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Tennessee Tech - Ambareen, Martha Seth - from high school in Florida Bob - from Poconos high school Rebecca Dovi - high school teacher in Richmond - president of csta central VA Rachna - assistant to Joanne Lecia Barker - recruiting Joanne Cohoon Luther - research with Jim Cohoon Teresa - high school Virginia Mel Jurist - UD Jim Cohoon
Ways to entice kids: one logic problem per day or week in teams in class.
tag workshops:
Need to get financing for later workshops:
It is not the goal to teach a new programming language or technical skills.
Speakers - speak to an audience that is interested but may not have undergrad degree in computer science
keynote speaker - what main message to give out? the future of computing and why important to society the speakers do it for free.
set of talking points for the speaker.
could be state it person. not a pr for the university.
ice breaker - use something from Bob. get them engaged. feel comfortable sharing thoughts with each other.
special topic in cs - faculty with good ability to communicate with the teachers. what might you do with the info in terms of assignments or examples in class.
cs unplugged - toward end of day. get up and do one of these as example.
evaluation - applying the ideas from workshop. being successful - enrollments up.
advice: * make as interactive as possible * include a dinner together that highlights something special about location – need to fund. * promote csta - create a chapter. join one.
packet for teachers: * ncwit resources for k-12
resources in print available: