Tapestry Workshop @Penn 2012 Agenda

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

10:30 AM:         Workshop commences at in 307 Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut Street.

                          Welcome, bookkeeping and discussion on expectations for the workshop.

                          Bob Luciano, Ice Breakers

12:00 Noon       Lunch with Keynote speaker, Dr. Nora Newcombe, Temple University

1:15 PM            Dr. Nora Newcombe: "Spatial Skills and Success in STEM: Thinking 

                          About Gender Differences" 337 Towne

2:45 PM            Stereotype Threat and Computing: Rita Powell, 307 Levine

3:30 PM            Brainstorming Discussion: What did we learn and how can we apply it

5:00 PM            Dinner on your own

Thursday, July 12, 2012

8:45 AM            Continental Breakfast, 307 Levine

9:15 AM            Jean Griffin, Netter Center for Community Partnerships: CS Principles      

                          Course, 307 Levine

10:15 AM          GRASP and Sig Center for Computer Graphics Tours

11:15 AM         William Mongan, Lecturer, Drexel University (computer lab)

                          Cryptography, Unix Lab, Moore 100 A          

12:00 PM          Lunch

1:00 PM            Joanne Cohoon, Recruiting for Diversity in Computing, 337 Towne

2:00 PM            Break

2: 15 PM           Jim Cohoon CS 1 Course, 337 Towne

3:15 PM            Josh Gordon PhD student, Columbia University, 307

                               Overview of the Emerging Scholars Program at Columbia University

                                          Sample Problems

4:15 PM            Brainstorming Discussion: What did we learn and how can we apply it

5:30 PM            Group Dinner at a local Restaurant

Friday, July 13, 2012

8:45  AM           Continental Breakfast, 307 Levine

9:15  AM           Seth Reichelson, Recruiting diverse students into high school computing,

                          307 Levine

10:15 AM          Curt Minnick, Getting Started with APP Inventor, 307 or Moore 100 C

11:15 AM          Seth Reichelson, interesting projects that apply to the AP test that retain   

                          student, 307 Levine  

12:00  PM         lunch with Penn students

12:45  PM         Panel Discussion with Penn computer science students

                          Rita Powell, Moderator

1:45    PM         Workshop Sharing, Evaluation and Wrap up, 307 or Moore 100 C

3:00    PM         Workshop closing