The members of SIG DE,SITE DE and Social Justice, Colorado Educational Groups, Leading Educators and people interested in transformational change in schools want to provide a learning experience that you will enjoy . It is a pre-conference event. A one-day workshop, Denver, 27 June 2010 The workshop is free of charge and we are providing lunch. We are looking for people from Colorado whether or not they are attending the ISTE conference … [Read more...]
Let’s Give All American Kids the Dream!!
Martin Luther King, Dream Realized/ Not!! The Dream? Let’s Update the Dream By Bonnie Bracey Sutton President Obama and Dr. King's dream During the 1963 March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” One year after the inaguration of Barack Obama— the first … [Read more...]
First Ever Computer Science Education Week
December 7, 2009— The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its partners are launching Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to uncover and remedy the inadequacy of the nation’s computer science education system at the K-12 level. While 5 of the top 10 fastest growing jobs are in computing-related fields, the percent of schools with rigorous high school computing courses fell from 40 percent to 27 percent from 2005 to 2009. The last 60 years witnessed an extraordinary burst of … [Read more...]
Teacher Outreach Day, November 14, Portland for Supercomputing
What I love about this project is that we who crafted it are teacher educators, consultants, research people and game developers as well as STEM specialists. We worked together to fill a need for teachers, but our networks must not be good enough. We need a few more teachers to make this go. You can email me bbracey at aol com to register. Our registration was a barrier to some as they did not understand the difference between the SC conference and Teacher Day. We want teachers, professionals, … [Read more...]
