecture for the Halliday/Resnick Undergraduate Teaching Award (Monday 7/22, 11am - 11:30am)
    • BK: Reports on the Growing Computational Physics Education Revolution (Monday 7/22, 1:30pm - 3:30pm)
    • Larry's AAPT Service Award (Tuesday 7/23, 11:30am - 12pm, Ballroom C)
    • EN: Highlights of the PICUP collection (Tuesday 7/23, 1:30pm - 3:30pm)
    • EC03: Integrating Computation into Undergraduate Physics: Faculty Development for Community Transformation (Tuesday 7/23, 2:30pm - 3pm)
    • And a million talks and posters if you search the program for "Caballero"
  • Tonight! Computational Plan Showcase! Part 2. For those presenting tonight-upload slide to SATURDAY EVENING SLIDES FOLDER inside the PICUP FDW 2019 folder in Google Drive

DAILY PARTICIPANT GOAL: Develop Student-Facing Documents for Computational Exercises/Activities; Complete Package

8:45-10:15 Small Group Collaborative Work Time

Work on student-facing documents.

For those presenting tonight-upload slide to SATURDAY EVENING SLIDES FOLDER

10:15-10:30 BREAK

10:30-11:30 PANEL #4: Assessing Computational Modeling in the Classroom (Marié Lopez del Puerto)

  • Assessment of student learning
  • Grading
  • Exams
  • Educational effectiveness of computational activities

11:30-12:15 LUNCH - University Center

12:00-1:00 Optional Tour: ALPhA Immersions at UW-River Falls

12:15-2:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time 

  • Add assessment plan to computational integration plan
  • Refine exercise set

2:00-2:15 BREAK

2:15-4:30 Small Group Collaborative Work Time 

4:45-4:50 Daily Wrap-Up

  • Tomorrow sessions will be at Lydecker!

5:00-5:30 DINNER - University Center

6:00-8:00 Computational Plan Showcase! Part 2

One slide, 3-minute presentations

9:00 RIVER FALLS DAYS: live music @ Heritage Park Main Stage!

After midnight: Let it all hang out.

Sunday, July 14

7:30-8:00 BREAKFAST - University Center

SUNDAY SESSIONS WILL BE HELD AT LYDECKER!

8:30-8:45 Morning Briefing

          You must check out BEFORE 1:30pm. Please complete the following Check-Out Check List.

          Give your keys, meal cards, lanyard, etc. to Marie or Larry.

          Lunch today will be catered to Lydecker.

AAPT Travel Voucher for Reimbursements. Fill out and scan the Voucher and all receipts, and send a single electronic file (pdf) via email directly to Bob Hilborn at rhilborn@aapt.org. Please submit the forms and receipts no later than a month after the workshop.

DAILY PARTICIPANT GOAL: Finalize Integration Plan; Practical Consideration of Continued PICUP Involvement

8:45-9:15 What Next? - Continued Involvement in PICUP Community (Kelly Roos)

  • Stay in touch via Slack, virtual meetings, workshops/sessions/events at AAPT and APS, etc.
  • 2020 PICUP Capstone Conference, July 15-18 @ Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Contribute Materials
    • Exercise Sets
    • Faculty Commons Materials
  • Topical Collections Curator
  • Reviewer/Referee
  • Associate Editor
  • Resources Curator
  • Host a Workshop
  • Synchronous Meeting Committee
  • Other-we're very much open to (and in need of) YOUR ideas for positions and moving this community forward!

Please fill out the "Serving in the PICUP" form

9:15-10:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time 

  • Finalize materials
  • Set SLACK reminders for to-dos before Fall semester

10:00-10:15 BREAK

10:15-11:00 Small Group Collaborative Work Time 

  • Finalize materials
  • Set SLACK reminders for to-dos before Fall semester

11:00-11:30 Workshop Wrap-Up

11:30-12:30 Catered LUNCH - Lydecker Center

Afternoon: Check-Out and Departures

You must check out BEFORE 1:30pm. Please complete the following items:

Check-Out Check List:

  • Leave all linens in the room
  • Close your window
  • Clean out the refrigerator
  • Take out your trash to dumpster outside
  • Take all of your personal items
  • Turn off the lights
  • Lock the door

To Check-Out:

  • If you stayed in the dorms, please give your building access card, key, meal card, and lanyard to Marié or Larry.
  • If you commuted, please give your access card and meal card to Marie or Larry.