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Tapestry Workshop 2014

Attracting and engaging diverse high school students to computing

June 24 – 26, 2014
University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, and
        Department of Engineering and Society

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Tuesday June 24, 2014

Time
10:00
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:45
1:45
3:15
3:30
4:30

5:30

Topic
Icebreakers (Robert Luciano)
Welcome (Jim Cohoon and Joanne Cohoon)
Gender and computing: why this matters (Joanne Cohoon)
Lunch
Logic groups (Robert Luciano)
New CS introductory courses (Owen Astrachan and Brooke Osborne)
Break
Research-supported pedagogy (Duane Shell)
Integration: how pedagogy can engage all your students
      (Luther Tychonievich)
Dinner @ Observatory Hill Dining Hall

 

Wednesday June 25, 2014

Time
7:00
8:00
8:30
9:15
10:30
10:45
11:45
12:30
1:30
1:45
2:45
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00

Topic
Breakfast @ Observatory Hill Dining Hall
Socializing
Stereotype threats: what keeps people away (Joanne Cohoon)
Chrestomathics (Jim Cohoon)
Break
Inoculating against stereotype threats (Sophie Trawalter)
Lunch
Active recruiting (Joanne Cohoon)
Break
A success story (Seth Reichelson)
Break
Pair programming (Mark Sherriff)
Integration: relevance to you (Luther Tychonievich)
Dinner @ Observatory Hill Dining Hall
Walking tour from Observatory Hill Dining Hall
Dessert @ The Colonnade in Pavilion VII

 

Thursday June 26, 2014

Time
7:00
8:00
8:30
9:30

10:30
11:00
12:00
12:45
2:15
2:45
3:00

Topic
Breakfast @ Observatory Hill Dining Hall
Socializing
Spatial skill development exercises (Luther Tychonievich)
Success! (Mark Ruhkstahl, Atiya Conry, Carol Carmichael and Michael Tanczos, and Albert Simon)
Break
Aspirations + Resources (Ammi Ludwick)
Lunch
Integration with commitment (You)
Assessment (Joanne Cohoon)
Honoraria (Jim Cohoon)
Adjournment (Jim Cohoon)