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F. Mili
8/3/2012
Contents
Resources for Attracting More Diverse Students to Computing 3
1)General References and Resources 3
a)Professional Societies 3
b)Federal Agencies 4
c)Computing Industry (a sample) 4
d)Education 5
2)Broadening Interest through content 7
a)Foundations of Computing 7
b)Teaching Resources 8
3)Leveling the field 10
a)Organizations 10
b)Targeting Girls’ Interests 11
4)Funding 12
5)Summer Camps and after school activities 12
a)For Students 12
b)For Teachers 13
6)Events, Competitions 13
a)Competitions 13
b)Events 14
7)Role Models 14
8)Networking 15
9)Other resources 15
a)Annotated bibliography 15
b)Papers cited by Joanne Cohoon 15
c)Link to Pear Led Team Learning, Susan Horwitz 15
d)Books 16
Resources for Attracting More Diverse Students to Computing
General References and Resources
Professional Societies
The world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org
www.sigcse.org/
seeks to strengthen research and advanced education in computing and allied fields. Through influencing policy, encouraging the development of human resources, and disseminating information about the importance and the state of computing research.
CRA: Computing Research Association www.cra.org
AITP: Association of Information Technology Professionals www.aitp.org
IEEE Computer: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-- Computer Society www.computer.org
the computing professional's single, source for technology information, inspiration & collaboration.
Federal Agencies
NSF: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov
Broadening Participation in Computing Alliance Program http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503593
E.g. the National Academy of Engineering works with the Washington, D.C. region's most listened-to radio station — the all-news format WTOP Radio — and the nation's only radio station specifically dedicated to covering news related to the federal government to provide weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news.
NSDL National Science Digital Library www.nsdl.org
NSDL is the nation's online portal for education and research on learning in
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Computing Industry (a sample)
Microsoft Partners in Learning www.pil-network.com (tutorials, discussions, activities)
Imagine Cup http://www.microsoft.com/student/en-us/ (different competition categories, software design, games, mobile apps, …).
Microsoft Faculty Connection High Schools http://www.microsoft.com/education/facultyconnection/
Google in Education http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/
Google Science Fair http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/
Doodle for Google http://www.google.com/doodle4google/
IBM Local Education Outreach (leo) www.watson.ibm.com/leo
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE.org) Professional Development for Teachers http://www.ciese.org/pd.html
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. Focus on projects that utilize real time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world.
Ensemble is a NSDL Pathways project working to establish a national, distributed digital library for computing education. The project is building a distributed portal providing access to a broad range of existing educational resources for computing http://www.computingportal.org/
The ensemble portal provides easy access to:
COLLECTIONS of educational resources hosted by our partners
COMMUNITIES that can create and share documents (within the group or with the public), discuss things on forums, and contribute educational resources.
TECHNOLOGIES that might be useful when you teach (for use in-class and out-of-class).
CS10K
http://www.computingportal.org/cs10k
The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning
http://www.macul.org/
The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1975 dedicated to assisting the education community through support, promotion, and leadership in the effective use of educational technology.
Broadening Interest through content
Foundations of Computing
CS Unplugged
Csunplugged.org
Enrichment and extension program for primary-aged children
Resources for teachers from CS Unplugged
CS Unplugged Resources for teachers http://csunplugged.org/resources-teachers
Lists links to articles and resources
Computer Science for Fun http://www.cs4fn.org/mathemagic/
Magic tricks based on CS
Computing in the core http://www.computinginthecore.org/
Non-partisan advocacy coalition of associations, working toward making computer science a core academic subjects in K-12 education.
Exploring CS
http://www.exploringcs.org/
Our mission is to increase and enhance the computer science learning opportunities in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the country, and to broaden the participation of African-American, Latino/a, and female students in learning computer science.
CS Principles: Principles is a proposed AP course under development that seeks to broaden participation in computing and computer science. Development is being led by a team of computer science educators organized by the College Board and the National Science Foundation.
http://www.csprinciples.org/
CS principles Washington AP Computer Science Principles http://csprinciples.cs.washington.edu/
Great Principles of Computing
http://cs.gmu.edu/cne/pjd/GP/GP-site/welcome.html
Top 10 facts
http://www.computinginthecore.org/facts-resources
Wiki on teaching about Computers http://pdchandler.wikispaces.com/
Tools for Teachers from Google
http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/index.html
Non Programming Resources for Intro CS
http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/iticse2000/
Changing the Conversation by the National Academy of Engineering http://www.engineeringmessages.org/
Kalamazoo College’s Introduction to Computer Science http://www.cs.kzoo.edu/cs105/
Processing, a Java overlayer that makes it relatively easy to create computational art in Java.
http://processing.org/. Calvin, Bryn Mawr, and other schools are using it in the 1st half of our CS1 courses to motivate the students and let them see that computing is a creative activity.
