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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, GADay 1: Friday, October 1, 2010
All Day GHC Conference Registration All Day Attend GHC Sessions & Attend Lunches 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ignite Talks – Ignite Talks are short presentations given by various presenters working on outreach to various communities interested in collaboration. 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 9:00 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Keynote (TBA) 10:00 am – 10:15 am Break 10:15 am – 11:00 am Breakout Sessions I
Social Networking (TBA)Dot Diva: Changing the Image of Computing: Julie Benyo
An Update on the New AP CS Course: Chris Stephenson and Jan Cuny
An interdisciplinary Approach to Introducing Computing in Grades K-5: Kathleen Larson, Sarah Pennachio, Donna Russo
11:00 am – 11:15 am Break 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions II (TBA)
Open Source: It’s All Out in the Open…But Where Do We Start: Anita Verno, Bill Madden, Leslie HawthornTeaching Programming is Easy with Alice: Steve Cooper
Teaching Computer Science with Toys: Robb Cutler
Modeling & Simulations: Betsy Frederick, Irene Lee
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Panel: Teacher Leadership & Advocacy as a Tool for Broadening Participation: Stephanie Hoeppner, Eugene Lemon, Daniel Moix 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Wrap-up 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Networking & Sponsor Activities
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This looks like a great program hosted by the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Get involved, people!
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Not sure what I could use this for, but am pretty sure I want to play with one. Amazing technology. I'll have to show it to my robotics students.
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Thanks to natenatenate on Twitter for sharing this video, but a wonderful example of how creative photography can be used to visualize a phenomenon - in this case how RFID signals work. Sounds nerdy, but easy to grasp and worth a watch.