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Looking Forwards

Looking Forwards. Georgia Computes!. Shaking the Tree. Successful broad outreach Working on more targeted outreach Example: Cynthia Green going to visit individual schools Disciplinary Commons for Computing Education (DCCE) CPATH funded Connect high-school and undergraduate teachers.

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Looking Forwards

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  1. Looking Forwards Georgia Computes!

  2. Shaking the Tree • Successful broad outreach • Working on more targeted outreach • Example: Cynthia Green going to visit individual schools • Disciplinary Commons for Computing Education (DCCE) • CPATH funded • Connect high-school and undergraduate teachers (Title), by (Your Name or Organization Here)

  3. Reaching African-Americans and Latinos • Number of AP test takers • Success in increasing total number • Less success in reaching under-represented groups • Strategies • Individualized attention to schools with majority under-represented groups • Glitch game testing • Target young African-American males • New partnerships • Cool Girls, Refugee Girls (RRISA), Boys and Girls Clubs • New summer camps targeted at minorities • Two applications to Google Rise Awards (Title), by (Your Name or Organization Here)

  4. Changing Attitudes About Computing • Teens creating their own social networks • Leverage their passion for social computing • Tie this to CS content • Motivate enrollment in CS classes • Broader agenda: • Broadening the discipline of computing • Will appeal to a larger and more diverse group of learners • Is what industry actually needs! (Title), by (Your Name or Organization Here)

  5. Online MS in Computing Education? • Trained teachers are a key • Need non-trivial further education • Must be accessible to them • Program aimed to serve: • High-school teachers who want further training and certification • USG faculty who don’t have enough graduate credit hours in computing for accreditation (Title), by (Your Name or Organization Here)

  6. The Long View • In time: • After three years, just beginning to see pipeline effects • Where are the bottlenecks? • Where are the synergies? • How do we study a pipeline? • Track both individuals and groups • The big picture will provide answers • In space: • Connect to other states (Title), by (Your Name or Organization Here)

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