How do we encourage women in STEM? Computational Sciences? The "digital divide" that persists in Internet use based on income, education and community means people are not acquiring the digital fluency that is required to operate in to-day's world Let's Talk Gender In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling evidence that … [Read more...]
Bridge Day, Teragrid A Special Event for Teachers
Bridge Day, Teragrid A Special Event for Teachers June 26,2009 The secretary of education and the president want transformational learning. We have examples of transformational learning in the high performance computing fields. But a lot of people are still stuck in an analog world as we move into the future of digital. Computational thinking is something that has to be considered. Truthfully we have closed our eyes to new types of learning in many ways through the era of no child left behind … [Read more...]
