Agenda
K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop
“Overcoming Barriers, Boundaries and Bad News”
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
October 1-2, 2010
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Day 1: Friday, October 1, 2010
| 7:30 am | Registration Opens |
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome |
| 8:45 am – 9:45 am | Grace Hopper Conference Keynote – Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Twitter Integrated Science Pilot Program: Positively Impacting the Attitudes of Adolescent Girls Towards Technology in Middle/High School |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Education e-Village: Creating an online community to enhance technology education in underserved communities |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm | Grace Hopper Conference Plenary – Imposter Syndrome Panel |
| 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Town Hall Meeting: Bridging Boundaries and Creating Capacity: Engaging Stakeholders to Address Equity in K12 Computing |
| 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Sponsor Night – This is a networking event to celebrate the conclusion of the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration. The event features dinner, music and entertainment. |
Day 2: Saturday, October 2, 2010
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | Workshop Registration & Networking Breakfast (Regency Ballroom VI) |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Welcome & Keynote (Regency Ballroom V) Computer Science as an Essential 21st-Century Skill: Making the Case Eric Roberts |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am – 11:00 am | Breakout Sessions I
Social Networking into the Classroom: Writing Twitter Apps and other ways of Engaging Students in CS (Hanover AB): Sarita Yardi Dot Diva: Changing the Image of Computing (Hanover C): Julie Benyo An Update on the New AP CS Course (Hanover FG): Chris Stephenson, Jan Cuny, and Mark Guzdial An Interdisciplinary Approach to Introducing Computing in Grades K-5 (Hanover DE): Kathleen Larson |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions II
Open Source: It’s All Out in the Open…But Where Do We Start (Hanover AB): Anita Verno, Bill Madden, and Leslie Hawthorn Teaching Programming is Easy with Alice (Hanover C): Steve Cooper Teaching Computer Science with Toys (Hanover FG): Robb Cutler and Deepa Muralidhar Computational Thinking through Modeling & Simulation (Hanover DE): Betsy Frederick and Irene Lee |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Panel (Regency Ballroom V): Teacher Leadership & Advocacy as a Tool for Broadening Participation: Stephanie Hoeppner, Eugene Lemon, and Daniel Moix |
| 1:50 pm – 2:40 pm | Plenary Session: Exploring Computer Science: Adding Social Relevance to Curriculum and Professional Development: Gail Chapman, Fae Pierre, and Suzanne Schaefer |
| 2:40 pm – 3:00 pm | Wrap-up and Raffle |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Networking & Sponsor Activities |