Agenda for the 2012 CS4EDU Workshop

Internal planning agenda and topic assignments…

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Tuesday, July 31

• 08:00-09:00: Breakfast and Registration (Lawson Commons)
• 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Introductions, and Background. Christoph Hoffmann, Purdue. (Lawson 1142)
• 09:30-10:00: AP CS Principles Pilot 1: Rebecca Dovi
• 10:00-10:30: AP CS Principles Pilot 2: Deepa Muralithar
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:45: Discussion on CS Principles (Susanne Hambrusch, moderator)
• 11:45-1:00: Lunch
• 1:00-2:00: Hands-On Activities (bring laptops, need guest PAL accounts)
  • Concept from CS Principles (Rebecca Dovi)
  • Blown to Bits Jeopardy Game (Chris Mayfield)
  • Teaching Recursion: Interactive Visualization and Assessment (Voicu Popescu)
• 2:00-2:15: Break
• 2:15-4:00: Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching CS (Jim Lehman, moderator)
  • Methods courses (Aman Yadav and Tim Korb)
  • Flipped classroom:
    • POGIL (Chris Mayfield)
    • Purdue Project IMPACT (TBD by CMH)
  • Manipulatives (Robb Cutler)
• 4:00-5:00: Break out into small groups (LWSN 3162, 3144D, 3102A/B)
  • Expect topics to be determined during the day; tentative ideas:
    • Assessment (Aman)
    • Flipped classroom
    • Future directions in CS Principles (Brook?)
    • Methods course
    • Parallel computing in HS curriculum (Voicu)
  • Break out leaders: Aman, Susanne, Tim, Jim
• 6:30: Workshop Dinner at Jane's Gourmet Deli

Wednesday, August 1

• 08:00-09:00: Breakfast
• 09:00-09:45: Reports from Tuesday breakout groups
• 09:45-10:00: Update from CSTA (Mindy Hart)
• 10:00-10:30: Adding Parallelism to AP CS Principles (David Bunde)
• 10:30-10:45: Break
• 10:45-11:30: Panel: Careers in Computing (Tim Korb, 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.
• 12:00-1:00: Lunch

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