Leveling the field
Organizations
http://women.acm.org/
ACM-W's mission is to celebrate, inform and support women in computing, and work with the ACM-W community of computer scientists, educators, employers and policy makers to improve working and learning environments for women
http://cra-w.org/
The Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is an action oriented organization dedicated to increasing the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) research and education at all levels.
www.anitaborg.org
We are women technologists. We use technology to connect our communities. We create technology because it is who we are — intelligent, creative and driven. We lead with compassion and a belief in inclusion. We develop competitive products and find solutions to problems that impact our lives, our nation, our world. Working with men that believe in our mission, we are changing the world for women and technology.
ncwit.org
The National Center for Women & Information Technology is a non-profit community of more than 300 prominent corporations, academic institutions, government agencies, and non-profits working to increase women's participation in technology and computing. NCWIT helps organizations recruit, retain, and advance women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers by providing community, evidence, and action.
aauw.org
American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1,000 branches, and 600 college/university institution partners.
AAUW's Mission: advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
www.dotdiva.org
Dot Divas dream of a better world. We imagine:
devices to track endangered dolphins
GPS systems for people who are blind
digital medical records in every emergency room
We're passionate about the big picture—improving life.
Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) is a national not-for-profit organization with over 600 members from engineering schools, small businesses, Fortune 500 corporations, and non-profit organizations. WEPAN works to transform culture in engineering education to attract, retain, and graduate women. With a clear focus on research-based issues and solutions, WEPAN helps its members develop a highly prepared, diverse engineering workforce for tomorrow.
“We're passionate about the big picture—improving life.”
http://www.imageofcomputing.com/index.html
The Image of Computing Task Force leads a national coordination effort to expose a realistic view of opportunities in computing. We aim to educate the public and those with the aptitude and interest to pursue computing careers, on the increasing vital role computing plays in every major field.
NCWIT Outreach
http://www.ncwit.org/resources.res.outreach.html
http://www.techbridgegirls.org/
The mission is to both promote girls’ interest and skills in science, technology, and engineering through multi-faceted programs, as well as to develop resources for teachers, role models, families and partners. Since its founding by Chabot Space & Science Center in 2000, Techbridge has served over 5,000 girls in grades 5-12.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE/
Pathways to Computer Science videos from University of Washington shown by Shannon Houtrow.
Funding
Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12527/nsf12527.htm
University of Michigan Camp Day http://techday.engin.umich.edu/
Michigan Tech University http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/about-eng-scholar.php
Michigan Tech Summer Transportation Institute http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/about-nsti.php
MSU Telecommunication Information Studies and Media http://tc.msu.edu/camps
MST@MSU (Math Science and Technology at MSU) http://spartanyouth.msu.edu/Resource.aspx?ResourceID=211
MSU Next Generation Sequencing Program http://cymeandcystidium.com/2012/06/26/msu-next-generation-sequencing-analysis-workshop-computer-summer-camp-2012/
Women programming ENIAC (silent): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnhFNJgNYY
U-Washington videos (esp. 'Day in the Life' features): http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE/
Grace Hopper (on Letterman): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZOxtURhfEU
Grace Hopper (on 60 Minutes): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57389728-10391709/grace-hopper-she-taught-computers-to-talk/
Alan Turing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgW6HplOZV0
Networking
Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner: http://www.edmodo.com/.
Other resources
Annotated bibliography
STEM Resources for Instructors to Help Women and Girls: Annotated Bibliography http://www.iwitts.org/store/educator-resources/stem-resources
Peer Led Team Learning in CS http://www.pltlcs.org/
Exercises from University of Wisconsin http://research.cs.wisc.edu/wes-cs/exercises.spr11.html
Peer Led Team Learning PLTL.org
PLTL wiki: Essential Peer-led Team Learning. David K. Gosser, Jr. and Hope Hartman URL: https://pltlteam.wiki.zoho.com/homepage.html
Books
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher (Feb 28, 2003), MIT Press.
Stuck in the shallow end: Education, race, and computing, Jane Margolis, Rachel Estrella, Joanna Goode and Jennifer Jellison Holme MIT Press.
Peer-Led Team Learning: A Guidebook, David K. Gosser, Mark S. Cracolice, J.A. Kampmeier, Vicki Roth, Victor S. Strozak, Pratibha Varma-Nelson, St. Xavier University, Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001
http://www.techbridgegirls.org/