Computer Science for High Schools

CS4HS Workshop at Florida Tech

November 23, 2013
9am-5pm
Room 229 (next door to 228 previously), Olin Engineering Complex, Florida Tech

(funding provided by Google)

Attending the workshop

Getting here:
- Directions to Florida Tech campus
- Campus map
  - Building 36 is Olin Enginneeing Complex, room 229 is on the second floor
  - Visitor parking is outside Building 25 and in Building 38 (parking outside Building 36 might be ok during the summer)
  - print this web page and put it on your dashboard to indicate you are attending the workshop
  - (If you want to follow the official rules on visitor parking, upon your arrival you can obtain a visitor parking pass at the Security Office, which is on the first floor of Building 11. During the weekend, parking is not crowded so a printed copy of the workshop web page on your dashboard is fine.)
To receive a stipend, please complete and submit the following at the workshop:
- IRS W9 form
Please bring the usb/flash drive from the last workshop or your own usb/flash drive (we can copy software onto your own usb drive)

Workshop schedule

Background

Computer Science (CS) has impacted our daily lives--from how we communicate to how we shop. It has also helped advance our understanding in various academic fields such as biology, physics, and medicine. CS has been an Advanced Placement (AP) subject since 1984. In recent years, one of the 16 Brevard public high schools offers AP CS consistently.

Goals

help teachers learn problem decomposition and abstraction, methods, parameters, and recursion
indirectly raise interests in CS among students.

Audience

teachers at high schools who are interested in potentially teaching/incorporating computer science materials in the near future
some basic computer science and java programming knowledge

Incentives for Participants

Stipend of $100
Lunch during workshop