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'''Type''':  Working Group<br>
'''Title''':  Education and Outreach<br>
'''Lead(s)''': Matt Corne <cornem@uwstout.edu><br>
'''Approval date''': ET call on [http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2018-August/006460.html 2018-08-13]

== Initial Members ==
* Gabrielle Allen <gdallen@illinois.edu>
* Matt Corne <cornem@uwstout.edu>
* Zach Etienne <zachetie@gmail.com>
* Deborah Ferguson <dferguson41@gatech.edu>
* Karan Jani <karan.jani@gatech.edu>
* Maria Hamilton < babiuc@marshall.edu >
* Helvi Witek < helvi.witek@kcl.ac.uk >
* Bhavesh Khamesra <bhaveshkhamesra@gatech.edu>

== Funding ==
NSF SI2 grant, NCSA

== Background == 
This working group will address the following goals for the Einstein Toolkit:

* Expand our reach: Provide the tools and community to encourage and support new and diverse researchers in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and physics beyond the standard model.
* Provide Learning Materials: Establish a teaching resource bank in the Einstein Toolkit
* Provide Scientific Outreach: Coordinate and track outreach in computational relativistic astrophysics to other science communities, K-12 and the public

== Activities undertaken through this working group include ==

* Include, support and track Outreach and Education goals of the NSF SI2 award and facilitate the development, support and impact of outreach and education activities though other Einstein Toolkit funded projects
* Coordinate and help support pedagogical activities of the Einstein Toolkit such as instruction modules, summer schools, tutorials, involvement in K-12/informal learning
* Identify and track relevant metrics for education and outreach
* Provide a forum and webpage to discuss, collect and promote education and outreach activities undertaken by the Einstein Toolkit Community including
* Provide and maintain a communications plan for the Einstein Toolkit, including for example outreach to other relevant projects such as LIGO, LISA, etc.
* Monitor materials such as tutorials, examples, documentation to check they are up to date, working and informative for new users.

== Milestones ==
* July 1 2018: Initial list of activities, milestones and deliverables collected and discussed at the Spring 2018 Einstein Toolkit Meeting
* During SI2 Project: Modules from teaching resource bank will be used at RIT and Georgia Tech

== Deliverables ==
* SI2 Deliverable: Educational modules including lecture notes and quizzes, e.g. numerical solution of PDEs, stability/convergence, automated code generation used for instruction and publically available
* SI2 Deliverable: Recorded lectures on gravitational physics and astrophysics topics using the Einstein Toolkit
* SI2 Deliverable: Einstein Toolkit Apps for K-12 students 

== Engagement ==
* Working Group Mail list:  [http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/education-wg education-wg@einsteintoolkit.org]
** Sign up:  http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/education-wg
* Monthly phone calls
** Second Thursday of the Month at 1pm CST (currently by Google Hangouts)