Rising Above the Gathering Storm.pptVIP

Blackburn, Singhai, Hertz, McKinley Moss Rising Above the Gathering Storm Calvin Lin July 10, 2009 The Golden Egg Technical innovation is changing the world Health care Science Business Energy Communication Entertainment . . . Our Golden Egg Technical innovation Has been led by the US Has fueled the US economy for years The Problem– Not Enough Eggs Dire need to strengthen K-12 teaching of math and science “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”, National Academy of Science, 2007 CS presents particular challenges Talk Outline National response: CS/10,000 Feedback? UT response A few words about the Turing Scholars Program? The National Perspective CS/10,000 NSF-led initiative to increase the # of high school CS teachers by 10,000 by 2015 Leverage the AP structure Pre-AP course Gold Standard AP course CS A course Pre-AP Course Teach computer fluency Designed for broad audience Foundations of computing and computational thinking Inquiry-based approach with exciting modern applications Gold Standard AP Course Explore computational concepts in more detail Includes critical thinking, logic, algorithms Shows the magic of computing CS A Course Similar to existing courses Students taking it should have greater motivation for programming after taking the first two courses The UT Perspective Enhance the UTeach Program to produce more CS high school teachers Use the UTeach Institute to replicate our success to colleges throughout the country Recruit more women and under-represented minorities into CS What is UTeach? A collaboration between College of Natural Sciences and College of Education to increase the number of K-12 math and science teachers Sister program exists in the College of Liberal Arts Sister program recently formed by the College of Engineering UTeach Degree Programs Serves three populations UT undergrads majoring in math or science Degree holders in math or science Certified math or science teachers Undergraduate CNS Majors Compact 4 year degree program Stu