Gathering the Tools Learning Paradigm Shift 16 July 2007.ppt

16 July 2007 Gathering the Tools Gathering the Tools: Learning Paradigm Shift 16 July 2007 Outline Quote on Education Brief Bio Why I Became and Engineer National Education Statistics Gathering The Tools: Learning Paradigm Shift ARCADE Summer Institute (pictures!) Questions Answers Quote Bio - Education Born in West Baltimore (~Edmondson Village) Reared in East Baltimore (~Caroline Chase) Baltimore City Public Schools: #26 Madison Square Elementary ’71-’75 #211 Gardenville Elementary ’75-‘78 #233 Roland Park Junior High‘80 #403 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute ‘84 Worked for Agrico Chemical Company in South Baltimore Earned BS Electrical Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins ‘89 Earned Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Delaware ‘94 Bio - Professional Motorola Corporate RD – Design, Model, Simulation of Special Purpose Realtime Imaging Systems Corning Inc. – Design of Advanced Opto-Electric Systems from concept to prototype Morgan State University – EE Professor (K thru Ph.D.) Lockheed Martin – MS2 LSS Ship Systems RD Manager Why Did I Become an Engineer? Stable Home No-nonsense parents Good in Math Science Went to an Engineering High School Electrical Engineering had a nice *ring* to it Felt like I was smart Could make some “good money” Performance of U.S. Students in Grades 4, 8, 12 source: Science Engineering Indicators 2006 /statistics/seind06/c1/c1s1.htm#c1s1l2 The average mathematics scores of 4th 8th grade students increased from 1990 to 2003 Despite the improvements, most students do not demonstrate solid mathematics skills and knowledge for their grade 4th 8th average science scores did not change; 12th grade declined from 1996 to 2000 Students eligible for free or reduced lunch were at least three times less likely to score at or above the proficient level for their grade Gathering the Tools: Who are in our classrooms/a824593~The_vicious_cycle_of_a_neighborhood_in_decay.html Students of Neighborhoods in Vicious C