{"518541":{"#nid":"518541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC\u2019s Evaluation Team lead the evaluation of the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough an effort led by Dr. Meltem Alemdar and Olivia Shellman, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s Evaluation Team lead the evaluation of the \u003Ca class=\u0022links\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Science Festival\u003C\/a\u003E, culminating with the Science Festival Expo in Centennial Olympic park on Saturday, March 26, 2016. The Expo attracted thousands of Georgians and hosted hundreds of local universities, businesses, and science organizations, bringing them all together for the Atlanta\u2019s largest science celebration. This was CEISMC Education Outreach Coordinator Olivia Shellman\u2019s second year coordinating the evaluation of the Festival, and the Evaluation Team\u2019s third year as sole evaluators. Hundreds of surveys and on-site interviews were collected from Festival attendees, including amazing interviews from science enthused families at the Expo for the first time this year! Through collaboration with an NSF-funded national coalition of Science Festival evaluators, EvalFest, the CEISMC Evaluation Team developed and administered both Spanish and English surveys on iPads for Expo attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe attendee iPad surveys, developed in collaboration with EvalFest, primarily collected data on demographics, to assess a main Festival goal of reaching people all across Georgia. Additionally, the survey inquired about satisfaction, if attendees were having fun, and if they recognized their opportunity to engage with scientists at the Festival.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe interview questions, developed by the CEISMC Evaluation Team, targeted to document the experience of both children and adults at the festival. Children who were interviewed were asked what some of the coolest things they did at the Festival were, and if they helped a scientist do hands-on experiments. Adults, on the other hand, were asked how they thought the Festival contributed to the Atlanta community, and what the most valuable and memorable experiences they shared with their families at the Expo were. Attendees seemed very excited to give feedback to the Evaluation Team via interviews.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, thanks to a stroke of creative genius by 2014 Atlanta Science Festival Coordinator, Hayley McLeod, the Evaluation Team handed out stickers that read, \u201cI\u2019m a data point!\u201d to every attendee who provided feedback. This sticker method, and the \u201cI\u2019m a data point!\u201d language was a hit with the Evalfest team, and now stickers just like it are used across the nation at other science festivals!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Evaluation Team is proud and excited to continue to foster its relationship with the Atlanta Science Festival, and represent Georgia Tech in the broader Atlanta and national science communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Evaluation Team consists of: Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Olivia Shellman, Shaheen Rana, Dr. Jeremy Lingle, Christopher Cappelli, Dr. Jessica Gale, Dr. Sunni Newton, and Anna Newsome. Revenna Brown, Tammy Ku, and Luis Cortes, mentors from CEISMC\u2019s GoSTEM program, and former Atlanta Science Festival Coordinator Hayley McLeod assisted the Team at the Expo as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough an effort led by Dr. Meltem Alemdar and Olivia Shellman,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s Evaluation Team lead the evaluation of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022links\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Science Festival\u003C\/a\u003E, culminating with the Science Festival Expo in Centennial Olympic park on Saturday, March 26, 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing\u2019s Evaluation Team lead the evaluation of the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival"}],"uid":"28054","created_gmt":"2016-03-29 10:47:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:09","author":"Steven Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"518511":{"id":"518511","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC - Dr. Sunni Newton Atlanta Science Festival Expo","body":null,"created":"1459274540","gmt_created":"2016-03-29 18:02:20","changed":"1475895284","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:44","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC - Dr. Sunni Newton Atlanta Science Festival Expo","file":{"fid":"205207","name":"suni.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/suni_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/suni_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2392752,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/suni_0.jpg?itok=e7HeAFXm"}},"518501":{"id":"518501","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC - Evaluator, Shaheen Rana at the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival","body":null,"created":"1459274540","gmt_created":"2016-03-29 18:02:20","changed":"1475895284","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:44","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC - Evaluator, Shaheen Rana at the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival","file":{"fid":"205206","name":"shaheenrana_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shaheenrana__0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shaheenrana__0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5862051,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shaheenrana__0.jpg?itok=vXDnkjtn"}},"518521":{"id":"518521","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC -  Evaluators at Atlanta Science Festival Expo, Christopher Cappelli and Bill Kay","body":null,"created":"1459274540","gmt_created":"2016-03-29 18:02:20","changed":"1475895284","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:44","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s CEISMC -  Evaluators at Atlanta Science Festival Expo, Christopher Cappelli and Bill Kay","file":{"fid":"205208","name":"chrisc.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/chrisc_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/chrisc_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":150312,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/chrisc_0.jpeg?itok=iUPTbM-A"}}},"media_ids":["518511","518501","518521"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"66491","name":"Atlanta Science Festival"},{"id":"170053","name":"CEISMC Evaluation Team"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMeltem Alemdar, Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003EAssistant Director for EvaluationSenior Research Scientist\u003Ca class=\u0022links\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Education Integrating Science, Math and Computing (CEISMC)\u003C\/a\u003EGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; 30332-0282Phone 404-894-0297www.ceismc.gatech.edu","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Meltem.Alemdar@ceismc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}