Agenda
October 2, 2009
Friday Agenda
Held at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa
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All Day |
Registration |
Mission Foyer |
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All Day |
Attend GHC Sessions & Attend Lunches |
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2:00 – 4:00 pm |
Ignite Talks - Ignite Talks are short presentations given by various presenters working on outreach to various communities interested in collaboration. |
Arizona 8-12 |
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4:15 – 6:30 pm |
Town Hall Meeting – The Equity Issue in K12 Education. Moderator: Michelle Hutton, President of CSTA and Jane Margolis, UCLA Researcher and Author of “Stuck in the Shallow End” |
Arizona 8-12 |
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7:00 – 10:00 pm |
Sponsor Night - This is a networking event to celebrate the conclusion of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration. Dinner will be served and there will be music and entertainment. Sponsored by the GHC Platinum Sponsors. Current sponsors are Google, Intel & Microsoft. |
Meecha & Tash Terraces |
October 3, 2009
Saturday Agenda
Tucson Marriott University Park
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8:00 am |
Registration |
Foyer |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast |
Pima |
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9:00 – 10:00 am |
Welcome – General Session: “Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing” Jane Margolis, Sr. Researcher, UCLA |
Sabino |
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10:15 – 11:00 am |
Breakout Sessions Session 1 – K12 Equity Discussion Betsy Frederick, Program Manager, Supercomputing Challenge, New Mexico and Director, Network of New Mexico Toni Greigo-Jones, Professor of Teaching and Teaching Education, University of Arizona Session 2 – Fostering Computational Thinking Irene Lee, Program Director, Project GUTS: Growing Up Thinking Scientifically Session 3 – AP Computer Science: Present State and Future Directions Chris Stephenson, Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association Jan Cuny, Program Officer, CISE Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC), National Science Foundation |
Sabino
Ventana
Canyons A&B |
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11:15 - 12:00 pm |
Breakout Sessions Session 1 – Teaching K12 CS with Toys and Manipulatives Robb Cutler, Tutor Crossing, former Assistant Head, Harker School Session 2 – Building Student Interest in Computing Evelyn Torres-Rangel, CSTA Chapter President, Southern California, Teacher, Gabrielino High School Chris Stephenson, Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association |
Ventana
Canyons A&B |
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12:00 – 12:45 pm |
Lunch |
Pima |
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1:00 – 2:00 pm |
General Session – Panel: Culturally Relevant Computing Audrey Bennett, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ann Gates, Associate VP of Research, University of Texas, El Paso Cynthia Mruczek, Graduate Assistant, CompuGirls, Arizona State University |
Sabino |
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2:00 – 2:30 pm |
Wrap-up |
Sabino |
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2:45 pm |
Tour of University of Arizona Campus |
Meeting in the Lobby |