Agenda for the 2012 CS4EDU Workshop

The workshop activities are held in the Lawson Computer Science Building (Campus map).

Breakfast and registration is in the Lawson Commons. Morning sessions are in Lawson 1142.

• 08:00-09:00: Breakfast and Registration
• 09:00-09:15: Welcome, Introductions, and Background. Christoph Hoffmann, Purdue.
• 09:15-10:00: CS Principles Pilots: Status and Future Plans. Brook Osborne, Duke University.
• 10:00-10:30: CS Principles Pilot 1. Rebecca Dovi, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, Virginia.
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:15: CS Principles Pilot 2. Deepa Muralidhar, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, Georgia. (via Skype)
• 11:15-12:00: Discussion on CS Principles. Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue and NSF, moderator.
• 12:00-1:00: Lunch

Afternoon sessions are in Lawson 3102.

• 1:00-3:00: Hands-On Activities
  • Blown to Bits Jeopardy Game. Chris Mayfield, James Madison University.
  • Building Your CS Toolkit. Rebecca Dovi, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, Virginia.
  • Manipulatives to Teach CS. Robb Cutler, Purdue.
  • Learning Recursion: Interactive Visualization and Assessment. Voicu Popescu, Purdue.
• 3:00-3:15: Break
• 3:15-4:00: Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching CS. Jim Lehman, Purdue, moderator.
  • Methods Courses. Aman Yadav and Tim Korb, Purdue.
  • POGIL. Chris Mayfield, James Madison University
  • Project IMPACT and Flipped Classroom at Purdue. Bill Crum, Purdue.
• 4:00-5:00: Break out into small groups. Topics TBD. (LWSN 3162, 3144D, 3102A/B)
• 6:30: Workshop Dinner at Jane's Gourmet (624 N. 4th Street, Lafayette, Indiana; http://www.janesgourmetdeli.com/).

All sessions are in Lawson 3102.

• 08:00-09:00: Breakfast
• 09:00-09:45: Reports from Tuesday breakout groups
• 09:45-10:00: Update from CSTA: Indiana Chapter. Mindy Hart, Purdue.
• 10:00-10:30: Adding Parallelism to AP CS Principles. David Bunde, Knox College.
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:30: Panel: Careers in Computing. Jean Jackson, Purdue, moderator.
  • Andrea Evensen, Siemens Corporation
  • Thad Craft, State Farm
  • Brad Jensen, Microsoft
• 11:30-12:00: Future Directions, Post-Survey, and Wrap-Up. Christoph Hoffmann, Purdue.
• 12:00: Boxed Lunch

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