TTU Tapestry Workshop

Department of Computer ScienceTennessee Tech University

July 5-7, 2011

Tapestry Workshop

• Attraction and engagement of more and diverse students to computing

• Partnership between Universities and educators to:– Share strategies, practices, and good

ideas for teaching Computer Science effectively

Why Tapestry Workshops?

• Computing technologies are integral to our lives today

• Computer scientists will be in the highest demand of all the STEM disciplines (Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• Current pipeline is producing less than half

• Tapestry is an effort to help meet the demand

Pipeline Crisis

Tapestry Background

• NSF Award #1042452– BPC-LSA: Training HS CS Teachers

to Attract More & Diverse Students

• PIs:– University of Virginia (UVA) • James Cohoon• Joanne Cohoon

Tapestry Sites

• Original Tapestry Workshops at UVA– 2009, 2010, 2011

• Two Satellite Sites– Tennessee Tech University– University of Delaware

TTU Tapestry Support

• NSF (via UVA) • Department of Computer

Science, TTU• TTU STEM Center• NCWIT

TTU Tapestry Supporting Cast

• Ambareen Siraj (CS)• Martha Kosa (CS)• Douglas Talbert (CS)• Valerie Nash (CS)• Summer Olmstead (CS)• Caitlin McCowan (Residential Life)• Richard Barns (Residential Life)• Victor Kline (Chartwells)• Christina Hatley (STEM Center)• Jane Roberts (STEM Center)• Robert Reab (CMR)• Harish Dalal (Baymont Inn)• Catherine Brawner (UVA)

Tapestry Weavers

• Queen Adeboyejo• Sam Brooks• Edward Bujak• Jan Burns• George Edwards• Joe Finkelstein• James Forester• Donna Gattis• Dave Gretz• Craig Ham• Tim Hannah• Lura Hawkins• Kimberly Herring• Ida Johnson• Rex Ledbetter

• Amanda Littles• Robert Luciano• Linda McDaniel• Karen Moore• Beth Moore Williams• Susan Morrissett• Jennie Patton• Scott Portnoff• Deb Ramey• Seth Reichelson• Peggy Slagle• Cheryl Tays• Tony Tyler• Rosalie Wolfe• James Wooster

Participants Across The Map

Invited Speakers

• Taha Ben Brahim, Auburn University• Mark Boshart, TTU• Joanne Cohoon, UVA• Jim Cohoon, UVA• Zhijiang Dong, MTSU• Barbara Ericson, Georgia Tech• Mark Guzdial, Georgia Tech• Robert Hodum, TTU• Robert Luciano, High School, PA• Sally Pardue, STEM Center, TTU • Scott Portnoff, High School, CA• Seth Reichelson, High School, FL• Mark A. Stephens, TTU• Douglas Talbert, TTU• Present and Past CS Students of TTU

Tapestry Focus

• Initiation• Recruitment• Retention• Diversity• Advancement

Hope You

• Engage• Embrace• Encourage• Empower• Exercise• Experience• Extend • Enjoy

Resources

• http://csta.acm.org/index.html• http://www.ncwit.org/• http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_comp

scia.html• http://csprinciples.org/• http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Pageflows/Institutes

AndWorkshops/InstitutesAndWorkshopsController.jpf• http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE • http://www.cs4hs.com/index.html • http://www.bls.gov/oco/• http://computingcareers.acm.org/?page_id=4• http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teach

ers_corner/4483.html

• http://www.sigcse.org/