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LV STEM workshop Gearing up for 2008-2009. Glenn D. Blank Computer Science and Engineering www.cse.lehigh.edu/~glennb. Support from NSF (Grants No. EIA-0638664 and 0624553) and Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance. Pressing on toward the goals.
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LV STEM workshopGearing up for 2008-2009 Glenn D. Blank Computer Science and Engineering www.cse.lehigh.edu/~glennb Support from NSF (Grants No. EIA-0638664 and 0624553) and Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance
Pressing on toward the goals • 1) Novel curricula will be disseminated regionally and nationally • 2) Outreach students broaden impact of Graduate Fellows • 3) In-service / pre-service training • 4) Corporate partners Overarching theme: Communicating complex concepts of STEM
Novel curricula • Develop classroom test more novel curricula and lesson plans this year • A math or science coordinator should review them for standards • Fellows upload novel curricula & lesson plans to lvstem.cse.lehigh.edu (aka www.lehigh.edu/stem) • Fellows attending conferences should upload their conference papers • Teacher conferences? Other ideas?
Outreach students • Formerly called Outreach Experiences for Graduates (OEGs) • PITA funding can support either undergrads or grads on an hourly basis • Learn a curriculum alongside a Fellow until he/she is ready to go to another school to help a teacher implement the curriculum • Teams will recruit and train their students and let Priyani know for payroll, etc.
In-service/pre-service training • Flash workshop at Liberty High School • An LVCSTA (Lehigh Valley Computer Science Teachers Association) event • Wednesdays 3:30-5pm for five or six weeks starting September 10th? • Other in-service training ideas? • Need to get principal onboard, etc. • Pre-service assignments with College of Education students in the works • Also talk to your principal
Corporate partners • Air Products at HMMS & Allen HS • PPL at Allen HS & Raub MS? • Crayola (formerly Binney & Smith) at Freedom? • Butz construction at Broughal MS? • Other ideas?
Resources to widen the pipeline • Interactive multimedia introduces breadth of computer science, plus classes in UML and Java to noviceswww.cse.lehigh.edu/~cimel/prototype.html • Design-First with Java curriculumwww.lehigh.edu/stem/teams/dieruff • DesignFirst intelligent tutoring system designfirst.cse.lehigh.edu
Theme: Communicating complex concepts of STEM • Team charters • Teams refine them over next two weeks • Fellows upload to the web site • Share them with principals and parents? • Communicating graduate research to K-12 students • Thanks, Melissa and Ray! • Who is next? • Other ideas?
How can we work together to widen the pipeline in our schools? Discussion?